1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On February 14, 2012, President Obama signed the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–95 ; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) into law, and sections 331 through 336 of such Act require the Federal Aviation Administration to fully integrate government, commercial, and recreational unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones , into United States airspace by October 2015. (2) As the technology advances and the cost decreases—unmanned aircraft systems are already orders of magnitude less expensive to purchase and operate than piloted aircraft—the market for Federal, State, and local government and commercial unmanned aircraft systems is rapidly growing. (3) It has been estimated there could be as many as 2,700,000 commercial unmanned aircraft systems sold annually in the United States by 2020. (4) There will no doubt be many beneficial applications for unmanned aircraft systems, including delivering goods, serving as early warning systems, performing search and rescue missions, and providing critical aid to those in need. (5) However, there also is the potential for unmanned aircraft system technology to enable invasive and pervasive surveillance without adequate privacy protections, and currently, no explicit privacy protections or public transparency measures with respect to such system technology are built into the law. (6) Federal standards for informing the public and protecting individual privacy with respect to unmanned aircraft systems are needed. 3. Guidance and limitations regarding unmanned aircraft systems (a) In general Subtitle B of title III of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–95