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Secure Our Skies Drone Safety Act of 2025
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.
Summary
This bill directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and submit a report to Congress within one year on the use of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) and counter-drone systems by Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies. The report must include recommendations on legal authorities and policies needed to improve agencies' ability to counter drone threats and actions to strengthen U.S. and allied drone manufacturing and procurement. The report must also provide information on the number of drones deployed by law enforcement, how many are domestically produced versus purchased from adversarial nations, cost barriers to buying U.S.-made drones, frequency and purposes of drone use, operator training and certification requirements, and the authorities and policies governing drone operations. The report must also address privacy protections related to drone use and existing countermeasures and strategies to counter drones, including training and certification requirements for counter-drone operations.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM)
2 cosponsors
Actions (3)
- Feb 2, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. · house
- Dec 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Dec 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
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.
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 “Secure Our Skies Drone Safety Act of 2025”.
SEC. 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. <all>
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