Full text copy of the Preserving American Privacy Act (PAPA) sponsored and introduced by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-California) and Ted Poe (R-Texas) to "provide for a legal framework for the operation of public unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes."

Broadly, the bill aims to constrain the use of drones in the United States - with the aim of protecting privacy. The bill would also ban weaponizing US drones. In the words of Representative Poe: "It doesn't take a constitutional law professor to see why legislation is needed to protect the rights of the American people..."