# 119-hr-1386: To establish a Department of State Domestic Protection Mission relating to unmanned aircraft system and unmanned aircraft.

119-hr-1386, To establish a Department of State Domestic Protection Mission relating to unmanned aircraft system and unmanned aircraft., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] (R-FL); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1386
- Congress: 119
- Title: To establish a Department of State Domestic Protection Mission relating to unmanned aircraft system and unmanned aircraft.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Creates a time-limited State Department Domestic Protection Mission that would authorize targeted actions to detect, disrupt, seize, or destroy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) threatening designated high-risk diplomatic facilities and assets.** It would pair that authority with Federal Aviation Administration coordination, privacy limits, budget reporting, and congressional oversight for up to 7 years. - Diplomatic facilities and personnel: The Secretary of State could authorize detection, identification, monitoring, warnings, disruption of control signals, seizure, or destruction of UAS near covered facilities. Seized UAS could be forfeited to the United States under federal law. - UAS operators and owners: Communications used to control UAS could be intercepted or accessed only as necessary during an authorized operation, and devices could be disabled, have control exercised, confiscated, or destroyed. Intercept records must generally be retained no longer than 180 days unless needed for investigation, prosecution, ongoing security operations, or legal requirements. - Airspace and interagency coordination: Actions would require coordination with the FAA, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the Federal Communications Commission to avoid adverse impacts on safe airport operations and the national airspace. The bill would require a consolidated unclassified budget display with an optional classified annex and semiannual congressional briefings for seven years.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX), 2025-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- State Department counter-drone powers with safeguards: benefit, high. If enacted, the State Department would get time-limited powers to act against dangerous drones at high-risk sites in the United States. The Department could detect, track, warn, disrupt, seize, or destroy a drone, and seized drones could be forfeited. Sites would be chosen by a risk review done wit…
- Emergency counter-drone help for agencies: benefit, medium. If enacted, the State Department could help other agencies handle urgent drone threats. Help would be by request, for a set time and place, and within available resources. Support could be reimbursed or not. All actions would need coordination with the FAA. This authority would start at enactment a…
- State Department can accept outside support: benefit, medium. If enacted, the State Department could accept supplies, services, or money from other agencies and private groups. It could take this support with or without repayment and make needed agreements. This would help carry out counter-drone actions at protected sites. This authority would start at enact…
- Limits on tapping drone communications: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Department’s access to drone control communications would be tightly limited. It could intercept only what is needed to stop a threat. It would have to follow the First and Fourth Amendments and other federal law. Records could be kept no longer than 180 days, unless a listed except…
- Training rules for State contractors: mixed, low. If enacted, only trained and certified State Department staff could perform counter-drone work. Some contractors could help, but only if directly hired by the Department, working at government sites, and not doing inherently governmental jobs. The Department would have to train and certify them to…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-260: No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1386 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1386)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-260: No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-260)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1386 (as of 2025-12-21).