Gov't use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ban MATT O'BRIEN, AP Technology Writer June 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2015 file photo, West Salem police chief Charles Ashbeck flies his department's new drone in West Salem, Wis. More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams and wildlife, the future of drone use by the federal government remains unmapped. The latest complication: Legislation moving through Congress that would block the U.S. government from using drones made in China. (Peter Thomson/La Crosse Tribune via AP)Peter Thomson/APShow MoreShow Less