HRES118-119

In Committee

Calling on Federal law enforcement, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Aviation Administration, to provide an immediate briefing to the public regarding the recent drone activity in New Jersey and New York.

119th Congress Introduced Feb 6, 2025

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

The bill requires calls on FBI, DHS, and FAA to provide transparency about drone activity, conduct immediate public briefing about New Jersey drone situation, and assess whether additional security measures are needed to protect. It relies on reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Defense, Government, and Energy.

Who Benefits and How

Critical infrastructure operators would be affected and Counter-drone technology providers would be affected.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Drone operators would be affected.

Key Provisions

  • Requires calls on FBI, DHS, and FAA to provide transparency about drone activity, conduct immediate public briefing about New Jersey drone situation, and assess whether additional security measures are needed to protect...

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

The bill requires calls on FBI, DHS, and FAA to provide transparency about drone activity, conduct immediate public briefing about New Jersey drone situation, and assess whether additional security measures are needed to protect.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Government, Energy

Primary Purpose

The bill requires calls on FBI, DHS, and FAA to provide transparency about drone activity, conduct immediate public briefing about New Jersey drone situation, and assess whether additional security measures are needed to protect.

Policy Domains

Defense Government Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • Critical infrastructure operators
  • Counter-drone technology providers
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
Critical infrastructure operators:
Counter-drone technology providers:
Identified Costs
  • Drone operators
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
Drone operators:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 6, 2025

Mr. Gottheimer submitted the following resolution; which was referred to …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Defense
2 mentions across 1 clause
+1 positive -1 negative

Counter-drone technology providers, Drone operators

Positive-direction: Counter-drone technology providers

Negative-direction: Drone operators

Government
1 mention across 1 clause

Federal agencies (FBI, DHS, FAA)

Utilities
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Critical infrastructure operators

1/1
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Government Energy

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