Drones for First Responders Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to increase the rate of duty on unmanned aircraft, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms. The main policy domain is Trade, Government Operations, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
importers, exporters, and commercial firms may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, importers, exporters, and commercial firms may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HFCCD341366C8473A98135740EFB14ABD: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Drones for First Responders Act.
- Section HD8FDA5634EE94588A143E26D2E2AE7AA: 2. Findings and sense of Congress Congress makes the following findings: Unmanned aircraft that are made in the People’s Republic of China dominate the current...
- Section H7A17E1B80C3344618E3D2DE451658A81: 3. Duty increase for imports of unmanned aircraft Subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTS is amended— by inserting the following new subheadings 9903.87.01 and...
- Section H7612EBD9B66745C9A3870DD80B88FB83: 4. Strengthened rules of origin for entries of unmanned aircraft under heading 8806 of the HTS Notwithstanding any provisions of the general notes to the HTS,...
- Section H781F389FED82467FAF86949561A1256C: 5. Secure Unmanned Aircraft Systems for First Responders Fund and grant program There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to increase the rate of duty on unmanned aircraft, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Key Policy Areas
Trade, Government Operations, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to increase the rate of duty on unmanned aircraft, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting importers, exporters, and commercial firms.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- importers, exporters, and commercial firms
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. LaHood, and Mr. …
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in …
Introduced in House
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "secretary_of_transportation"
- → Secretary of Transportation
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a foreign entity that is— an entity on the Federal Government’s Consolidated Screening List
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