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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.

Introduced: March 7, 2013 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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 Congressional Research Service

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 March 11, 2013

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 22.