Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Energy, Transportation.
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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act.
- Section ide5e7baac28b149fa88b8b964ec3df81c: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The North American electric grid and other critical infrastructure sectors face growing threats from unmanned...
- Section idf396b470bff24451b4adec7bf6a96d3e: 3. Drone countermeasures for critical infrastructure owners and operators Section 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n) is amended— in...
- Section idf8b0a1f52dfb41b2b40e82ffa67cb887: 4. Critical infrastructure counter-unmanned aircraft system grant program The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy,...
- Section id174d1e088fc54f58b37af3d7d128f524: 5. Liability protection Any action taken in accordance with the authorities granted under subsection (a)(3) of section 210G of the Homeland Security Act of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Energy, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_transportation"
- → Secretary of Transportation
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
officers, employees, or contractors of the owner or operator of a covered critical infrastructure facility who are assigned duties that include the security or protection of the facility
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