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Combat Action Recognition and Evaluation (CARE) for Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Crews Act of 2025

To provide a combat status identifier equivalent for remotely piloted aircraft crew who conduct combat operations.

Introduced Jul 9, 2025

Latest action (Jul 9, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Defense

Summary

This bill requires the Secretaries of the military departments to establish a status identifier for remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) crews who conduct combat operations that has equivalent merit to a combat status identifier within 180 days of enactment. The provision aims to provide official recognition for drone operators and support personnel who participate in combat operations, similar to the recognition given to personnel in traditional combat roles.

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)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Jul 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
  2. Jul 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 8934 — CARE for RPA Crews Act · Introduced May 20, 2026 · Cong. 119 85%
  • S 2040 — Connected Vehicle National Security Review Act · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • S 2601 — A bill to improve the planning, programming, and budget coordination for operations of cyber mission force of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. · Introduced Jul 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 58%
  • S 2175 — Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act · Introduced Jun 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • S 275 — Veterans’ Assuring Critical Care Expansions to Support Servicemembers (ACCESS) Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%
  • HR 913 — Streamlining Aviation for Eligible Veterans Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 9, 2025

Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To provide a combat status identifier equivalent for remotely piloted aircraft crew who conduct combat operations.

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 “Combat Action Recognition and Evaluation (CARE) for Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Crews Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. COMBAT STATUS IDENTIFIER EQUIVALENT FOR REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT CREW.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of the military departments shall establish a status identifier of equivalent merit as a combat status identifier for remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) crew who conduct combat operations. <all>

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