Contact Congress about H.R. 1386: To establish a Department of State Domestic Protection Mission relating to unmanned aircraft system and unmanned aircraft.
The State Department could act against drones that threaten protected people, sites, or missions in the United States. It could track, jam, seize, or destroy those drones, with privacy rules and reports to Congress.
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To establish a Department of State Domestic Protection Mission relating to unmanned aircraft system and unmanned aircraft. is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Latest action on H.R. 1386: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects drone pilots who fly near protected State Department sites, officials, or security missions in the United States. It also affects State Department security staff, contractors who help with counter-drone work, federal aviation and communications regulators, and lawmakers who oversee the program.
Why this matters: Drones can create security risks near protected officials and sensitive sites, and this bill gives the State Department stronger tools to stop them. Those tools could affect privacy and lawful drone use because they include signal interference and access to drone-control communications. The bill tries to limit those risks with data rules, aviation coordination, and regular briefings to Congress.
Key provisions in H.R. 1386
- State Department staff and certain contractors could act against drones that pose a credible threat, meaning a believable security danger. They could find, track, warn, jam, seize, confiscate, or destroy those drones near covered sites or assets.
- The bill applies only to U.S. facilities or assets tied to State Department security or protection work. Those sites must be found high risk through an assessment done with the Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees U.S. airspace.
- Officials could intercept or interfere with phone, spoken, electronic, or radio communications used to control drones. The bill allows this even though several criminal and communications laws would normally restrict it.
- The State Department must research, test, train on, and review counter-drone tools before using them in real operations. It must work with the Federal Aviation Administration to avoid harm to the national airspace system.
- Drones seized under this bill could be forfeited to the United States. That means the government could keep them through federal forfeiture rules in chapter 46 of title 18 of the United States Code.
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Questions people ask about H.R. 1386
- What is H.R. 1386?
- The State Department could act against drones that threaten protected people, sites, or missions in the United States. It could track, jam, seize, or destroy those drones, with privacy rules and reports to Congress.
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