119-hr3334

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3334 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3334

 To authorize the United States Capitol Police to take action with 
 respect to threats from unmanned aircraft systems, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 13, 2025

Mr. Crane (for himself, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To authorize the United States Capitol Police to take action with 
 respect to threats from unmanned aircraft systems, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``USCP Empowerment Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE WITH RESPECT TO 
 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT AND UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

    (a) Authority.--Notwithstanding 

section 46502 of title 49, United 
States Code, or sections 32, 1030, and 1367 and chapters 119 and 206 of 
title 18, United States Code, the Capitol Police Board may take, and 
may authorize personnel in the United States Capitol Police with 
assigned duties that include the security or protection of people, 
facilities, or assets to take, such actions as are described in 
subsection

    (b)

    (1) that are necessary to mitigate a credible threat, as 
defined by the Capitol Police Board, that an unmanned aircraft system 
poses to the safety or security of a covered Capitol Police facility or 
asset.

    (b) Actions Described.--

    (1) In general.--The actions authorized in subsection

    (a) are the following:
        (A) During the operation of the unmanned aircraft 
 system, detect, identify, monitor, and track the 
 unmanned aircraft system, without prior consent, 
 including by means of intercept or other access of a 
 wire communication, an oral communication, or an 
 electronic communication used to control the unmanned 
 aircraft system.
        (B) Warn the operator of the unmanned aircraft 
 system, including by passive or active, and direct or 
 indirect physical, electronic, radio, and 
 electromagnetic means.
            (C) Disrupt control of the unmanned aircraft 
 system, without prior consent, including by disabling 
 the unmanned aircraft system by intercepting, 
 interfering, or causing interference with wire, oral, 
 electronic, or radio communications used to control the 
 unmanned aircraft system.
            (D) Seize or exercise control of the unmanned 
 aircraft system.
        (E) Seize or otherwise confiscate the unmanned 
 aircraft system.
        (F) Use reasonable force, if necessary, to disable, 
 damage, or destroy the unmanned aircraft system.

    (2) Required coordination.--
        (A) In general.--The Capitol Police Board shall 
 develop the actions described in paragraph

    (1) in 
 coordination with the Secretary of Transportation.
        (B) Federal aviation administration.--The Capitol 
 Police Board shall coordinate with the Administrator of 
 the Federal Aviation Administration when any action 
 authorized by this section may affect aviation safety, 
 civilian aviation or aerospace operations, aircraft 
 worthiness, or the use of the airspace.

    (3) Research, testing, training, and evaluation.--The 
 Capitol Police Board may conduct research, testing, training 
 on, or evaluation of any equipment, including any electronic 
 equipment, to determine the capability or utility of the 
 equipment prior to the use of the equipment or the technology 
 included in the equipment for any action described in 
 subsection

    (b)

    (1) .
            (c) Forfeiture.--Any unmanned aircraft system described in 
subsection

    (a) seized pursuant to this section is subject to forfeiture 
to the United States.
            (d) Regulations and Guidance.--

    (1) In general.--In coordination with the Secretary of 
 Transportation, the Capitol Police Board may prescribe 
 regulations and shall issue guidance to carry out this Act.

    (2) Federal aviation administration.--The Capitol Police 
 Board shall coordinate with the Administrator of the Federal 
 Aviation Administration to issue any guidance or otherwise 
 implement this section if such guidance or implementation may 
 affect aviation safety, civilian aviation or aerospace 
 operations, aircraft airworthiness, or the use of airspace.

    (e) Privacy Protection.--The regulations or guidance issued to 
carry out the actions authorized under subsection

    (b) shall ensure 
that--

    (1) the interception or acquisition of, or access to, or 
 maintenance or use of, communications to or from an unmanned 
 aircraft system under this section is conducted in a manner 
 consistent with the First and Fourth Amendments to the 
 Constitution of the United States and applicable provisions of 
 Federal law;

    (2) communications to or from an unmanned aircraft system 
 are intercepted or acquired only to the extent necessary to 
 support an action described in subsection

    (b)

    (1) ;

    (3) records of such communications are maintained only for 
 as long as necessary, and in no event for more than 180 days, 
 unless the Capitol Police Board determines that maintenance of 
 such records is necessary to investigate or prosecute a 
 violation of law, directly support an ongoing security 
 operation, is required under Federal law, or for the purpose of 
 any litigation;

    (4) such communications are not disclosed outside the 
 United States Capitol Police unless the disclosure--
        (A) is necessary to investigate or prosecute a 
 violation of law;
        (B) would support the Department of Defense, a 
 Federal law enforcement agency, or the enforcement 
 activities of a regulatory agency of the Federal 
 Government in connection with a criminal or civil 
 investigation of, or any regulatory, statutory, or 
 other enforcement action relating to an action 
 described in subsection

    (b)

    (1) ; or
            (C) is otherwise required by law; and

    (5) to the extent necessary, the United States Capitol 
 Police may share threat information, which shall not include 
 communications referred to in subsection

    (b) , with State, 
 local, territorial, or tribal law enforcement agencies in the 
 course of a security or protection operation.

    (f) Report to Congress.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
 the enactment of this section, and every 6 months thereafter, 
 the Chief of the Capitol Police, or another individual 
 designated by the Capitol Police Board, shall provide to the 
 appropriate congressional committees a written report on the 
 activities of the Capitol Police Board carried out under this 
 section.

    (2) Content.--The report described in paragraph

    (1) shall 
 include--
        (A) policies, programs, and procedures to mitigate 
 or eliminate impacts of such activities to the National 
 Airspace System;
        (B) a description of instances in which actions 
 described in subsection

    (b)

    (1) have been taken, 
 including all such instances that may have resulted in 
 harm, damage, or loss to a person or to private 
 property;
            (C) a description of the guidance, policies, or 
 procedures established to address privacy, civil 
 rights, and civil liberties issues implicated by the 
 actions allowed under this section, as well as any 
 changes or subsequent efforts that would significantly 
 affect privacy, civil rights or civil liberties;
            (D) a description of options considered and steps 
 taken to mitigate any identified impacts to the 
 national airspace system related to the use of any 
 system or technology, including the minimization of the 
 use of any technology that disrupts the transmission of 
 radio or electronic signals, for carrying out the 
 actions described in subsection

    (b)

    (1) ;
        (E) a description of instances in which 
 communications intercepted or acquired during the 
 course of operations of an unmanned aircraft system 
 were held for more than 180 days or shared outside of 
 the United States Capitol Police;
        (F) how the Capitol Police Board has--
            (i) informed the public as to the possible 
 use of authorities under this section; and
            (ii) engaged with Federal, State, and local 
 law enforcement agencies to implement and use 
 such authorities; and
        (G) a description of any new technology or 
 equipment deployed by the Capitol Police Board to carry 
 out the actions described in subsection

    (b)

    (1) and the 
 options considered to mitigate any identified impacts 
 to the national airspace system related to the use of 
 the technology or equipment.

    (3) Unclassified form.--The report described in paragraph

    (1) shall be in unclassified form, but may be accompanied by an 
 additional classified annex.

    (g) Rules of Construction.--

    (1) Nothing in this section may be construed to vest in the 
 Capitol Police Board any authority of the Secretary of 
 Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
 Administration.

    (2) Nothing in this section may be construed to vest in the 
 Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal 
 Aviation Administration any authority of the Capitol Police 
 Board.

    (h) Termination.--The authority to carry out this section with 
respect to a covered Capitol Police facility or asset described in 
subparagraph
            (C) of subsection

    (j)

    (2) shall terminate on the date 
identified in 

section 210G
            (i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 124n).
            (i) Scope of Authority.--The Capitol Police Board may not operate 
any other program to mitigate a credible threat posed by an unmanned 
aircraft system other than the program under this section.

    (j) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the following:
        (A) The Committee on House Administration of the 
 House of Representatives.
        (B) The Committee on Rules and Administration of 
 the Senate.

    (2) Covered capitol police facility or asset.--The term 
 ``covered Capitol Police facility or asset'' means--
        (A) the Capitol Buildings as described in 

section 5101 of title 40, United States Code;
        (B) the United States Capitol Grounds as described 
 in 

section 5102 of title 40, United States Code; or
            (C) any area described in 

section 9A

    (a) of the Act 
 entitled ``An Act to define the area of the United 
 States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, 
 and for other purposes'', approved July 31, 1946 (2 
 U.S.C. 1966

    (a) ), as directed by the Capitol Police 
 Board.

    (3) Electronic communication; intercept; oral 
 communication; wire communication.--The terms ``electronic 
 communication'', ``intercept'', ``oral communication'', and 
 ``wire communication'' have the meaning given those terms in 
 

section 2510 of title 18, United States Code.

    (4) Unmanned aircraft system.--The term ``unmanned aircraft 
 system'' has the meaning given such term in 

section 44801 of 
 title 49, United States Code.
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