Drone Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2944.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 71, April 27, 2023, Page H2086):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To prevent the weaponization of drones.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2023 ↗

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  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2944, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2944

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e1ab429d769f15c33854edcc741aa950d3d14cefcc1d39a1777a98db329244c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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