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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 663
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General
to deputize a State or local law enforcement officer to protect certain
events with temporary flight restrictions, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY20, 2025
Mr. C
OTTON(for himself and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security or the
Attorney General to deputize a State or local law enforce-
ment officer to protect certain events with temporary
flight restrictions, 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 ‘‘Disabling Enemy 4
Flight Entry and Neutralizing Suspect Equipment Act’’ 5
or the ‘‘DEFENSE Act’’. 6
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SEC. 2. DRONE COUNTERMEASURES TO PROTECT EVENTS. 1
Section 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 2
(6 U.S.C. 124n) is amended by adding at the end the fol-3
lowing: 4
‘‘(m) S
TADIUMSECURITY.— 5
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary or the Attor-6
ney General may deputize a State or local law en-7
forcement officer to exercise the authority granted 8
by subsection (a), except that the authority is grant-9
ed solely for the purpose of protecting— 10
‘‘(A) a site with respect to which a flight 11
restriction is maintained pursuant to section 12
521 of division F of the Consolidated Appro-13
priations Act, 2004 (49 U.S.C. 40103 note); 14
‘‘(B) the location of an eligible large public 15
gathering described in section 44812(c) of title 16
49, United States Code; or 17
‘‘(C) a public gathering otherwise pro-18
tected by a temporary flight restriction, at the 19
discretion of the Administrator of the Federal 20
Aviation Administration under the authority of 21
section 40103(b) of title 49, United States 22
Code. 23
‘‘(2) T
RAINING REQUIRED.—The Secretary or 24
the Attorney General may deputize only a State or 25
local law enforcement officer that has completed 26
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training in the use of the authority described in 1
paragraph (1), as specified by the Secretary or At-2
torney General in coordination with the Secretary of 3
Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal 4
Aviation Administration. 5
‘‘(3) O
VERSIGHT.—The Secretary or the Attor-6
ney General, in coordination with the Secretary of 7
Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal 8
Aviation Administration, shall exercise oversight of 9
the use of the authority described in paragraph (1) 10
by a deputized State or local law enforcement offi-11
cer. 12
‘‘(4) A
UTHORIZED EQUIPMENT .—Equipment 13
authorized for unmanned aircraft system detection, 14
identification, monitoring, or tracking under this 15
subsection shall be limited to systems or technologies 16
that are included on a list of authorized equipment 17
maintained by the Department, in coordination with 18
the Department of Justice, the Federal Aviation Ad-19
ministration, the Federal Communications Commis-20
sion, and the National Telecommunications and In-21
formation Administration.’’. 22
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