[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2775 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2775

     To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess drone 
   deployment to improve border security and disrupt maritime or low-
  altitude drug smuggling along the United States coastline, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2025

Mr. Hernandez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess drone 
   deployment to improve border security and disrupt maritime or low-
  altitude drug smuggling along the United States coastline, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal Drone Surveillance and 
Interdiction Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF DRONE DEPLOYMENT TO IMPROVE BORDER SECURITY AND 
              DISRUPT MARITIME OR LOW-ALTITUDE DRUG SMUGGLING ALONG THE 
              UNITED STATES COASTLINE.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the heads 
of relevant Federal departments or agencies as the Secretary determines 
appropriate, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of the effectiveness, 
risks, and potential of drone deployment to improve border security and 
disrupt maritime or low-altitude drug smuggling along the United States 
coastline. Such assessment shall focus on major trafficking corridors 
across the United States, as well as on communities in remote, insular, 
or hard-to-reach areas.
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