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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2775 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess drone deployment |
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| 6 | 6 | | to improve border security and disrupt maritime or low-altitude drug |
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| 7 | 7 | | smuggling along the United States coastline, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. H |
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| 11 | 11 | | ERNA´NDEZintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Homeland Security |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess |
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| 15 | 15 | | drone deployment to improve border security and disrupt |
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| 16 | 16 | | maritime or low-altitude drug smuggling along the |
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| 17 | 17 | | United States coastline, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Drone Surveil-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | lance and Interdiction Assessment Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | mprince on LAP1J3WLY3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 2775 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF DRONE DEPLOYMENT TO IMPROVE 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BORDER SECURITY AND DISRUPT MARITIME 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | OR LOW-ALTITUDE DRUG SMUGGLING ALONG 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | THE UNITED STATES COASTLINE. 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | consultation with the heads of relevant Federal depart-7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ments or agencies as the Secretary determines appro-8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | priate, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Senate an assessment of the effectiveness, risks, and po-12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tential of drone deployment to improve border security and 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | disrupt maritime or low-altitude drug smuggling along the 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | United States coastline. Such assessment shall focus on 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | major trafficking corridors across the United States, as 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | well as on communities in remote, insular, or hard-to- 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | reach areas. 18 |
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