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<dc:title>119 S1809 IS: Drone Espionage Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-05-20</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes"></distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 1809</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20250520">May 20, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S439">Mrs. Moody</sponsor> (for herself, <cosponsor name-id="S374">Mr. Cotton</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S346">Mr. Lee</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S417">Mr. Budd</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S434">Mr. Moreno</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S384">Mr. Tillis</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking or transmitting video of defense information, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H9E66A9DAA0CC4B489271AF8492758300"><section section-type="section-one" id="HF78EF8D79A7F4A2D9CFE3DAF392948BC"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Drone Espionage Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HA8BE1F6FA82A40419DF5650C7EE33D5F"><enum>2.</enum><header>Taking or transmitting video of defense information prohibited</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 793 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>video,</quote> after <quote>photographic negative,</quote> each place such term appears.</text></section></legis-body></bill> 

