House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ban Military Drones Spying on Civilians Act
Official title: To prohibit the use of certain unmanned aircraft vehicles in the United States to conduct surveillance of United States persons engaged in protests or civil disobedience.
Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Gomez D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4759.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOMEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 128, July 25, 2025, Page H3656):Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article 1 of the US ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 57 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4759, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 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 September 19, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3763 (119th) Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.