3.0.0 663 2026-05-13T21:44:51Z 2026-05-13T21:44:51Z Senate S S 2025-02-20 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/663 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-20T18:20:10Z DEFENSE Act 119 3207 HR 2025-05-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Identical bill CRS 2025-02-20 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-02-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacky Rosen D NV 2025-02-20 True Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 2025-03-13T17:39:01Z 00 2025-02-20 Introduced in Senate 2026-05-13T21:44:43Z Disabling Enemy Flight Entry and Neutralizing Suspect Equipment Act or the DEFENSE Act

This bill allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Department of Justice (DOJ) to deputize state or local law enforcement officers to take certain drone countermeasures to protect stadiums and other public gatherings.

Specifically, DHS or DOJ may provide state or local law enforcement officers with the authority to identify, monitor, and track drones; warn drone operators; disrupt or take control of drones; or use reasonable force to disable, damage, and seize or destroy drones deemed to pose a threat.

This authority applies for the purposes of protecting an event, stadium, or venue; certain large public gatherings (e.g., gatherings that are primarily outdoors with an estimated attendance of at least 100,000 people); or other public gatherings protected by specific temporary flight restrictions imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Prior to being deputized, a state or local law enforcement officer must complete training in the use of the drone countermeasure authority.

DHS or DOJ, in coordination with the Department of Transportation and the FAA, must exercise oversight over the use of this authority by deputized state or local law enforcement officers.

Finally, the bill limits the equipment authorized for detecting, identifying, monitoring, or tracking drones to systems or technologies that are included on a list of authorized equipment maintained by DHS, in coordination with DOJ, the FAA, the Federal Communications Commission, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

]]> DEFENSE Act Display Title 45 DEFENSE Act 2025-03-13T01:23:25Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 DEFENSE Act 2025-03-13T01:23:21Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Disabling Enemy Flight Entry and Neutralizing Suspect Equipment Act 2025-03-13T01:23:21Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General to deputize a State or local law enforcement officer to protect certain events with temporary flight restrictions, and for other purposes. 2025-03-13T01:18:41Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-02-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s663is/xml/BILLS-119s663is.xml 2025-02-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.