H.R. 6605

119 HR 6605 IH: Secure Our Skies Drone Safety Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-10
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6605  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 10, 2025   Mr. Vasquez  (for himself and  Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on the use of unmanned aircraft systems and on systems developed to counter such unmanned aircraft systems by Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Secure Our Skies Drone Safety Act of 2025  .
2.
Report
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study, and submit to Congress a report thereon, on the use of unmanned aircraft systems (hereinafter in this Act referred to as  UAS ) and on systems developed to counter such unmanned aircraft systems by Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies. Such report shall include the following:
(1)
Recommendations for the following:
(A)
What, if any, legal authorities and what policies need to be changed to improve the ability of such agencies to successfully counter threats from such UAS.
(B)
What actions need to be taken to bolster the capabilities of the United States and its allies to manufacture UAS and to simplify the procurement process for UAS.
(2)
Information about the following:
(A)
The number of UAS deployed by Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies as of the date of the report.
(B)
For State, local, and Tribal agencies, the number of UAS purchased from entities operating within an adversarial nation (including any countries included on the list set forth in section 791.4 of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations).
(C)
How many UAS are domestically produced.
(D)
Any cost restrictions that prevent law enforcement agencies from expanding the use of UAS produced in the United States or a nation other than one referred to in subparagraph (B).
(E)
How frequently UAS are used and for what purposes.
(F)
Whether the operators of UAS are trained or certified in any way.
(G)
What authorities, policies, or protocols govern the use of UAS.
(H)
What privacy protections or expectations are there regarding the use of UAS.
(I)
What countermeasures or strategies exist to counter UAS, and to what extent is there a training or certification in their use.