H.R.8697

Guard the Skies Act

Introduced·5/7/26

Authorizes the National Guard to protect certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft.

The Guard the Skies Act amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to authorize the National Guard to protect certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. It allows the Secretary of Defense to authorize National Guard members to take actions against unmanned aircraft at the request of a state's chief executive officer. The bill also includes provisions for coordination between the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Secretary of Defense.

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History

May 7

House

Introduced in House

May 7

House

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.