DEFEND Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6846 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6846 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual assessments on terrorism threats to the United States relating to the malicious use of unmanned aircraft systems by covered foreign adversaries, including terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 18, 2025 Mr. Crane (for himself, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Strong, and Mr. Ogles) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct annual assessments on terrorism threats to the United States relating to the malicious use of unmanned aircraft systems by covered foreign adversaries, including terrorist organizations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Detecting and Evaluating Foreign Exploitation of Novel Drones Act'' or the ``DEFEND Act''. SEC. 2. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ON TERRORISM THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES ARISING FROM THE GLOBAL PROLIFERATION AND MALICIOUS USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. (a) In General.--Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 324. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ON TERRORISM THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES RELATING TO THE USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS BY COVERED FOREIGN ADVERSARIES, INCLUDING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. ``(a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this section and annuall