Bill bans foreign drones, funds $1.5 billion to buy American ones.
H.R. 9430 — American Drone Manufacturing Dominance Act of 2026 · Filed by Pat Harrigan (R-NC) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill stops U.S. police from buying drones made in certain foreign countries. It gives $1.5 billion to help them buy American-made drones instead. The money pays for three things: a buyback program, grants for police purchases, and money for U.S. companies to build factories.
Who it affects
Police departments and law enforcement agencies must replace foreign drones by January 1, 2031. U.S. drone makers will get money to build factories and sell drones.
One thing to notice
The bill uses tariff money to pay for the program. If tariffs go down, the money may run out. The bill does not say which countries are banned.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 3 Republicans.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $150,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 34 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Pat Harrigan, who sponsored the bill, received $401,925 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International — $150,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- tariff — A tax the government puts on things bought from other countries.
- buyback program — A plan where the government pays agencies to give back old equipment.
- grants — Money the government gives to people or groups for a specific purpose.
- law enforcement — Police and other groups that enforce laws and keep people safe.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 2, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 17, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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