S1762-119

In Committee

NEDD Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced May 14, 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

This bill, To exempt the Secretary of Energy of certain prohibitions with respect to an
unmanned aircraft system, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Transportation, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers 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, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H4399076DFE30475086D2064D58ABCE5A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Ecosystem Drone Defense Act of 2025 or the NEDD Act of 2025.
  • Section HA1CE5BACD4894850870ACB558BAA1724: 2. Authority of Secretary of Energy with respect to covered unmanned aircraft systems from covered foreign entities Section 1823(b) of the National Defense...

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, To exempt the Secretary of Energy of certain prohibitions with respect to an unmanned aircraft system, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Transportation, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To exempt the Secretary of Energy of certain prohibitions with respect to an unmanned aircraft system, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Transportation Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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federal implementing agencies:
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 14, 2025

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following …

May 14, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

May 14, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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
Energy Transportation Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy

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