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DRONE Act of 2025

To authorize the use of certain Department of Justice grants to purchase and operate unmanned aircraft systems to benefit public safety.

Introduced Feb 6, 2025

Latest action (Feb 6, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice
Legislative subjects (2)
Aviation and airportsLaw enforcement administration and funding

Summary
  • Allows Department of Justice Byrne Crime Control Grants to fund the purchase and operation of unmanned aircraft systems for public safety.
  • Allows Community Oriented Policing Services Grants to fund the purchase and operation of unmanned aircraft systems for public safety.
  • Uses the federal aviation definition of unmanned aircraft systems for eligibility under both grant programs.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
8 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to J. Luis Correa’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $39,100
  • LIBERTY DENTAL PLAN $9,900
  • SANDERSON J RAY DEVELOPMENT $9,100
  • KKR $8,100
  • MANZANITA CAPITAL $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for J. Luis Correa → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 6, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Feb 6, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • HR 1907 — Defense Against Drones Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 6, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 6, 2025

Mr. Correa (for himself and Mr. Nehls) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To authorize the use of certain Department of Justice grants to purchase and operate unmanned aircraft systems to benefit public safety.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Directing Resources for Officers Navigating Emergencies Act of 2025” or the “DRONE Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

(a) Byrne Grants.—Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(J) Programs to purchase and operate unmanned aircraft systems (as such term is defined in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code) to benefit public safety.”.

(b) COPS Grants.—Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (23) and (24) as paragraphs

(24) and (25), respectively;

(2) by inserting after paragraph (22) the following:

“(23) to purchase and operate unmanned aircraft systems (as such term is defined in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code) to benefit public safety;”; and

(3) in paragraph (24), as so redesignated, by striking

“(22)” and inserting “(23)”. <all>

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