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S. 1809119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
Drone Espionage Act
Sponsored by Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) · 13 active : 12 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316.
Where it standsBefore the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govDrone Espionage Act
This bill makes it a federal crime under the Espionage Act to engage in certain activities related to obtaining, receiving, or transmitting video of national defense information. The term
national defense information
means information or other material that is related to national defense.
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The Espionage Act prohibits certain activities related to obtaining, receiving, or transmitting national defense information that could harm the United States or aid a foreign nation. Under current law, the prohibitions only apply if national defense information is obtained, received, or transmitted by certain means, such as a sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, document, writing, or note. Under current law, a violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both.
This bill makes the criminal prohibitions under the Espionage Act applicable if national defense information is obtained, received, or transmitted by means of video. Under this bill, a violator is subject to the same penalties as under existing law—a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
- Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs · SenateHearings by (subcommittee)
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateActivity not recorded
Subjects
- Digital media
- Espionage and treason
- Military facilities and property
- Military operations and strategy
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 53Middle 30–70
- 39Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
13 activeShow all 13 cosponsors
- Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
- Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
- Markwayne Mullin (R-OK)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- David McCormick (R-PA)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
