Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Drone Espionage Act
Official title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking or transmitting video of defense information, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Ashley Moody R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2025
- Committee actionFeb 5, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 9, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1809.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1809, Drone Espionage Act” on April 13, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 9, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62328
- CBO publication date
- April 13, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1809, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/1809
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 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
13 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 13 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Katie Britt (R-AL), Ted Budd (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), David McCormick (R-PA), Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Thomas Tillis (R-NC), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ashley Moody.
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- S.Res. 871 (119th) A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
- S.Res. 925 (119th) A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month"
- S. 1782 (119th) Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act
- S. 3747 (119th) Home School Graduation Recognition Act
Related bills
- H.R. 2939 (119th) Drone Espionage ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.