To prohibit the use of certain unmanned aircraft vehicles in the United States to conduct surveillance of United States persons engaged in protests or civil disobedience.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit the use of certain unmanned aircraft vehicles in the United States to conduct surveillance of United States persons engaged in protests or civil disobedience., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Defense, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H3A845D170F9D47C6B73C2D2CA44F6646: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ban Military Drones Spying on Civilians Act.
- Section H0BBA62F51E544F3D8A298323E860D886: 2. Prohibition on availability of funds to use certain unmanned aircraft vehicles in the United States to conduct surveillance of United States persons engaged...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit the use of certain unmanned aircraft vehicles in the United States to conduct surveillance of United States persons engaged in protests or civil disobedience., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Defense, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To prohibit the use of certain unmanned aircraft vehicles in the United States to conduct surveillance of United States persons engaged in protests or civil disobedience., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Gomez introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any of the following: The MQ–9 Reaper, or variants thereof. Any unmanned aircraft that— uses an airframe initially developed for use by the Armed Forces
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