I'm just guessing (based on my experience with government entities) that they will forget laser flares and just ban laser pointers. The US government has a specific exemption for laser flares:
IN GENERAL- An individual who interferes with, or attempts to interfere with, the ability of the flight crew of an aircraft in flight to see, or otherwise to impair the safe operation of an aircraft in flight, by illuminating the aircraft with a laser pointer or similar device shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
EXCEPTIONS- Subsection (a) does not apply to the illumination of aircraft by laser or other devices by--
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by an individual using a laser emergency signaling device to send an emergency distress signal.