Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA)

Drone Espionage Act

H.R. 2939 · House bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican bill with 6 Democratic cosponsors · See all 14 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is titled the "Drone Espionage Act." It seeks to amend title 18 of the United States Code. The primary purpose is to prohibit the taking or transmitting of video of defense information. This change would be applied to Section 793 of title 18.