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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3207 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General 
to deputize a State or local law enforcement officer to protect certain 
events with temporary flight restrictions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2025 
Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Ms. TITUS, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. CORREA, Mr. MILLS, 
and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, 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 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security or the 
Attorney General to deputize a State or local law enforce-
ment officer to protect certain events with temporary 
flight restrictions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabling Enemy 
Flight Entry and Neutralizing Suspect Equipment Act’’ 
or the ‘‘DEFENSE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DRONE COUNTERMEASURES TO PROTECT EVENTS. 
Section 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 124n) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(m) STADIUM SECURITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or the Attor-
ney General may deputize a State or local law en-
forcement officer to exercise the authority granted 
by subsection (a), except that the authority is grant-
ed solely for the purpose of protecting— 
‘‘(A) a site with respect to which a flight 
restriction is maintained pursuant to section 
521 of division F of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2004 (49 U.S.C. 40103 note); 
‘‘(B) the location of an eligible large public 
gathering described in section 44812(c) of title 
49, United States Code; or 
‘‘(C) a public gathering otherwise pro-
tected by a temporary flight restriction, at the 
discretion of the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration under the authority of 
section 40103(b) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) TRAINING REQUIRED.—The Secretary or 
the Attorney General may deputize only a State or 
local law enforcement officer that has completed 
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training in the use of the authority described in 
paragraph (1), as specified by the Secretary or At-
torney General in coordination with the Secretary of 
Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration. 
‘‘(3) OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary or the Attor-
ney General, in coordination with the Secretary of 
Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, shall exercise oversight of 
the use of the authority described in paragraph (1) 
by a deputized State or local law enforcement offi-
cer. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZED
EQUIPMENT.—Equipment 
authorized for unmanned aircraft system detection, 
identification, monitoring, or tracking under this 
subsection shall be limited to systems or technologies 
that are included on a list of authorized equipment 
maintained by the Department, in coordination with 
the Department of Justice, the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, the Federal Communications Commis-
sion, and the National Telecommunications and In-
formation Administration.’’. 
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