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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 6143 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for drone security. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | NOVEMBER1, 2023 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. G |
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| 9 | 9 | | ALLAGHER(for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, and |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. W |
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| 11 | 11 | | ITTMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by |
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| 14 | 14 | | the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with- |
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| 15 | 15 | | in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To provide for drone security. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Security 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Drone Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) C |
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| 26 | 26 | | OVERED FOREIGN ENTITY .—The term 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ‘‘covered foreign entity’’ means an entity included on 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | a list developed and maintained by the Federal Ac-10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | quisition Security Council and published in the Sys-1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tem for Award Management (SAM). This list will in-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | clude entities in the following categories: 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (A) An entity included on the Consolidated 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Screening List. 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) Any entity the Secretary of Homeland 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Security, in coordination with the Secretary of 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | State, the Attorney General, Director of Na-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tional Intelligence, and the Secretary of De-9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | fense, determines poses a national security risk. 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (C) Any entity domiciled in the People’s 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Republic of China or subject to influence or 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | owned or controlled by the Government of the 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | People’s Republic of China or the Communist 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Party of the People’s Republic of China, as de-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | termined by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | rity, in coordination with the Secretary of 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | State. 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (D) Any subsidiary or affiliate of an entity 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | described in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) C |
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| 53 | 53 | | OVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .— 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | The term ‘‘covered unmanned aircraft system’’ has 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the meaning given the term ‘‘unmanned aircraft sys-23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | tem’’ in section 44801 of title 49, United States 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Code. 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (3) INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE COMMU -1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | NITY.—The terms ‘‘intelligence’’ and ‘‘intelligence 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | community’’ have the meanings given those terms in 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | U.S.C. 3003). 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT OF COVERED UN-6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | MANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FROM COV-7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ERED FOREIGN ENTITIES. 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (a) I |
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| 70 | 70 | | NGENERAL.—Except as provided under sub-9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | sections (b) through (f), the head of an executive agency 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | may not procure any covered unmanned aircraft system 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | that is manufactured or assembled by a covered foreign 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | entity, which includes associated elements related to the 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | collection and transmission of sensitive information (con-14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | sisting of communication links and the components that 15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | control the unmanned aircraft) that enable the operator 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | to operate the aircraft in the National Airspace System. 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | The Federal Acquisition Security Council, in coordination 18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | with the Secretary of Transportation, shall develop and 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | update a list of associated elements. 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (b) E |
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| 83 | 83 | | XEMPTION.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | rity, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | the Attorney General are exempt from the restriction 23 |
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| 86 | 86 | | under subsection (a) if the procurement is required in the 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | national interest of the United States and— 25 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (1) is for the sole purposes of research, evalua-1 |
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| 92 | 92 | | tion, training, testing, or analysis for electronic war-2 |
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| 93 | 93 | | fare, information warfare operations, cybersecurity, 3 |
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| 94 | 94 | | or development of unmanned aircraft system or 4 |
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| 95 | 95 | | counter-unmanned aircraft system technology; 5 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (2) is for the sole purposes of conducting 6 |
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| 97 | 97 | | counterterrorism or counterintelligence activities, 7 |
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| 98 | 98 | | protective missions, or Federal criminal or national 8 |
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| 99 | 99 | | security investigations, including forensic examina-9 |
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| 100 | 100 | | tions, or for electronic warfare, information warfare 10 |
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| 101 | 101 | | operations, cybersecurity, or development of an un-11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | manned aircraft system or counter-unmanned air-12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | craft system technology; or 13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (3) is an unmanned aircraft system that, as 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | procured or as modified after procurement but be-15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | fore operational use, can no longer transfer to, or 16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | download data from, a covered foreign entity and 17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | otherwise poses no national security cybersecurity 18 |
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| 109 | 109 | | risks as determined by the exempting official. 19 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (c) D |
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| 111 | 111 | | EPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FED-20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ERALAVIATIONADMINISTRATION EXEMPTION.—The 21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | Secretary of Transportation is exempt from the restriction 22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | under subsection (a) if the operation or procurement is 23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | deemed to support the safe, secure, or efficient operation 24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | of the National Airspace System or maintenance of public 25 |
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| 120 | 120 | | safety, including activities carried out under the Federal 1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | Aviation Administration’s Alliance for System Safety of 2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) Center of 3 |
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| 123 | 123 | | Excellence (COE) and any other activity deemed to sup-4 |
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| 124 | 124 | | port the safe, secure, or efficient operation of the National 5 |
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| 125 | 125 | | Airspace System or maintenance of public safety, as deter-6 |
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| 126 | 126 | | mined by the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee. 7 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (d) N |
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| 128 | 128 | | ATIONALTRANSPORTATION SAFETYBOARD 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | E |
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| 130 | 130 | | XEMPTION.—The National Transportation Safety 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Se-10 |
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| 132 | 132 | | curity, is exempt from the restriction under subsection (a) 11 |
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| 133 | 133 | | if the operation or procurement is necessary for the sole 12 |
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| 134 | 134 | | purpose of conducting safety investigations. 13 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (e) N |
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| 136 | 136 | | ATIONALOCEANIC ANDATMOSPHERICADMIN-14 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ISTRATIONEXEMPTION.—The Administrator of the Na-15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | is exempt from the restriction under subsection (a) if the 18 |
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| 141 | 141 | | procurement is necessary for the purpose of meeting 19 |
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| 142 | 142 | | NOAA’s science or management objectives or operational 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | mission. 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (f) W |
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| 145 | 145 | | AIVER.—The head of an executive agency may 22 |
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| 146 | 146 | | waive the prohibition under subsection (a) on a case-by- 23 |
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| 147 | 147 | | case basis— 24 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (1) with the approval of the Director of the Of-1 |
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| 152 | 152 | | fice of Management and Budget, after consultation 2 |
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| 153 | 153 | | with the Federal Acquisition Security Council; and 3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (2) upon notification to— 4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 5 |
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| 156 | 156 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 6 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (B) the Committee on Oversight and Ac-7 |
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| 158 | 158 | | countability in the House of Representatives; 8 |
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| 159 | 159 | | and 9 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (C) other appropriate congressional com-10 |
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| 161 | 161 | | mittees of jurisdiction. 11 |
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| 162 | 162 | | SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON OPERATION OF COVERED UN-12 |
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| 163 | 163 | | MANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FROM COV-13 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ERED FOREIGN ENTITIES. 14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (a) P |
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| 166 | 166 | | ROHIBITION.— 15 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (1) I |
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| 168 | 168 | | N GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that 16 |
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| 169 | 169 | | is two years after the date of the enactment of this 17 |
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| 170 | 170 | | Act, no Federal department or agency may operate 18 |
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| 171 | 171 | | a covered unmanned aircraft system manufactured 19 |
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| 172 | 172 | | or assembled by a covered foreign entity. 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (2) A |
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| 174 | 174 | | PPLICABILITY TO CONTRACTED SERV -21 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ICES.—The prohibition under paragraph (1) applies 22 |
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| 176 | 176 | | to any covered unmanned aircraft systems that are 23 |
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| 177 | 177 | | being used by any executive agency through the 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | manned aircraft systems. 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (b) E |
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| 184 | 184 | | XEMPTION.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | rity, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | the Attorney General are exempt from the restriction 5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | under subsection (a) if the operation is required in the 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | national interest of the United States and— 7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (1) is for the sole purposes of research, evalua-8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | tion, training, testing, or analysis for electronic war-9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | fare, information warfare operations, cybersecurity, 10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | or development of unmanned aircraft system or 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | counter-unmanned aircraft system technology; 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (2) is for the sole purposes of conducting 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | counterterrorism or counterintelligence activities, 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | protective missions, or Federal criminal or national 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | security investigations, including forensic examina-16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | tions, or for electronic warfare, information warfare 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | operations, cybersecurity, or development of an un-18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | manned aircraft system or counter-unmanned air-19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | craft system technology; or 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (3) is an unmanned aircraft system that, as 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | procured or as modified after procurement but be-22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | fore operational use, can no longer transfer to, or 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | risks as determined by the exempting official. 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (c) D |
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| 212 | 212 | | EPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FED-3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ERALAVIATIONADMINISTRATION EXEMPTION.—The 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | Secretary of Transportation is exempt from the restriction 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | under subsection (a) if the operation is deemed to support 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | the safe, secure, or efficient operation of the National Air-7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | space System or maintenance of public safety, including 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | activities carried out under the Federal Aviation Adminis-9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | tration’s Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Re-10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | search Excellence (ASSURE) Center of Excellence (COE) 11 |
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| 221 | 221 | | and any other activity deemed to support the safe, secure, 12 |
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| 222 | 222 | | or efficient operation of the National Airspace System or 13 |
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| 223 | 223 | | maintenance of public safety, as determined by the Sec-14 |
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| 224 | 224 | | retary or the Secretary’s designee. 15 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (d) N |
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| 226 | 226 | | ATIONALTRANSPORTATION SAFETYBOARD 16 |
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| 228 | 228 | | XEMPTION.—The National Transportation Safety 17 |
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| 229 | 229 | | Board, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Se-18 |
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| 230 | 230 | | curity, is exempt from the restriction under subsection (a) 19 |
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| 231 | 231 | | if the operation is necessary for the sole purpose of con-20 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ducting safety investigations. 21 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (e) N |
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| 234 | 234 | | ATIONALOCEANIC ANDATMOSPHERICADMIN-22 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ISTRATIONEXEMPTION.—The Administrator of the Na-23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 24 |
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| 237 | 237 | | in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 25 |
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| 241 | 241 | | is exempt from the restriction under subsection (a) if the 1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | procurement is necessary for the purpose of meeting 2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | NOAA’s science or management objectives or operational 3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | mission. 4 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (f) W |
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| 246 | 246 | | AIVER.—The head of an executive agency may 5 |
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| 247 | 247 | | waive the prohibition under subsection (a) on a case-by- 6 |
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| 248 | 248 | | case basis— 7 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (1) with the approval of the Director of the Of-8 |
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| 250 | 250 | | fice of Management and Budget, after consultation 9 |
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| 251 | 251 | | with the Federal Acquisition Security Council; and 10 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (2) upon notification to— 11 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 12 |
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| 254 | 254 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 13 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (B) the Committee on Oversight and Ac-14 |
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| 256 | 256 | | countability in the House of Representatives; 15 |
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| 257 | 257 | | and 16 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (C) other appropriate congressional com-17 |
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| 259 | 259 | | mittees of jurisdiction. 18 |
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| 260 | 260 | | (g) R |
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| 261 | 261 | | EGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.—Not later than 19 |
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| 262 | 262 | | 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 20 |
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| 263 | 263 | | Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 21 |
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| 264 | 264 | | Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Sec-22 |
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| 265 | 265 | | retary of Transportation, shall prescribe regulations or 23 |
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| 266 | 266 | | guidance to implement this section. 24 |
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| 270 | 270 | | SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 1 |
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| 271 | 271 | | PROCUREMENT AND OPERATION OF COV-2 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FROM 3 |
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| 273 | 273 | | COVERED FOREIGN ENTITIES. 4 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (a) I |
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| 275 | 275 | | NGENERAL.—Beginning on the date that is two 5 |
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| 276 | 276 | | years after the date of the enactment of this Act, except 6 |
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| 277 | 277 | | as provided in subsection (b), no Federal funds awarded 7 |
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| 278 | 278 | | through a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement, or 8 |
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| 279 | 279 | | otherwise made available may be used— 9 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (1) to procure a covered unmanned aircraft sys-10 |
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| 281 | 281 | | tem that is manufactured or assembled by a covered 11 |
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| 282 | 282 | | foreign entity; or 12 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (2) in connection with the operation of such a 13 |
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| 284 | 284 | | drone or unmanned aircraft system. 14 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (b) E |
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| 286 | 286 | | XEMPTION.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-15 |
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| 287 | 287 | | rity, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and 16 |
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| 288 | 288 | | the Attorney General are exempt from the restriction 17 |
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| 289 | 289 | | under subsection (a) if the procurement or operation is 18 |
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| 290 | 290 | | required in the national interest of the United States 19 |
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| 291 | 291 | | and— 20 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (1) is for the sole purposes of research, evalua-21 |
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| 293 | 293 | | tion, training, testing, or analysis for electronic war-22 |
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| 294 | 294 | | fare, information warfare operations, cybersecurity, 23 |
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| 295 | 295 | | or development of unmanned aircraft system or 24 |
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| 296 | 296 | | counter-unmanned aircraft system technology; 25 |
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| 302 | 302 | | protective missions, or Federal criminal or national 3 |
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| 303 | 303 | | security investigations, including forensic examina-4 |
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| 304 | 304 | | tions, or for electronic warfare, information warfare 5 |
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| 305 | 305 | | operations, cybersecurity, or development of an un-6 |
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| 306 | 306 | | manned aircraft system or counter-unmanned air-7 |
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| 307 | 307 | | craft system technology; or 8 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (3) is an unmanned aircraft system that, as 9 |
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| 309 | 309 | | procured or as modified after procurement but be-10 |
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| 310 | 310 | | fore operational use, can no longer transfer to, or 11 |
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| 311 | 311 | | download data from, a covered foreign entity and 12 |
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| 312 | 312 | | otherwise poses no national security cybersecurity 13 |
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| 313 | 313 | | risks as determined by the exempting official. 14 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (c) D |
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| 315 | 315 | | EPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FED-15 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ERALAVIATIONADMINISTRATION EXEMPTION.—The 16 |
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| 317 | 317 | | Secretary of Transportation is exempt from the restriction 17 |
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| 318 | 318 | | under subsection (a) if the operation or procurement is 18 |
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| 319 | 319 | | deemed to support the safe, secure, or efficient operation 19 |
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| 320 | 320 | | of the National Airspace System or maintenance of public 20 |
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| 321 | 321 | | safety, including activities carried out under the Federal 21 |
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| 322 | 322 | | Aviation Administration’s Alliance for System Safety of 22 |
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| 323 | 323 | | UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) Center of 23 |
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| 324 | 324 | | Excellence (COE) and any other activity deemed to sup-24 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (d) N |
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| 333 | 333 | | ISTRATIONEXEMPTION.—The Administrator of the Na-4 |
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| 334 | 334 | | tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 5 |
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| 335 | 335 | | in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 6 |
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| 336 | 336 | | is exempt from the restriction under subsection (a) if the 7 |
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| 337 | 337 | | operation or procurement is necessary for the purpose of 8 |
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| 338 | 338 | | meeting NOAA’s science or management objectives or 9 |
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| 339 | 339 | | operational mission. 10 |
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| 341 | 341 | | AIVER.—The head of an executive agency may 11 |
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| 342 | 342 | | waive the prohibition under subsection (a) on a case-by- 12 |
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| 343 | 343 | | case basis— 13 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (1) with the approval of the Director of the Of-14 |
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| 345 | 345 | | fice of Management and Budget, after consultation 15 |
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| 346 | 346 | | with the Federal Acquisition Security Council; and 16 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (2) upon notification to— 17 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (A) the Committee on Homeland Security 18 |
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| 349 | 349 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 19 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (B) the Committee on Oversight and Ac-20 |
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| 351 | 351 | | countability in the House of Representatives; 21 |
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| 352 | 352 | | and 22 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (C) other appropriate congressional com-23 |
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| 354 | 354 | | mittees of jurisdiction. 24 |
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| 359 | 359 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisi-2 |
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| 360 | 360 | | tion Regulatory Council shall prescribe regulations or 3 |
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| 361 | 361 | | guidance, as necessary, to implement the requirements of 4 |
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| 362 | 362 | | this section pertaining to Federal contracts. 5 |
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| 363 | 363 | | SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON USE OF GOVERNMENT-ISSUED 6 |
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| 364 | 364 | | PURCHASE CARDS TO PURCHASE COVERED 7 |
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| 365 | 365 | | UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FROM COV-8 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ERED FOREIGN ENTITIES. 9 |
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| 367 | 367 | | Effective immediately, Government-issued Purchase 10 |
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| 368 | 368 | | Cards may not be used to procure any covered unmanned 11 |
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| 369 | 369 | | aircraft system from a covered foreign entity. 12 |
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| 370 | 370 | | SEC. 7. MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING INVENTORIES OF COV-13 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FROM 14 |
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| 372 | 372 | | COVERED FOREIGN ENTITIES. 15 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (a) I |
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| 374 | 374 | | NGENERAL.—All executive agencies must ac-16 |
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| 375 | 375 | | count for existing inventories of covered unmanned air-17 |
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| 376 | 376 | | craft systems manufactured or assembled by a covered for-18 |
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| 377 | 377 | | eign entity in their personal property accounting systems, 19 |
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| 378 | 378 | | within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, re-20 |
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| 379 | 379 | | gardless of the original procurement cost, or the purpose 21 |
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| 380 | 380 | | of procurement due to the special monitoring and account-22 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ing measures necessary to track the items’ capabilities. 23 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (b) C |
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| 383 | 383 | | LASSIFIEDTRACKING.—Due to the sensitive na-24 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ture of missions and operations conducted by the United 25 |
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| 389 | 389 | | manned aircraft systems manufactured or assembled by 2 |
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| 390 | 390 | | a covered foreign entity may be tracked at a classified 3 |
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| 391 | 391 | | level, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-4 |
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| 392 | 392 | | rity or the Secretary’s designee. 5 |
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| 393 | 393 | | (c) E |
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| 394 | 394 | | XCEPTIONS.—The Department of Defense, the 6 |
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| 395 | 395 | | Department of Homeland Security, the Department of 7 |
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| 396 | 396 | | State, the Department of Justice, the Department of 8 |
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| 397 | 397 | | Transportation, and the National Oceanic and Atmos-9 |
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| 398 | 398 | | pheric Administration may exclude from the full inventory 10 |
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| 399 | 399 | | process, covered unmanned aircraft systems that are 11 |
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| 400 | 400 | | deemed expendable due to mission risk such as recovery 12 |
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| 401 | 401 | | issues, or that are one-time-use covered unmanned aircraft 13 |
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| 402 | 402 | | due to requirements and low cost. 14 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (d) I |
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| 404 | 404 | | NTELLIGENCECOMMUNITYEXCEPTION.—Noth-15 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ing in this section shall apply to any element of the intel-16 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ligence community. 17 |
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| 407 | 407 | | SEC. 8. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT. 18 |
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| 408 | 408 | | Not later than 275 days after the date of the enact-19 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 20 |
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| 410 | 410 | | States shall submit to Congress a report on the amount 21 |
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| 411 | 411 | | of commercial off-the-shelf drones and covered unmanned 22 |
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| 412 | 412 | | aircraft systems procured by Federal departments and 23 |
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| 413 | 413 | | agencies from covered foreign entities, except that nothing 24 |
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| 418 | 418 | | ligence community. 2 |
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| 419 | 419 | | SEC. 9. GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY FOR PROCUREMENT 3 |
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| 420 | 420 | | OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. 4 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (a) I |
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| 422 | 422 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 5 |
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| 423 | 423 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-6 |
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| 424 | 424 | | fice of Management and Budget, in coordination with the 7 |
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| 425 | 425 | | Department of Homeland Security, Department of Trans-8 |
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| 426 | 426 | | portation, the Department of Justice, the Department of 9 |
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| 427 | 427 | | State, and other Departments as determined by the Direc-10 |
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| 428 | 428 | | tor of the Office of Management and Budget, and in con-11 |
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| 429 | 429 | | sultation with the National Institute of Standards and 12 |
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| 430 | 430 | | Technology, shall establish a government-wide policy for 13 |
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| 431 | 431 | | the procurement of an unmanned aircraft system— 14 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (1) for non-Department of Defense and non-in-15 |
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| 433 | 433 | | telligence community operations; and 16 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (2) through grants and cooperative agreements 17 |
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| 435 | 435 | | entered into with non-Federal entities. 18 |
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| 436 | 436 | | (b) I |
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| 437 | 437 | | NFORMATIONSECURITY.—The policy developed 19 |
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| 438 | 438 | | under subsection (a) shall include the following specifica-20 |
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| 439 | 439 | | tions, which to the extent practicable, shall be based on 21 |
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| 440 | 440 | | industry standards and technical guidance from the Na-22 |
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| 441 | 441 | | tional Institute of Standards and Technology, to address 23 |
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| 442 | 442 | | the risks associated with processing, storing, and trans-24 |
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| 446 | 446 | | mitting Federal information in an unmanned aircraft sys-1 |
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| 447 | 447 | | tem: 2 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (1) Protections to ensure controlled access to 3 |
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| 449 | 449 | | an unmanned aircraft system. 4 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (2) Protecting software, firmware, and hard-5 |
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| 451 | 451 | | ware by ensuring changes to an unmanned aircraft 6 |
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| 452 | 452 | | system are properly managed, including by ensuring 7 |
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| 453 | 453 | | an unmanned aircraft system can be updated using 8 |
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| 454 | 454 | | a secure, controlled, and configurable mechanism. 9 |
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| 455 | 455 | | (3) Cryptographically securing sensitive col-10 |
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| 456 | 456 | | lected, stored, and transmitted data, including prop-11 |
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| 457 | 457 | | er handling of privacy data and other controlled un-12 |
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| 458 | 458 | | classified information. 13 |
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| 459 | 459 | | (4) Appropriate safeguards necessary to protect 14 |
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| 460 | 460 | | sensitive information, including during and after use 15 |
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| 461 | 461 | | of an unmanned aircraft system. 16 |
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| 462 | 462 | | (5) Appropriate data security to ensure that 17 |
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| 463 | 463 | | data is not transmitted to or stored in non-approved 18 |
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| 464 | 464 | | locations. 19 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (6) The ability to opt out of the uploading, 20 |
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| 466 | 466 | | downloading, or transmitting of data that is not re-21 |
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| 467 | 467 | | quired by law or regulation and an ability to choose 22 |
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| 468 | 468 | | with whom and where information is shared when it 23 |
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| 469 | 469 | | is required. 24 |
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| 474 | 474 | | section (a) shall reflect an appropriate risk-based ap-2 |
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| 475 | 475 | | proach to information security related to use of an un-3 |
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| 476 | 476 | | manned aircraft system. 4 |
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| 477 | 477 | | (d) R |
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| 478 | 478 | | EVISION OFACQUISITIONREGULATIONS.—Not 5 |
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| 479 | 479 | | later than 180 days after the date on which the policy 6 |
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| 480 | 480 | | required under subsection (a) is issued— 7 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (1) the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council 8 |
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| 482 | 482 | | shall revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation, as 9 |
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| 483 | 483 | | necessary, to implement the policy; and 10 |
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| 484 | 484 | | (2) any Federal department or agency or other 11 |
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| 485 | 485 | | Federal entity not subject to, or not subject solely 12 |
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| 486 | 486 | | to, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall revise 13 |
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| 487 | 487 | | applicable policy, guidance, or regulations, as nec-14 |
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| 488 | 488 | | essary, to implement the policy. 15 |
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| 489 | 489 | | (e) E |
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| 490 | 490 | | XEMPTION.—In developing the policy required 16 |
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| 491 | 491 | | under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Man-17 |
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| 492 | 492 | | agement and Budget shall— 18 |
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| 493 | 493 | | (1) incorporate policies to implement the ex-19 |
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| 494 | 494 | | emptions contained in this Act; and 20 |
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| 495 | 495 | | (2) incorporate an exemption to the policy in 21 |
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| 496 | 496 | | the case of a head of the procuring department or 22 |
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| 497 | 497 | | agency determining, in writing, that no product that 23 |
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| 498 | 498 | | complies with the information security requirements 24 |
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| 499 | 499 | | described in subsection (b) is capable of fulfilling 25 |
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| 504 | 504 | | determination— 2 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (A) may not be delegated below the level of 3 |
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| 506 | 506 | | the Deputy Secretary, or Administrator, of the 4 |
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| 507 | 507 | | procuring department or agency; 5 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (B) shall specify— 6 |
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| 509 | 509 | | (i) the quantity of end items to which 7 |
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| 510 | 510 | | the waiver applies and the procurement 8 |
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| 511 | 511 | | value of those items; and 9 |
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| 512 | 512 | | (ii) the time period over which the 10 |
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| 513 | 513 | | waiver applies, which shall not exceed three 11 |
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| 514 | 514 | | years; 12 |
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| 515 | 515 | | (C) shall be reported to the Office of Man-13 |
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| 516 | 516 | | agement and Budget following issuance of such 14 |
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| 517 | 517 | | a determination; and 15 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (D) not later than 30 days after the date 16 |
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| 519 | 519 | | on which the determination is made, shall be 17 |
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| 520 | 520 | | provided to the Committee on Homeland Secu-18 |
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| 521 | 521 | | rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 19 |
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| 522 | 522 | | and the Committee on Oversight and Account-20 |
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| 523 | 523 | | ability of the House of Representatives. 21 |
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| 528 | 528 | | MENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE EXEMP-2 |
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| 529 | 529 | | TION. 3 |
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| 530 | 530 | | (a) R |
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| 531 | 531 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 4 |
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| 532 | 532 | | shall prevent a State, local, or territorial law enforcement 5 |
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| 533 | 533 | | or emergency service agency from procuring or operating 6 |
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| 534 | 534 | | a covered unmanned aircraft system purchased with non- 7 |
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| 535 | 535 | | Federal dollars. 8 |
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| 536 | 536 | | (b) C |
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| 537 | 537 | | ONTINUITY OFARRANGEMENTS.—The Federal 9 |
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| 538 | 538 | | Government may continue entering into contracts, grants, 10 |
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| 539 | 539 | | and cooperative agreements or other Federal funding in-11 |
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| 540 | 540 | | struments with State, local, or territorial law enforcement 12 |
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| 541 | 541 | | or emergency service agencies under which a covered un-13 |
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| 542 | 542 | | manned aircraft system will be purchased or operated if 14 |
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| 543 | 543 | | the agency has received approval or waiver to purchase 15 |
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| 544 | 544 | | or operate a covered unmanned aircraft system pursuant 16 |
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| 545 | 545 | | to section 1095. 17 |
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| 546 | 546 | | SEC. 11. STUDY. 18 |
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| 547 | 547 | | (a) S |
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| 548 | 548 | | TUDY ON THESUPPLYCHAIN FORUNMANNED 19 |
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| 549 | 549 | | A |
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| 550 | 550 | | IRCRAFTSYSTEMS ANDCOMPONENTS.— 20 |
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| 551 | 551 | | (1) R |
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| 552 | 552 | | EPORT REQUIRED .—Not later than one 21 |
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| 553 | 553 | | year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 22 |
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| 554 | 554 | | Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 23 |
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| 555 | 555 | | Sustainment shall provide to the appropriate con-24 |
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| 556 | 556 | | gressional committees a report on the supply chain 25 |
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| 557 | 557 | | for covered unmanned aircraft systems, including a 26 |
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| 562 | 562 | | for covered unmanned aircraft systems. 2 |
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| 563 | 563 | | (2) E |
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| 564 | 564 | | LEMENTS.—The report under paragraph 3 |
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| 565 | 565 | | (1) shall include the following: 4 |
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| 566 | 566 | | (A) A description of the current and future 5 |
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| 567 | 567 | | global and domestic market for covered un-6 |
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| 568 | 568 | | manned aircraft systems that are not widely 7 |
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| 569 | 569 | | commercially available except from a covered 8 |
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| 570 | 570 | | foreign entity. 9 |
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| 571 | 571 | | (B) A description of the sustainability, 10 |
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| 572 | 572 | | availability, cost, and quality of secure sources 11 |
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| 573 | 573 | | of covered unmanned aircraft systems domesti-12 |
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| 574 | 574 | | cally and from sources in allied and partner 13 |
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| 575 | 575 | | countries. 14 |
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| 576 | 576 | | (C) The plan of the Secretary of Defense 15 |
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| 577 | 577 | | to address any gaps or deficiencies identified in 16 |
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| 578 | 578 | | subparagraph (B), including through the use of 17 |
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| 579 | 579 | | funds available under the Defense Production 18 |
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| 580 | 580 | | Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) and part-19 |
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| 581 | 581 | | nerships with the National Aeronautics and 20 |
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| 582 | 582 | | Space Administration and other interested per-21 |
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| 583 | 583 | | sons. 22 |
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| 584 | 584 | | (D) Such other information as the Under 23 |
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| 585 | 585 | | Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 24 |
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| 586 | 586 | | Sustainment determines to be appropriate. 25 |
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| 592 | 592 | | priate congressional committees’’ means: 3 |
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| 593 | 593 | | (A) The Committees on Armed Services of 4 |
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| 594 | 594 | | the Senate and the House of Representatives. 5 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (B) The Committee on Homeland Security 6 |
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| 596 | 596 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 7 |
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| 597 | 597 | | Committee on Oversight and Accountability of 8 |
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| 598 | 598 | | the House of Representatives. 9 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (C) The Committee on Commerce, Science, 10 |
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| 600 | 600 | | and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-11 |
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| 601 | 601 | | mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of 12 |
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| 602 | 602 | | the House of Representatives. 13 |
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| 603 | 603 | | (D) The Select Committee on Intelligence 14 |
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| 604 | 604 | | of the Senate and the Permanent Select Com-15 |
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| 605 | 605 | | mittee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-16 |
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| 606 | 606 | | resentatives. 17 |
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| 607 | 607 | | (E) The Committee on Transportation and 18 |
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| 608 | 608 | | Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. 19 |
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| 609 | 609 | | (F) The Committee on Homeland Security 20 |
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| 610 | 610 | | of the House of Representatives. 21 |
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| 611 | 611 | | (G) The Committee on Foreign Relations 22 |
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| 612 | 612 | | of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 23 |
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| 613 | 613 | | Affairs of the House of Representatives. 24 |
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| 618 | 618 | | (a) E |
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| 619 | 619 | | XCEPTION FORWILDFIREMANAGEMENTOPER-2 |
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| 620 | 620 | | ATIONS ANDSEARCH ANDRESCUEOPERATIONS.—The 3 |
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| 621 | 621 | | appropriate Federal agencies, in consultation with the Sec-4 |
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| 622 | 622 | | retary of Homeland Security, are exempt from the pro-5 |
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| 623 | 623 | | curement and operation restrictions under sections 3, 4, 6 |
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| 624 | 624 | | and 5 to the extent the procurement or operation is nec-7 |
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| 625 | 625 | | essary for the purpose of supporting the full range of wild-8 |
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| 626 | 626 | | fire management operations or search and rescue oper-9 |
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| 627 | 627 | | ations. 10 |
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| 628 | 628 | | (b) E |
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| 629 | 629 | | XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCEACTIVITIES.— 11 |
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| 630 | 630 | | Sections 3, 4, and 5 shall not apply to any activity subject 12 |
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| 631 | 631 | | to the reporting requirements under title V of the National 13 |
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| 632 | 632 | | Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), any au-14 |
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| 633 | 633 | | thorized intelligence activities of the United States, or any 15 |
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| 634 | 634 | | activity or procurement that supports an authorized intel-16 |
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| 635 | 635 | | ligence activity. 17 |
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| 636 | 636 | | (c) E |
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| 637 | 637 | | XCEPTION FORTRIBALLAWENFORCEMENT OR 18 |
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| 638 | 638 | | E |
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| 639 | 639 | | MERGENCYSERVICEAGENCY.—Tribal law enforcement 19 |
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| 640 | 640 | | or Tribal emergency service agencies, in consultation with 20 |
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| 641 | 641 | | the Secretary of Homeland Security, are exempt from the 21 |
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| 642 | 642 | | procurement, operation, and purchase restrictions under 22 |
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| 643 | 643 | | sections 3, 4, and 5 to the extent the procurement or oper-23 |
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| 644 | 644 | | ation is necessary for the purpose of supporting the full 24 |
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| 645 | 645 | | range of law enforcement operations or search and rescue 25 |
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| 646 | 646 | | operations on Indian lands. 26 |
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| 651 | 651 | | Sections 3, 4, and 5 shall cease to have effect on the 2 |
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| 652 | 652 | | date that is five years after the date of the enactment of 3 |
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| 653 | 653 | | this Act. 4 |
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