Last progress April 2, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on April 2, 2025 by Mike Lee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
This bill would let airport security and local police find and stop drones that threaten safety at or near airports, and also anywhere in their state. On airport property, federal homeland security, the airport’s own police, and local police can act, but only with the airport operator’s consent; off airport property, state and local police can do this within their own areas. All actions must still respect constitutional rights. The FAA must set up a quick warning system to alert pilots and drone operators if counter‑drone work is happening in an area .
The bill also builds a safety plan around these actions. Airports must update their emergency plans to add a drone response plan, bring together key partners (FAA, homeland security, airlines, general aviation, local police, and telecom providers), set threat levels, name first responders, and use signal‑disrupting tools only when truly needed and for a short time. Federal agencies would share best practices, allow certain purchases with airport grants, and train federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private security teams on counter‑drone tactics. It lets police and airport law enforcement use certain tools, in consultation with the FCC, that can intercept or cut a drone’s control signal (this is normally restricted). States keep their traditional police powers to handle urgent threats .
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