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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1907
To allow an individual to shoot an unmanned aircraft flying over property
owned by the individual under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH6, 2025
Mr. B
URCHETTintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To allow an individual to shoot an unmanned aircraft flying
over property owned by the individual under certain cir-
cumstances, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense Against 4
Drones Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM UN-6
MANNED AIRCRAFT. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Chapter 448 of title 49, United 8
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-9
lowing: 10
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‘‘§ 44815. Protection of private property from un-1
manned aircraft 2
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subject to applicable State law 3
relating to the discharge of a firearm, an individual may 4
shoot an unmanned aircraft using a legally obtained shot-5
gun if the individual reasonably believes that such aircraft 6
is flying not more than 200 feet above property owned 7
by the individual. 8
‘‘(b) R
ETURN OFAIRCRAFT.—An individual may, but 9
shall not be required to, return an unmanned aircraft shot 10
down under subsection (a) to the owner of such aircraft 11
upon request by such owner. 12
‘‘(c) R
EPORTING.—Not later than 60 days after an 13
event in which an individual shoots an unmanned aircraft 14
under subsection (a) and is able to identify the registra-15
tion number of such aircraft, the individual shall report 16
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-17
tion— 18
‘‘(1) the address at which such event occurred; 19
and 20
‘‘(2) such registration number. 21
‘‘(d) R
EGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall issue 22
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. 23
‘‘(e) D
EFINITION OFSHOTGUN.—In this section, the 24
term ‘shotgun’ has the meaning given such term in section 25
921 of title 18, United States Code. 26
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‘‘(f) RULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-1
tion shall be construed to preempt or otherwise have any 2
effect on any State law relating to tort liability or criminal 3
liability for an action taken under subsection (a).’’. 4
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-5
ter 448 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 6
adding at the end the following: 7
‘‘44815. Protection of private property from unmanned aircraft.’’.
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