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The bill would deliver a near-term, comprehensive picture of UAS capabilities, gaps, and policy options that can improve safety and bolster domestic industry, but it creates risks of sensitive disclosure, added costs, administrative burden, and privacy concerns if data and recommendations are not carefully managed.
Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies and law enforcement will receive a consolidated, evidence-based report within one year that clarifies UAS inventories, usage, counter-UAS capabilities, and legal/policy gaps — enabling better-informed policy, investment, and operational planning to improve public safety.
U.S. and allied UAS manufacturers, procurement officials, and related workers will get an assessment of domestic production and procurement barriers plus recommendations to bolster domestic manufacturing, which could reduce reliance on adversary-sourced drones and support domestic industry and jobs.
Local and state governments, law enforcement, and the public will see documentation of privacy protections and governing protocols in the report, improving transparency and informing safeguards for civilians' privacy and data handling.
Law enforcement and agencies could have sensitive procurement, deployment, and operational details exposed if report data are not adequately protected, increasing operational risk and supply-chain vulnerabilities.
If recommendations prioritize domestic or allied UAS production and simplify procurement, agencies and taxpayers could face higher costs because U.S.-made systems can be more expensive than alternatives.
The GAO and State, local, and Tribal governments will face administrative and reporting burdens to compile detailed procurement, deployment, and training data within one year, diverting staff time and resources from other tasks.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Comptroller General to report within one year on UAS use and counter-UAS systems across federal, state, local, and Tribal agencies, with recommendations on authorities, procurement, and domestic manufacturing.
Introduced December 10, 2025 by Gabriel Vasquez · Last progress December 10, 2025
Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress within one year on how federal, state, local, and Tribal agencies use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and the systems they use to detect, mitigate, or defeat UAS. The report must include factual data on deployments, training, procurement sources (including purchases from entities in listed adversary countries), domestic production and cost barriers, privacy protections, existing countermeasures, and recommendations on legal authorities, policy changes, and ways to boost domestic/allied UAS manufacturing and simplify procurement.