House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
DEFEND Act
Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual assessments on terrorism threats to the United States relating to the malicious use of unmanned aircraft systems by covered foreign adversaries, including terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Crane R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6846.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRANE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 214, December 18, 2025, Page H6116):Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 107 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6846, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6846
- 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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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), August Pfluger (R-TX), Dale Strong (R-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elijah Crane.
- H.R. 837 (119th) To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County, Arizona.
- H.R. 5729 (119th) North Rim Restoration Act
- H.R. 1829 (119th) Apache County and Navajo County Conveyance Act of 2026
- H.R. 495 (119th) Subterranean Border Defense Act
- H.R. 3334 (119th) USCP Empowerment Act of 2025
- H.R. 2705 (119th) Nuclear Family Priority Act
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.