HR8697-119

In Committee

Guard the Skies Act

119th Congress Introduced May 7, 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, Guard the Skies Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Government Operations, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers 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, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HDC13BD3D82D443FCA01B95302B4DC79D: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Guard the Skies Act.
  • Section H359FE1760DD24C099C12FFD98549DC16: 2. Authorization of the National Guard to protect certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft Section 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6...
  • Section HE2F5D0342F20410EA7160628204E4951: 130j. National Guard authorization for protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft Notwithstanding section 46502 of title 49 or sections...

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, Guard the Skies Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Government Operations, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, Guard the Skies Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Government Operations Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • transportation operators and travelers
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transportation operators and travelers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
transportation operators and travelers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 7, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition …

May 7, 2026

Introduced in House

May 7, 2026

Mr. McCaul (for himself, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Crane, Ms. Kaptur, …

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
Transportation Government Operations Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense
"secretary_of_transportation"
→ Secretary of Transportation

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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