House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Drone Safety Statement Modernization Act
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to revise small unmanned aircraft system safety standards, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2026
- Committee actionSep 15, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10304.
- 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. 172, No. 142, September 8, 2026, Page H5520):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the Necessary and Proper Clause under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 152 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10304, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10304
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
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