House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Defense Against Drones Act of 2025
Official title: To allow an individual to shoot an unmanned aircraft flying over property owned by the individual under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tim Burchett R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 6, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1907.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURCHETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 43, March 6, 2025, Page H1039):Article 1, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1907, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1907
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 June 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1907, last updated June 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Burchett.
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- H.R. 1373 (119th) Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 2247 (119th) Airmen Certificate Accessibility Act
- H.R. 8096 (119th) Duplication Scoring Act of 2026
- H.R. 7028 (119th) To require the Secretary of State to submit a notification to Congress prior to obligating funds for certain art-related purchases, and…
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.