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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1058 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize the use of certain Department of Justice grants to purchase |
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| 6 | 6 | | and operate unmanned aircraft systems to benefit public safety. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY6, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORREA(for himself and Mr. NEHLS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To authorize the use of certain Department of Justice grants |
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| 14 | 14 | | to purchase and operate unmanned aircraft systems to |
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| 15 | 15 | | benefit public safety. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Directing Resources 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | for Officers Navigating Emergencies Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ‘‘DRONE Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) B |
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| 24 | 24 | | YRNEGRANTS.—Section 501(a)(1) of the Om-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 1058 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | following: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(J) Programs to purchase and operate 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | unmanned aircraft systems (as such term is de-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | fined in section 44801 of title 49, United States 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Code) to benefit public safety.’’. 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) COPS G |
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| 36 | 36 | | RANTS.—Section 1701(b) of the Omni-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | U.S.C. 10381(b)) is amended— 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) by redesignating paragraphs (23) and (24) 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | as paragraphs (24) and (25), respectively; 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (22) the fol-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | lowing: 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(23) to purchase and operate unmanned air-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | craft systems (as such term is defined in section 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 44801 of title 49, United States Code) to benefit 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | public safety;’’; and 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) in paragraph (24), as so redesignated, by 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | striking ‘‘(22)’’ and inserting ‘‘(23)’’. 19 |
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