119-s663

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 663 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 20, 2025

 Mr. Cotton (for himself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
 and Governmental Affairs

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 A BILL

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.

 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 ``Disabling Enemy Flight Entry and 
Neutralizing Suspect Equipment Act'' or the ``DEFENSE Act''.

SEC. 2. DRONE COUNTERMEASURES TO PROTECT EVENTS.

 

Section 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (m) Stadium Security.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The Secretary or the Attorney General 
 may deputize a State or local law enforcement officer to 
 exercise the authority granted by subsection

    (a) , except that 
 the authority is granted solely for the purpose of protecting--
 ``
        (A) a site with respect to which a flight 
 restriction is maintained pursuant to 

section 521 of 
 division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 
 (49 U.S.C. 40103 note);
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        (B) the location of an eligible large public 
 gathering described in 

section 44812
            (c) of title 49, 
 United States Code; or
 ``
            (C) a public gathering otherwise protected by a 
 temporary flight restriction, at the discretion of the 
 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
 under the authority of 

section 40103

    (b) of title 49, 
 United States Code.
 ``

    (2) Training required.--The Secretary or the Attorney 
 General may deputize only a State or local law enforcement 
 officer that has completed training in the use of the authority 
 described in paragraph

    (1) , as specified by the Secretary or 
 Attorney General in coordination with the Secretary of 
 Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
 Administration.
 ``

    (3) Oversight.--The Secretary or the Attorney General, in 
 coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and the 
 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall 
 exercise oversight of the use of the authority described in 
 paragraph

    (1) by a deputized State or local law enforcement 
 officer.
 ``

    (4) Authorized equipment.--Equipment authorized for 
 unmanned aircraft system detection, identification, monitoring, 
 or tracking under this subsection shall be limited to systems 
 or technologies that are included on a list of authorized 
 equipment maintained by the Department, in coordination with 
 the Department of Justice, the Federal Aviation Administration, 
 the Federal Communications Commission, and the National 
 Telecommunications and Information Administration.''.
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