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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1386 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a Department of State Domestic Protection Mission relating |
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| 6 | 6 | | to unmanned aircraft system and unmanned aircraft. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY14, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILLS(for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and En- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ergy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 15 | 15 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To establish a Department of State Domestic Protection |
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| 18 | 18 | | Mission relating to unmanned aircraft system and un- |
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| 19 | 19 | | manned aircraft. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DOMESTIC PROTEC-3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | TION MISSION. 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) A |
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| 25 | 25 | | UTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 46502 of 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | title 49, United States Code, sections 32, 1030, 1367, and 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | chapters 119 and 206 of title 18, United States Code, or 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | section 705 of the Communications Act of 1934, the Sec-8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | retary of State may take, and may authorize appropriate 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | personnel, including Bureau of Diplomatic Security per-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sonnel and contractors, with assigned duties that include 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | safety, security, or protection of personnel, facilities, or 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | assets, to take, such actions described in subsection (b)(1) 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | that are necessary to mitigate a credible threat (as defined 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Federal 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Aviation Administration) that an unmanned aircraft sys-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tem or unmanned aircraft poses to the safety or security 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of a covered facility or asset. 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) A |
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| 43 | 43 | | CTIONSDESCRIBED.— 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) I |
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| 45 | 45 | | N GENERAL.—The actions described in this 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | paragraph are the following: 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (A) During the operation of the unmanned 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | aircraft system, detect, identify, monitor, and 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | track the unmanned aircraft system or un-16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | manned aircraft, without prior consent, includ-17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ing by means of intercept or other access of a 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | wire communication, an oral communication, or 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | an electronic communication used to control the 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | unmanned aircraft system or unmanned air-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | craft. 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (B) Warn the operator of the unmanned 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | aircraft system or unmanned aircraft, including 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | by passive or active, and direct or indirect phys-25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ical, electronic, radio, and electromagnetic 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | means. 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (C) Disrupt control of the unmanned air-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | craft system or unmanned aircraft, without 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | prior consent, including by disabling the un-5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | manned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | by intercepting, interfering, or causing inter-7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ference with wire, oral, electronic, or radio com-8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | munications used to control the unmanned air-9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | craft system or unmanned aircraft. 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (D) Seize or exercise control of the un-11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | manned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft. 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (E) Seize or otherwise confiscate the un-13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | manned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft. 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (F) Use reasonable force to disable, dam-15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | age, or destroy the unmanned aircraft system 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | or unmanned aircraft. 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (2) R |
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| 80 | 80 | | ESEARCH, TESTING, TRAINING, AND EVAL-18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | UATION.— 19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (A) I |
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| 83 | 83 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | tion 46502 of title 49, United States Code, sec-21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | tions 32, 1030, 1367, and chapters 119 and 22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | 206 of title 18, United States Code, or section 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | 705 of the Communications Act of 1934, the 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | Secretary of State shall conduct research, test-25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ing, training on, and evaluation of any equip-1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ment, including any electronic equipment, to de-2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | termine its capability and utility prior to the 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | use of any such technology for any action de-4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | scribed in paragraph (1). Personnel, including 5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | contractors, who do not have duties that include 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | the safety, security, or protection of people, fa-7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | cilities, or assets may engage in research, test-8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ing, training, and evaluation activities pursuant 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | to this section. 10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (B) C |
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| 103 | 103 | | OORDINATION.—The Secretary shall 11 |
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| 104 | 104 | | coordinate procedures governing research, test-12 |
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| 105 | 105 | | ing, training, and evaluation for carrying out 13 |
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| 106 | 106 | | any provision in this section with the Adminis-14 |
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| 107 | 107 | | trator of the Federal Aviation Administration 15 |
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| 108 | 108 | | before initiating such activities so the Adminis-16 |
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| 109 | 109 | | trator may ensure the activities do not ad-17 |
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| 110 | 110 | | versely impact or interfere with safe airport op-18 |
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| 111 | 111 | | erations, navigation, air traffic services, or the 19 |
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| 112 | 112 | | safe and efficient operation of the national air-20 |
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| 113 | 113 | | space system. 21 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (c) F |
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| 115 | 115 | | ORFEITURE.—Any unmanned aircraft system or 22 |
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| 116 | 116 | | unmanned aircraft described in subsection (a) that is 23 |
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| 117 | 117 | | seized by the Secretary of State is subject to forfeiture 24 |
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| 121 | 121 | | to the United States pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | 46 of title 18, United States Code. 2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (d) R |
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| 124 | 124 | | EGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.—The Secretary 3 |
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| 125 | 125 | | of State and the Secretary of Transportation, in consulta-4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | tion with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Com-5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | munications and Information of the National Tele-6 |
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| 128 | 128 | | communications and Information Administration, may 7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | prescribe regulations and shall issue guidance in the re-8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | spective areas of each Secretary to carry out this section. 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (e) C |
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| 132 | 132 | | OORDINATION.— 10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (1) I |
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| 134 | 134 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | develop the actions described in subsection (b)(1) in 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | coordination with the Secretary of Transportation 13 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 14 |
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| 138 | 138 | | Administration), and the Assistant Secretary of 15 |
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| 139 | 139 | | Commerce for Communications and Information of 16 |
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| 140 | 140 | | the National Telecommunications and Information 17 |
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| 141 | 141 | | Administration. 18 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (2) F |
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| 143 | 143 | | URTHER COORDINATION .—The Secretary 19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | of State shall coordinate with the Administrator of 20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | the Federal Aviation Administration prior to any ac-21 |
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| 146 | 146 | | tion authorized by this section so the Administrator 22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | may ensure the action does not adversely impact or 23 |
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| 148 | 148 | | interfere with safe airport operations, navigation, air 24 |
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| 152 | 152 | | traffic services, or the safe and efficient operation of 1 |
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| 153 | 153 | | the national airspace system. 2 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (3) F |
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| 155 | 155 | | URTHER COORDINATION .—The Secretary 3 |
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| 156 | 156 | | of State shall coordinate the development of guid-4 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ance and regulations under subsection (d) with the 5 |
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| 158 | 158 | | Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Com-6 |
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| 159 | 159 | | munications Commission, and the National Tele-7 |
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| 160 | 160 | | communications and Information Administration. 8 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (4) F |
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| 162 | 162 | | URTHER COORDINATION .—Before issuing 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | any guidance under subsection (d), or otherwise im-10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | plementing this section, the Secretary of State shall 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | coordinate with the Administrator of the Federal 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | Aviation Administration to ensure such guidance or 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | implementation is designed to preserve safe airport 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | operations, navigation, air traffic services, and the 15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | safe and efficient operation of the national airspace 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | system. 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (f) P |
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| 172 | 172 | | RIVACYPROTECTION.—The regulations pre-18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | scribed or guidance issued under subsection (d) shall en-19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | sure that— 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (1) the interception or acquisition of, access to, 21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | or maintenance or use of communications to or from 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | an unmanned aircraft system under this section is 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | conducted in a manner consistent with the First and 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | Fourth Amendments to the Constitution and appli-1 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cable provisions of Federal law; 2 |
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| 184 | 184 | | (2) communications to or from an unmanned 3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | aircraft system are intercepted, acquired, or accessed 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | only to the extent necessary to support the actions 5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | described in subsection (b); 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (3) records of such communications are main-7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | tained only for as long as necessary, and in no event 8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | more than 180 days, unless the Secretary of State 9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | determines that maintenance of such records— 10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (A) is necessary to investigate or assist in 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | the prosecution of a violation of law; 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (B) is necessary to directly support an on-13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | going security, law enforcement, or national de-14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | fense operations; or 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (C) is required under Federal statue, regu-16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | lation, or for the purpose of litigation; and 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (4) such communications are not disclosed out-18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | side the Department of State unless the disclosure— 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (A) is necessary to investigate or assist in 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | the prosecution of a violation of law; 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (B) would support the Department of De-22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | fense, a Federal law enforcement, intelligence, 23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | or security agency, or a State, local, tribal, or 24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | territorial law enforcement agency; 25 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (C) would support the enforcement activi-1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ties of a regulatory agency of the Federal Gov-2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ernment in connection with a criminal or civil 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | investigation of, or any regulatory, statutory, or 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | other enforcement action relating to, an action 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | described in subsection (b); 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (D) is between the Department of State 7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | and a Federal, State, local, tribal, or territorial 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | law enforcement agency in the course of a secu-9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | rity or protection operation of either agency or 10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | a joint operations of such agencies; or 11 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (E) is otherwise required by law. 12 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (g) B |
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| 223 | 223 | | UDGET.—The Secretary of State shall submit 13 |
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| 224 | 224 | | to Congress, as a part of the budget presentation docu-14 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ments for each fiscal year following the enactment of this 15 |
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| 226 | 226 | | provision, a consolidated funding display that identifies 16 |
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| 227 | 227 | | the funding source for the actions described in subsection 17 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (b)(1) within the Department of State. The funding dis-18 |
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| 229 | 229 | | play shall be in unclassified form but may contain a classi-19 |
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| 230 | 230 | | fied annex. 20 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (h) A |
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| 232 | 232 | | SSISTANCE ANDSUPPORT.— 21 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (1) F |
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| 234 | 234 | | ACILITIES AND SERVICES OF OTHER 22 |
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| 235 | 235 | | AGENCIES AND NON -FEDERAL ENTITIES.—The Sec-23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | retary is authorized to use, solicit, or accept from 24 |
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| 237 | 237 | | any other Federal agency, or any other public or pri-25 |
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| 241 | 241 | | vate entity, supplies, services, or funds to facilitate 1 |
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| 242 | 242 | | or take the actions provided for in subsection (b). 2 |
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| 243 | 243 | | The Secretary may use, solicit, or accept such sup-3 |
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| 244 | 244 | | plies, services, or funds with or without reimburse-4 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ment and notwithstanding any provision of law that 5 |
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| 246 | 246 | | would prevent such use or acceptance. The Secretary 6 |
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| 247 | 247 | | in implementing subsection (l)(3)(C) may enter into 7 |
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| 248 | 248 | | agreements with other executive agencies and with 8 |
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| 249 | 249 | | appropriate officials of other non-Federal public or 9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | private agencies or entities, as may be necessary and 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | proper to carry out their responsibilities under this 11 |
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| 252 | 252 | | section. 12 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (2) M |
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| 254 | 254 | | UTUAL SUPPORT.—The Secretary is au-13 |
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| 255 | 255 | | thorized to provide support or assistance, upon the 14 |
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| 256 | 256 | | request of an agency or department conducting a 15 |
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| 257 | 257 | | mission specified in section 210G of the Homeland 16 |
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| 258 | 258 | | Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n), section 130i 17 |
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| 259 | 259 | | of title 10, United States Code, or section 4510 of 18 |
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| 260 | 260 | | the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2661), 19 |
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| 261 | 261 | | in fulfilling the requesting agency’s or department’s 20 |
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| 262 | 262 | | roles and responsibilities for that mission, when exi-21 |
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| 263 | 263 | | gent circumstances exist, limited to a specified time-22 |
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| 264 | 264 | | frame and location, within available resources, on a 23 |
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| 265 | 265 | | reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis, in coordina-24 |
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| 266 | 266 | | tion with the Federal Aviation Administration. 25 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (i) SEMIANNUALBRIEFINGS.— 1 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (1) I |
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| 272 | 272 | | N GENERAL.—On a semiannual basis be-2 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ginning six months following the enactment of this 3 |
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| 274 | 274 | | provision during the seven-year period beginning 4 |
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| 275 | 275 | | upon enactment of this provision, the Secretary of 5 |
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| 276 | 276 | | State and the Secretary of Transportation shall 6 |
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| 277 | 277 | | jointly provide a briefing to the appropriate congres-7 |
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| 278 | 278 | | sional committees on the activities carried out pursu-8 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ant to this section. Such briefings shall include a de-9 |
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| 280 | 280 | | scription of— 10 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (A) policies, programs, and procedures to 11 |
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| 282 | 282 | | mitigate or eliminate impacts of such activities 12 |
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| 283 | 283 | | to the National Airspace System; 13 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (B) instances where actions described in 14 |
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| 285 | 285 | | subsection (b)(1) have been taken; 15 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (C) the guidance, policies, or procedures 16 |
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| 287 | 287 | | established to address privacy, civil rights, and 17 |
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| 288 | 288 | | civil liberties issues implicated by the actions 18 |
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| 289 | 289 | | authorized under this section and any changes 19 |
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| 290 | 290 | | or subsequent efforts that would significantly 20 |
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| 291 | 291 | | affect privacy, civil rights, or civil liberties; 21 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (D) how the Secretaries have informed the 22 |
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| 293 | 293 | | public as to the possible use of authorities 23 |
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| 294 | 294 | | under this section; 24 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (E) how the Secretaries have engaged with 1 |
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| 299 | 299 | | Federal, State, and local law enforcement agen-2 |
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| 300 | 300 | | cies to implement and use such authorities; and 3 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (F) a description of the impact of the au-4 |
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| 302 | 302 | | thorities granted under this section on lawful 5 |
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| 303 | 303 | | operator access to national airspace and UAS 6 |
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| 304 | 304 | | integration into the national airspace system. 7 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (2) F |
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| 306 | 306 | | ORM.—Each briefing under paragraph (1) 8 |
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| 307 | 307 | | shall be in unclassified form but may be accom-9 |
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| 308 | 308 | | panied by an additional classified briefing. 10 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (j) R |
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| 310 | 310 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-11 |
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| 311 | 311 | | tion may be construed to— 12 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (1) vest in the Secretary of State any authority 13 |
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| 313 | 313 | | of the Secretary of Transportation or the Adminis-14 |
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| 314 | 314 | | trator of the Federal Aviation Administration under 15 |
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| 315 | 315 | | title 49, United States Code; and 16 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (2) vest in the Secretary of Transportation or 17 |
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| 317 | 317 | | the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-18 |
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| 318 | 318 | | tration any authority of the Secretary of State. 19 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (k) T |
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| 320 | 320 | | ERMINATION.—The authority provided by sub-20 |
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| 321 | 321 | | section (a) shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after 21 |
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| 322 | 322 | | the enactment of this Act. 22 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (l) D |
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| 324 | 324 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section— 23 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-24 |
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| 326 | 326 | | mittees’’ means— 25 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (A) the Senate Foreign Relations Com-1 |
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| 331 | 331 | | mittee and the House Foreign Affairs Com-2 |
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| 332 | 332 | | mittee; 3 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence, 4 |
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| 334 | 334 | | the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-5 |
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| 335 | 335 | | mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-6 |
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| 336 | 336 | | tation of the Senate; and 7 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (C) the Permanent Select Committee on 8 |
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| 338 | 338 | | Intelligence, the Committee on the Judiciary, 9 |
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| 339 | 339 | | and the Committee on Transportation and In-10 |
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| 340 | 340 | | frastructure of the House of Representatives; 11 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (2) the term ‘‘budget’’, with respect to a fiscal 12 |
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| 342 | 342 | | year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is 13 |
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| 343 | 343 | | submitted to Congress by the President under sec-14 |
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| 344 | 344 | | tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code; 15 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (3) the term ‘‘covered facility or asset’’ means 16 |
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| 346 | 346 | | any facility or asset that— 17 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (A) is identified as high-risk and a poten-18 |
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| 348 | 348 | | tial target for unlawful unmanned aircraft ac-19 |
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| 349 | 349 | | tivity by the Secretary of State, in coordination 20 |
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| 350 | 350 | | with the Federal Aviation Administration, with 21 |
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| 351 | 351 | | respect to potentially impacted airspace, 22 |
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| 352 | 352 | | through a risk-based assessment for purposes of 23 |
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| 353 | 353 | | this section; 24 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (B) is located in the United States (includ-1 |
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| 358 | 358 | | ing the territories and possessions of the United 2 |
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| 359 | 359 | | States); 3 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (C) directly relates to the security and pro-4 |
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| 361 | 361 | | tective missions of the Department of State, in-5 |
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| 362 | 362 | | cluding those consistent with— 6 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (i) the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 7 |
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| 364 | 364 | | and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 365 | 365 | | 4801, et seq.); and 9 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (ii) section 37 of the State Depart-10 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 11 |
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| 368 | 368 | | U.S.C. 2709); and 12 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (D) when fulfilling personal protection re-13 |
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| 370 | 370 | | sponsibilities consistent with 22 U.S.C. 14 |
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| 371 | 371 | | 4802(a)(1)(D), 4802(a)(2)(B)(vii), 4802 15 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (a)(2)(B)(viii), and 2709(a)(3), is limited to a 16 |
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| 373 | 373 | | specified timeframe at a static location; 17 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (4) the terms ‘‘electronic communication’’, 18 |
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| 375 | 375 | | ‘‘intercept’’, ‘‘oral communication’’, and ‘‘wire com-19 |
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| 376 | 376 | | munication’’ have the meanings given those terms in 20 |
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| 377 | 377 | | section 2510 of title 18, United States Code; 21 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (5) the term ‘‘personnel’’— 22 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (A) means officers, employees, and con-23 |
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| 380 | 380 | | tractors of the Department of State with as-24 |
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| 381 | 381 | | signed duties that include safety, security, or 25 |
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| 385 | 385 | | protection of personnel, facilities, or assets and 1 |
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| 386 | 386 | | who are trained and certified to perform such 2 |
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| 387 | 387 | | duties, including training specific to countering 3 |
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| 388 | 388 | | unmanned aircraft threats and mitigating risks 4 |
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| 389 | 389 | | in the national airspace; and 5 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (B) includes contractors conducting oper-6 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ations under subsections (a) and (b) if the con-7 |
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| 392 | 392 | | tractors are— 8 |
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| 393 | 393 | | (i) directly contracted by the Depart-9 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ment of State; 10 |
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| 395 | 395 | | (ii) operating at a government owned 11 |
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| 396 | 396 | | or government leased facility; 12 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (iii) not conducting inherently govern-13 |
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| 398 | 398 | | mental functions; and 14 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (iv) trained and certified by the De-15 |
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| 400 | 400 | | partment of State as meeting established 16 |
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| 401 | 401 | | Department guidance and regulations; 17 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (6) the term ‘‘risk-based assessment’’ includes 18 |
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| 403 | 403 | | an evaluation of threat information specific to a cov-19 |
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| 404 | 404 | | ered facility or asset and, with respect to potential 20 |
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| 405 | 405 | | impacts on the safety and efficiency of the national 21 |
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| 406 | 406 | | airspace system and the needs of law enforcement 22 |
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| 407 | 407 | | and national security at each covered facility or 23 |
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| 408 | 408 | | asset identified by the Secretary, of each of the fol-24 |
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| 409 | 409 | | lowing factors: 25 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (A) Potential impacts to safety, efficiency, 1 |
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| 414 | 414 | | and use of the national airspace system, includ-2 |
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| 415 | 415 | | ing potential effects on manned aircraft and un-3 |
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| 416 | 416 | | manned aircraft 30 systems, aviation safety, 4 |
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| 417 | 417 | | airport operations, infrastructure, and air navi-5 |
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| 418 | 418 | | gation services related to the use of any system 6 |
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| 419 | 419 | | or technology for carrying out the actions de-7 |
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| 420 | 420 | | scribed in subsection (b)(1). 8 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (B) Options for mitigating any identified 9 |
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| 422 | 422 | | impacts to the national airspace system related 10 |
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| 423 | 423 | | to the use of any system or technology, includ-11 |
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| 424 | 424 | | ing minimizing when possible the use of any 12 |
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| 425 | 425 | | technology which disrupts the transmission of 13 |
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| 426 | 426 | | radio or electronic signals, for carrying out the 14 |
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| 427 | 427 | | actions described in subsection (b)(1). 15 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (C) Potential consequences of the impacts 16 |
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| 429 | 429 | | of any actions taken under subsection (b)(l) to 17 |
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| 430 | 430 | | the national airspace system and infrastructure 18 |
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| 431 | 431 | | if not mitigated. 19 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (D) The ability to provide reasonable ad-20 |
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| 433 | 433 | | vance notice to aircraft operators consistent 21 |
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| 434 | 434 | | with the safety of the national airspace system 22 |
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| 435 | 435 | | and the needs of law enforcement and national 23 |
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| 436 | 436 | | security. 24 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (E) The setting and character of any cov-1 |
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| 441 | 441 | | ered facility or asset, including whether it is lo-2 |
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| 442 | 442 | | cated in a populated area or near other struc-3 |
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| 443 | 443 | | tures, whether the facility is open to the public, 4 |
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| 444 | 444 | | whether the facility is also used for nongovern-5 |
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| 445 | 445 | | mental functions, and any potential for inter-6 |
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| 446 | 446 | | ference with wireless communications or for in-7 |
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| 447 | 447 | | jury or damage to persons or property. 8 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (F) Potential consequences to national se-9 |
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| 449 | 449 | | curity, public safety, or law enforcement if 10 |
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| 450 | 450 | | threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems are 11 |
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| 451 | 451 | | not mitigated or resolved; and 12 |
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| 452 | 452 | | (7) the terms ‘‘unmanned aircraft’’ and ‘‘un-13 |
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| 453 | 453 | | manned aircraft system’’ have the meanings given 14 |
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| 454 | 454 | | those terms in section 44801 of title 49, United 15 |
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