HR7525-119

In Committee

Counter Drone State and Local Defender Act

119th Congress Introduced Feb 12, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Counter Drone State and Local Defender Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Transportation, Technology.

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 H5DC9B685B0BB47E2979B116C6616A90A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Counter Drone State and Local Defender Act.
  • Section H260D3F2EDA9942CFB419F56C61E36AE0: 2. FAA counter-UAS activities Chapter 448 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 44815.State, Local, and Tribal law...
  • Section HB1546E6EC5AA4C6EB399CEE651371D64: 44815. State, Local, and Tribal law enforcement counter drone programs The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may take such actions as...
  • Section H78B597C585154B6FA76C41579EECF239: 3. Pilot programs and permanent authorization for State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement The Administrator of the Federal Aviation...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Counter Drone State and Local Defender Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Transportation, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, Counter Drone State and Local Defender Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Transportation Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 13, 2026

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Feb 12, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in …

Feb 12, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 12, 2026

Mr. Burlison introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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?

Domains
Government Operations Transportation Technology
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

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