A bill to prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United States.

Bill: 113-s-505
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2013-03-07
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Due process and equal protection

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-11
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 22.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Prohibits the federal government from using a drone (unmanned aircraft) to kill a U.S. citizen located in the United States. </p> <p>Makes such prohibition inapplicable to an individual who poses an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury to another.</p> <p>States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to allow the killing of a U.S. citizen located in the United States without due process of law.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 22 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 505 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 7, 2013 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Paul , and Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time March 11, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States within the United States.

1. Drones (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term drone means an unmanned aircraft (as defined in section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 40101 note)); (2) the term serious bodily injury has the meaning given that term in section 1365 of title 18, United States Code; and (3) the term United States as used in a territorial sense, has the meaning given that term in section 5 of title 18, United States Code. (b) Prohibition The Federal Government may not use a drone to kill a citizen of the United States who is located in the United States. The prohibition under this subsection shall not apply to an individual who poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to another individual. Nothing in this section shall be construed to suggest that the Constitution would otherwise allow the killing of a citizen of the United States in the United States without due process of law.

March 11, 2013 Read the second time and placed on the calendar