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Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018

Introduced: May 14, 2018 Introduced by: Johnson, Ron Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 13, 2018
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-588.
Sep 4, 2018
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-332.
Sep 4, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 564.
Jun 13, 2018
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 6, 2018
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-476.
May 14, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 14, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to authorize their personnel to act to mitigate the threat that unmanned aircraft (i.e., drones) poses to the safety or security of facilities or assets, through a risk-based assessment.

DHS may take actions to:

  • detect, identify, monitor, and track the drone, without prior consent;
  • warn the drone's operator;
  • disrupt control of the drone, without prior consent;
  • seize or exercise control of the drone;
  • confiscate the drone; or
  • use reasonable force to disable, damage, or destroy the drone.

Any drone seized by DHS or DOJ is subject to forfeiture to the United States.

DHS shall: (1) evaluate the threat from drones to U.S. critical infrastructure and to domestic large hub airports; and (2) assess the threat of vehicular terrorism and its activities to support emergency response providers and the private sector to prevent, mitigate, and respond to vehicular terrorism.

What's happening now September 13, 2018

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-588.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6401 Related bill Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · May 16, 2018
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · May 14, 2018
 R
Hoeven, John
North Dakota · May 14, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2836: Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2836/
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