Counter-UAS Authority for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement and Correctional Agencies

What it does

In this interim final rule ("IFR"), the Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") (collectively, "the Departments") codify the framework for implementing the SAFER SKIES Act, which authorizes State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement or correctional ("SLTT") agencies to conduct counter-unmanned aircraft system ("C-UAS") operations. This framework governs training and certification (including a two-tiered structure for detection and warning operations and for mitigation operations), authorized technologies, spectrum coordination, airspace approval, real-time air traffic control notification, mitigation reporting, privacy protections, and compliance requirements for SLTT agencies in relation to the exercise of C-UAS authority.

The Homeland Security Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

2 parts of Title 6, 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

6 CFR 124, 28 CFR 124

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Homeland Security Department has published 23 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 16 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1110-AA39, 1601-AB25 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective date: This interim final rule is effective July 1, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket FBI-2026-0001 on Regulations.gov
• Title 6 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register