S4380-119

In Committee

Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 22, 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, 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

Government Operations Energy Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 22, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

Apr 22, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 22, 2026

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?

Domains
Government Operations Energy Transportation
Actor Mappings
"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

1 term
"personnel" §idf396b470bff24451b4adec7bf6a96d3e

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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