S 505
113th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation and airports
Due process and equal protection
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
A bill to prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United States.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 11, 2013
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 22.
Mar 7, 2013
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Mar 7, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Prohibits the federal government from using a drone (unmanned aircraft) to kill a U.S. citizen located in the United States.
Makes such prohibition inapplicable to an individual who poses an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury to another.
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to allow the killing of a U.S. citizen located in the United States without due process of law.
What's happening now
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 22.