The task force developing recommendations for mandatory drone registration will deliver its report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday, Nov. 21. The original deadline set was Nov. 20, but it looks like we might be waiting another day before any additional details emerge.

According to a written statement from FAA administrator Michael Huerta, the FAA “will consider their recommendations and the public comments as we develop an Interim Final Rule on registration, which will likely be released next month and go into effect shortly thereafter.”

Huerta added that “this step will be followed by another opportunity for the public to comment as we move toward issuing a final rule on registration.”

The task force reportedly will recommend drone users essentially need a license to fly any drone that weighs more than 9 oz. The task force will also recommend the registration process be easy and free via a government-run website and/or app.

In order to make the registration process easy, the task force reportedly will recommend registration be tied to the operator, not individual drones. So no matter how many drones an operator owns, he/she will only need one registration number. That registration number will have to be legible on the drone – whether via a sticker or written on with a Sharpie – and needs to be removed if the drone is sold on the secondary market. The task force will also reportedly recommend that operators don’t have to pass a test to get a registration number.

Below is Huerta’s full statement on the task force’s pending report: