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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 96 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prevent agencies from using unmanned aerial vehicles to conduct |
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| 6 | 6 | | surveillance of United States citizens, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | IGGSof Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To prevent agencies from using unmanned aerial vehicles |
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| 14 | 14 | | to conduct surveillance of United States citizens, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | for other purposes. |
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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 ‘‘Buzz Off Act’’. 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHI-5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | CLES. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) S |
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| 23 | 23 | | URVEILLANCE.—A Federal law enforcement 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | agency may not use an unmanned aerial vehicle to inten-8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tionally conduct surveillance of, gather evidence or collect 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | information about, or photographically or electronically 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 96 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | record a specifically targeted United States citizen or the 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | specifically targeted private property of a United States 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | citizen. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) E |
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| 34 | 34 | | XCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Federal law enforcement agency may use an unmanned 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | aerial vehicle to photograph, or otherwise record a United 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | States citizen for the purposes of publishing or otherwise 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | publicly disseminating such photograph or recording if the 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | agency obtains the written consent of such United States 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | citizen. 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) A |
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| 42 | 42 | | PPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | in the case that— 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) the President, acting through the Secretary 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of Homeland Security, authorizes use of an un-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | manned aerial vehicle to conduct surveillance if the 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Secretary certifies in writing under oath that the 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | surveillance is necessary to counter a high risk of a 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | terrorist attack by a specific individual or organiza-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tion; or 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) the head of a Federal law enforcement 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | agency first obtains a search warrant signed by a 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | judge authorizing the use of an unmanned aerial ve-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | hicle. 23 |
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