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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 709
5	5	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Attorney
6	6	General, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to
7	7	establish counter-UAS system training and require the Attorney General
8	8	and Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Adminis-
9	9	trator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish related stand-
10	10	ards for initial and recurrent training programs or certifications for
11	11	individuals seeking to operate counter-UAS detection and mitigation sys-
12	12	tems, equipment, or technology, and for other purposes.
13	13	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
14	14	JANUARY23, 2025
15	15	Mr. S
16	16	TRONGintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
17	17	mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transpor-
18	18	tation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by
19	19	the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
20	20	in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
21	21	A BILL
22	22	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require
23	23	the Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary
24	24	of Homeland Security, to establish counter-UAS system
25	25	training and require the Attorney General and Secretary
26	26	of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Adminis-
27	27	trator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish
28	28	related standards for initial and recurrent training pro-
29	29	grams or certifications for individuals seeking to operate
30	30	counter-UAS detection and mitigation systems, equip-
31	31	ment, or technology, and for other purposes.
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35	35	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
36	36	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
37	37	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
38	38	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Training Cen-4
39	39	ter for Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act’’. 5
40	40	SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTER-UAS SYSTEM TRAIN-6
41	41	ING. 7
42	42	(a) I
43	43	NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home-8
44	44	land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend-9
45	45	ed by adding at the end the following new sections: 10
46	46	‘‘SEC. 210H. COUNTER-UAS SYSTEM TRAINING. 11
47	47	‘‘The Attorney General, in coordination with the Sec-12
48	48	retary (acting through the Director of the Federal Law 13
49	49	Enforcement Training Centers), may— 14
50	50	‘‘(1) provide training relating to measures to 15
51	51	take the actions described in subsection (b)(1) of 16
52	52	section 210G; and 17
53	53	‘‘(2) establish or designate one or more facili-18
54	54	ties or training centers for the purpose described in 19
55	55	paragraph (1). 20
56	56	‘‘SEC. 210I. COUNTER-UAS DETECTION AND MITIGATION 21
57	57	SYSTEM OPERATOR QUALIFICATION AND 22
58	58	TRAINING CRITERIA. 23
59	59	‘‘(a) I
60	60	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-24
61	61	curity and Attorney General, in coordination with the Ad-25
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65	65	ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall 1
66	66	establish standards for initial and recurrent training pro-2
67	67	grams or certifications for individuals seeking to operate 3
68	68	counter-UAS detection and mitigation systems, equip-4
69	69	ment, or technology. 5
70	70	‘‘(b) I
71	71	MPLEMENTATION.—To carry out subsection 6
72	72	(a), the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney 7
73	73	General shall, at a minimum— 8
74	74	‘‘(1) consider the potential impacts of the sys-9
75	75	tems, equipment, and technology referred to in such 10
76	76	subsection on aviation safety, civil aviation and aero-11
77	77	space operations, aircraft airworthiness, or the civil-12
78	78	ian use of airspace, and appropriate actions to main-13
79	79	tain aviation safety, as determined by the Adminis-14
80	80	trator of the Federal Aviation Administration; and 15
81	81	‘‘(2) establish— 16
82	82	‘‘(A) interagency coordination require-17
83	83	ments prior to deployment of such systems, 18
84	84	equipment, and technology; and 19
85	85	‘‘(B) the frequency at which an individual 20
86	86	authorized to operate such systems, equipment, 21
87	87	or technology shall complete and renew such 22
88	88	training or certification. 23
89	89	‘‘(c) D
90	90	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 24
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94	94	‘‘(1) UAS.—The term ‘UAS’ means an un-1
95	95	manned aircraft system. 2
96	96	‘‘(2) U
97	97	NMANNED AIRCRAFT .—The term ‘un-3
98	98	manned aircraft’ has the meaning given such term 4
99	99	in section 44801, of title 49, United States Code. 5
100	100	‘‘(3) U
101	101	NMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .—The term 6
102	102	‘unmanned aircraft system’ has the meaning given 7
103	103	such term in section 44801, of title 49, United 8
104	104	States Code.’’. 9
105	105	(b) C
106	106	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 10
107	107	in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 11
108	108	amended by inserting after the item relating to section 12
109	109	210G the following new item: 13
110	110	‘‘Sec. 210H. Counter-UAS system training.
111	111	‘‘Sec. 210I. Counter-UAS detection and mitigation system operator qualifica-
112	112	tion and training criteria.’’.
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