The C-UAS Grant Program was established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 and signed into law by the President in July 2025.

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The law establishing the C-UAS Grant Program was enacted (signed) in July 2025.

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FEMA announced a $250 million award from its new Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program to the 11 states hosting FIFA World Cup 2026 matches and the National Capital Region to strengthen detection, identification, tracking, and mitigation of drones. The award is the first half of a $500 million, two-year DHS program created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 and is tied to authorities in the SAFER SKIES Act and an executive order on airspace sovereignty. FEMA characterized this as its fastest non-disaster grant execution, with funds awarded 25 days after the application deadline.
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FEMA’s official program fact sheet states that the Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program was “established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 2025 (Pub. L. No. 119-21, Sec. 90005(a))” and funded at $500 million across FY 2026–2027. Congress.gov records show that H.R. 1, identified as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and later Public Law 119-21, was signed by the President on July 4, 2025, and became law the same day. Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute and a contemporaneous White House release both confirm that President Donald J. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025. Taken together, these sources show that the C-UAS Grant Program was created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and that this act was signed into law by President Trump in July 2025. The verdict is True because both the statutory origin of the program and the timing and signer of the law match the claim exactly.

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  1. Update · Jan 01, 2026, 01:01 PMTrue
    FEMA’s official program fact sheet states that the Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Grant Program was “established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 2025 (Pub. L. No. 119-21, Sec. 90005(a))” and funded at $500 million across FY 2026–2027. Congress.gov records show that H.R. 1, identified as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and later Public Law 119-21, was signed by the President on July 4, 2025, and became law the same day. Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute and a contemporaneous White House release both confirm that President Donald J. Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025. Taken together, these sources show that the C-UAS Grant Program was created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and that this act was signed into law by President Trump in July 2025. The verdict is True because both the statutory origin of the program and the timing and signer of the law match the claim exactly.
  2. Original article · Dec 30, 2025

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