House votes to create drone czar at DHS

Published September 4, 2018 11:35pm ET



House lawmakers voted Tuesday to require the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to create a position for someone to focus solely on drones as the devices relate to national and border security.

Under Rep. Scott Perry’s, R-Pa., DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen would have to appoint an official to serve as the countering unmanned aircraft systems coordinator.

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