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Safeguarding America's Skies Act of 2018

Introduced: March 21, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 30, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 10, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency.
Mar 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 21, 2018
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Homeland Security, 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.
Mar 21, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safeguarding America's Skies Act of 2018

This bill amends the federal criminal code to authorize the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to detect, track, redirect, and disrupt an unauthorized unmanned aircraft to mitigate a safety or security threat to a facility or asset in the United States related to federal property, authorized protective operations, critical infrastructure, or other efforts.

What's happening now April 30, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
Hanabusa, Colleen
· Mar 21, 2018
 R
Scott, Austin
Georgia · Mar 21, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5366: Safeguarding America's Skies Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5366/
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"H.R. 5366: Safeguarding America's Skies Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5366/.
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H.R. 5366, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5366/.
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