Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting the Border from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 4, 2023
- Committee actionMay 17, 2023
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 2023 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 219.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1443.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1443, Protecting the Border from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act” on May 24, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 17, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59205
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1443, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c27fc533771a2279c62a0218985b966ed8bc37dd5c6ae74114ed1bb623b178d4
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-103 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on October 3, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 3, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/103
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1443, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1443
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c27fc533771a2279c62a0218985b966ed8bc37dd5c6ae74114ed1bb623b178d4
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 independent
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.