H.R. 4682: UAS Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-26 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

UAS Act

Plain summary

Unmanned Aerial Security Act or the UAS Act This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from operating, financing, or procuring unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or UAS operating, detection, or identification systems that are manufactured in certain foreign countries or by corporations domiciled in such foreign countries. Applicable foreign countries include those identified as foreign adversaries in the intelligence community's latest annual threat assessment and other countries designated by DHS. DHS may waive the prohibition for (1) the national interest of the United States; (2) counter-UAS surrogate research, testing, development, evaluation, or training; or (3) intelligence, electronic warfare, or information warfare operations, testing, analysis, and training. An office or component of DHS may continue to operate a UAS or system in its inventory that would otherwise be prohibited until DHS grants or denies a waiver or until one year after this bill is enacted, whichever is later.

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Official text

UAS Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4682, UAS Act (2021-09-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr4682.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4682 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117