To require the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security to complete a threat assessment regarding unmanned aircraft systems at or near the international borders of the United States, and for other purposes.
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 expands a appropriation, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The term appropriate congressional committees, adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Threat assessment, and expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Report and briefing. It relies on appropriations, compliance mandates, definition changes, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Defense and Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a appropriation, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The term appropriate congressional committees...
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Threat assessment.
- Expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Report and briefing.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a appropriation, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The term appropriate congressional committees, adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Threat assessment, and expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Report and briefing.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a appropriation, definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The term appropriate congressional committees, adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Threat assessment, and expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Report and briefing.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
James Lankford
R-OK | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Lankford (for himself and Mr. Kelly) introduced the following …
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?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate
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