# 2025-10803: Drones Beware: Feds Launch Task Force to Guard American Skies

2025-10803, Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-06-11, effective 2025-06-06 (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10803
- As of: 2026-11-04
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-10803
- Title: Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 24719
- Published: 2025-06-11
- Effective: 2025-06-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

Drones Beware: Feds Launch Task Force to Guard American Skies

## Summary

The government is stepping up to keep American skies safe from dangerous drones used by criminals and bad actors. A new task force will work fast to stop illegal drone flights near important places like military bases, big events, and prisons. This means stronger rules and smarter tech coming soon to protect everyone—and it’s happening right now!

## Effects PRIA read

- New Federal Task Force to Secure Airspace: benefit, medium. The President established a Federal Task Force to Restore American Airspace Sovereignty chaired by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The Task Force will review operational, technical, and regulatory frameworks and make recommendations to protect the public, critical infr…
- FAA Rulemaking to Restrict Drone Flights: cost, medium. The FAA must promptly submit a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to OMB and the Task Force to establish the statutorily required process for restricting drone flights over fixed-site facilities and must promulgate a final rule as soon as practicable after the NPRM. This will create formal regula…
- NOTAMs/TFRs Published in Open Format for Drones: benefit, medium. Within 180 days of the order, the FAA must make Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) and Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) freely available online in an open format that can be easily accepted for drone geofencing and aircraft navigation systems. This aims to make geofencing and navigation systems able to…
- Real-Time Access to Remote ID Personal Data: cost, medium. Within 60 days, the FAA shall provide, to the extent permitted by law, automated real-time access to personal identifying information associated with UAS remote identification signals to appropriate federal and SLTT agencies for enforcing federal or state law, with national security and privacy saf…
- Grants for SLTT Buy Detection Equipment: benefit, low. Within 30 days, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security must ensure their departments' grant programs permit otherwise eligible State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) agencies to receive grants to purchase UAS or equipment or services for detection, tracking, or identifica…
- Potential Tougher Criminal Penalties for UAS Violations: cost, low. The Attorney General shall, on a recurring basis, submit to the President legislative proposals that would revise criminal penalties for violations of restricted airspace. This signals possible future increases in criminal penalties for unlawful drone operations.

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## Sources
- [2025-10803 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/11/2025-10803/restoring-american-airspace-sovereignty)
- [2025-10803 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-11/pdf/2025-10803.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-10803 (as of 2026-11-04).