House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
LANDED Act
Official title: To create mechanisms by which State law enforcement can coordinate with the Federal Government to detect and stop drones involved in unlawful activities, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 12, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6042.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 191, November 12, 2025, Page H4667):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 101 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6042, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6042
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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, 2026). 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
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.