House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Deescalation Drone Pilot Program Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a pilot program for small, nonlethal deescalation unmanned aircraft to be used for law enforcement and public safety, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Nehls R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3598.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEHLS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 88, May 23, 2025, Page H2368):Article I of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 43 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3598, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3598
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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
24 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 24 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mike Ezell (R-MS), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Max Miller (R-OH), Barry Moore (R-AL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), John Rutherford (R-FL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA), Tony Wied (R-WI), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Nehls.
- H.R. 695 (119th) Medal of Honor Act
- H.R. 309 (119th) National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act
- H.R. 2071 (119th) Save Our Shrimpers Act
- H.R. 3410 (119th) Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act
- H.R. 7553 (119th) Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act
- H.R. 4711 (119th) REMOVE Act
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.