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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1250 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize Counter-UAS activities on and off commercial service airport |
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| 6 | 6 | | property, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL2, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | EEintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to |
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| 11 | 11 | | the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To authorize Counter-UAS activities on and off commercial |
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| 14 | 14 | | service airport property, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping Harmful In-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | cidents to Enforce Lawful Drone Use Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | ‘‘SHIELD U Act’’. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | In this Act: 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) C |
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| 24 | 24 | | OMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT .—The term 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ‘‘commercial service airport’’ has the meaning given 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | that term in paragraph (7) of section 47102 of title 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 49, United States Code, and includes the area of 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | navigable airspace necessary to ensure safety in the 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | takeoff and landing of aircraft at the airport. 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) C |
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| 34 | 34 | | OVERED AIR CARRIER .—The term ‘‘cov-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ered air carrier’’ means an air carrier or a foreign 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | air carrier as those terms are defined in section 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 40102 of title 49, United States Code. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) C |
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| 39 | 39 | | OUNTER-UAS ACTIVITIES.—The term 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘Counter-UAS activities’’ means the following: 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) Detecting, identifying, monitoring, and 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tracking an unmanned aircraft or unmanned 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | aircraft system, without prior consent, including 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | by means of intercept or other access of a wire 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | communication, an oral communication, or an 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | electronic communication used to control the 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft sys-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tem. 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (B) Warning an operator of an unmanned 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, including 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | by passive or active, and direct or indirect phys-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ical, electronic, radio, and electromagnetic 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | means. 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (C) Disrupting control of an unmanned 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, without 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | prior consent, including by disabling the un-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | manned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | by intercepting, interfering, or causing inter-3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ference with wire, oral, electronic, or radio com-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | munications used to control the unmanned air-5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | craft or unmanned aircraft system. 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (D) Seizing or exercising control of an un-7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | manned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system. 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (E) Seizing or otherwise confiscating an 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft sys-10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | tem. 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (F) Using reasonable force to disable, 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | damage, or destroy an unmanned aircraft or 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | unmanned aircraft system. 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (4) N |
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| 74 | 74 | | AVIGABLE AIRSPACE.—The term ‘‘navi-15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | gable airspace’’ has the meaning given that term in 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | paragraph (32) of section 40102 of title 49, United 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | States Code. 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (5) N |
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| 79 | 79 | | ON-KINETIC EQUIPMENT .—The term 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘non-kinetic equipment’’ means equipment that is 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | used to— 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (A) intercept or otherwise access a wire 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | communication, an oral communication, an elec-23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | tronic communication, or a radio communica-24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | tion used to control an unmanned aircraft or 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | unmanned aircraft system; and 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (B) disrupt control of the unmanned air-3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | craft or unmanned aircraft system, without 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | prior consent, including by disabling the un-5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | manned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | by intercepting, interfering, or causing inter-7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ference with wire, oral, electronic, or radio com-8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | munications that are used to control the un-9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | manned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system. 10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (6) T |
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| 99 | 99 | | HREATS POSED BY AN UNMANNED AIR -11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | CRAFT OR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .—The 12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | term ‘‘threats posed by an unmanned aircraft or un-13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | manned aircraft system’’ means an unauthorized ac-14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | tivity of an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft 15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | system that is reasonably believed to— 16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (A) create the potential for bodily harm to, 17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | or loss of human life of, a person within prop-18 |
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| 107 | 107 | | erty under the jurisdiction of— 19 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (i) a commercial service airport; or 20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (ii) a State or locality; or 21 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (B) have the potential to cause severe eco-22 |
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| 111 | 111 | | nomic damage to— 23 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (i) property of a commercial service 24 |
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| 113 | 113 | | airport; or 25 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (ii) property under the jurisdiction of 1 |
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| 118 | 118 | | a State or locality. 2 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (7) U |
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| 120 | 120 | | NMANNED AIRCRAFT , UNMANNED AIR -3 |
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| 121 | 121 | | CRAFT SYSTEM.—The terms ‘‘unmanned aircraft’’ 4 |
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| 122 | 122 | | and ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ have the meanings 5 |
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| 123 | 123 | | given those terms in section 44801 of title 49, 6 |
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| 124 | 124 | | United States Code. 7 |
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| 125 | 125 | | SEC. 3. COUNTER-UAS ACTIVITIES ON COMMERCIAL SERV-8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ICE AIRPORT PROPERTY. 9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (a) C |
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| 128 | 128 | | OUNTER-UAS ACTIVITIES.— 10 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (1) I |
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| 130 | 130 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | provision of law and subject to paragraph (3), with 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | respect to a commercial service airport, the following 13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | departments and agencies may, in a manner con-14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | sistent with the Fourth Amendment to the Constitu-15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | tion of the United States, carry out Counter-UAS 16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | activities for purposes of detecting, identifying, and 17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | mitigating the threats posed by an unmanned air-18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | craft or unmanned aircraft system to the safety or 19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | security of the airport: 20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (A) The Department of Homeland Secu-21 |
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| 141 | 141 | | rity. 22 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (B) The State and local law enforcement 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | agencies in the State in which the airport is lo-24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | cated. 25 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (C) The law enforcement agency of the air-1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | port. 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (2) T |
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| 151 | 151 | | ESTING AUTHORITY .—Subject to para-3 |
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| 152 | 152 | | graphs (3) and (4), the Secretary of Homeland Se-4 |
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| 153 | 153 | | curity, the heads of the State or local law enforce-5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ment agencies of the State in which a commercial 6 |
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| 155 | 155 | | service airport is located, or the law enforcement 7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | agency of the commercial service airport, may re-8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | search, test, provide training on, and evaluate any 9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | equipment, including any electronic equipment, to 10 |
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| 159 | 159 | | determine the capability and utility of the equipment 11 |
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| 160 | 160 | | to carry out Counter-UAS activities to detect, iden-12 |
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| 161 | 161 | | tify, and mitigate the threats posed by an unmanned 13 |
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| 162 | 162 | | aircraft or unmanned aircraft system to the safety 14 |
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| 163 | 163 | | or security of the airport. 15 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (3) A |
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| 165 | 165 | | IRPORT OPERATOR CONSENT REQUIRED .— 16 |
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| 166 | 166 | | Activities permitted under paragraph (1) or (2) shall 17 |
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| 167 | 167 | | only be carried out with the consent of, in consulta-18 |
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| 168 | 168 | | tion with, and with the participation of, the airport 19 |
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| 169 | 169 | | operator. 20 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (4) C |
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| 171 | 171 | | ONSULTATION REQUIREMENT FOR TEST -21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ING OF NON-KINETIC EQUIPMENT .—Any testing of 22 |
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| 173 | 173 | | non-kinetic equipment carried out under the author-23 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ity of this subsection shall be done in consultation 24 |
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| 175 | 175 | | with the Federal Communications Commission and 25 |
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| 179 | 179 | | the National Telecommunications and Information 1 |
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| 180 | 180 | | Administration. 2 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (b) N |
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| 182 | 182 | | ON-KINETICEQUIPMENT.— 3 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (1) I |
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| 184 | 184 | | N GENERAL.—Before adopting any stand-4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ard operating procedures within a tactical response 5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | plan for use of non-kinetic equipment to carry out 6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | a Counter-UAS activity under the authority of this 7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | section, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | heads of the State, local, or airport law enforcement 9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | agencies of the State in which a commercial service 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | airport is located, shall do the following: 11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (A) Consult with the Federal Communica-12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | tions Commission and the National Tele-13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | communications and Information Administra-14 |
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| 195 | 195 | | tion about the use of non-kinetic equipment to 15 |
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| 196 | 196 | | carry out a Counter-UAS activity consistent 16 |
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| 197 | 197 | | with the tactical response plan updates required 17 |
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| 198 | 198 | | under subsection (c). 18 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (B) Jointly, with the Federal Communica-19 |
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| 200 | 200 | | tions Commission and the National Tele-20 |
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| 201 | 201 | | communications and Information Administra-21 |
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| 202 | 202 | | tion, create a process for an authorized des-22 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ignee of the commercial service airport to, con-23 |
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| 204 | 204 | | sistent with procedures outlined in the tactical 24 |
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| 205 | 205 | | response plan (as updated under subsection 25 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (c)), notify the Commission when non-kinetic 1 |
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| 210 | 210 | | equipment has been used to carry out a 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | Counter-UAS activity. 3 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (2) FCC |
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| 213 | 213 | | AND NTIA DUTIES .—The Federal 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | Communications Commission and the National Tele-5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | communications and Information Administration 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | shall— 7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (A) not later than 30 days after the date 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | of enactment of this Act, assign to an office of 9 |
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| 219 | 219 | | the Commission and to an office of the Admin-10 |
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| 220 | 220 | | istration, respectively, responsibility for car-11 |
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| 221 | 221 | | rying out the consultation regarding the use of 12 |
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| 222 | 222 | | non-kinetic equipment to carry out Counter- 13 |
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| 223 | 223 | | UAS activities required by paragraph (1)(A) 14 |
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| 224 | 224 | | and the consultation regarding the testing of 15 |
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| 225 | 225 | | non-kinetic equipment required by subsection 16 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (a)(4); and 17 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (B) not later than 180 days after the re-18 |
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| 228 | 228 | | sponsibility described in subparagraph (A) is 19 |
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| 229 | 229 | | assigned to each such office— 20 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (i) publicly designate an office of the 21 |
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| 231 | 231 | | Commission and an office of the Adminis-22 |
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| 232 | 232 | | tration, respectively, to receive the notifica-23 |
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| 233 | 233 | | tions from commercial service airports re-24 |
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| 234 | 234 | | quired under paragraph (1)(B); and 25 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (ii) make publicly available the proc-1 |
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| 239 | 239 | | ess for the Commission and the Adminis-2 |
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| 240 | 240 | | tration to carry out any follow-up consulta-3 |
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| 241 | 241 | | tion, if necessary. 4 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (3) N |
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| 243 | 243 | | ONDUPLICATION.—To the greatest extent 5 |
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| 244 | 244 | | practicable, the Federal Communications Commis-6 |
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| 245 | 245 | | sion and the National Telecommunications and In-7 |
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| 246 | 246 | | formation Administration shall coordinate with re-8 |
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| 247 | 247 | | spect to the consultations, process creation, follow- 9 |
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| 248 | 248 | | up consultations, and other requirements of this sub-10 |
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| 249 | 249 | | section and subsection (a)(4) so as to minimize du-11 |
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| 250 | 250 | | plication of requirements, efforts, and expenditures. 12 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (c) T |
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| 252 | 252 | | ACTICALRESPONSEPLANUPDATES.— 13 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (1) T |
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| 254 | 254 | | ASK FORCE.—Not later than 2 years after 14 |
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| 255 | 255 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the airport direc-15 |
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| 256 | 256 | | tor of each commercial service airport shall convene 16 |
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| 257 | 257 | | a task force for purposes of establishing or modi-17 |
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| 258 | 258 | | fying the emergency action preparedness plan for 18 |
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| 259 | 259 | | the airport to include a tactical response plan for the 19 |
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| 260 | 260 | | detection, identification, and mitigation of threats 20 |
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| 261 | 261 | | posed by an unmanned aircraft or unmanned air-21 |
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| 262 | 262 | | craft system. 22 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (2) R |
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| 264 | 264 | | EQUIRED COORDINATION .—Each task 23 |
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| 265 | 265 | | force convened under paragraph (1) shall coordinate 24 |
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| 266 | 266 | | the establishing or modifying of the airport’s emer-25 |
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| 270 | 270 | | gency action preparedness plan with representatives 1 |
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| 271 | 271 | | of the following: 2 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (A) The Department of Transportation. 3 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (B) The Federal Aviation Administration. 4 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (C) The Department of Homeland Secu-5 |
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| 275 | 275 | | rity. 6 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (D) The State and local law enforcement 7 |
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| 277 | 277 | | agencies in the State in which the airport is lo-8 |
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| 278 | 278 | | cated. 9 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (E) The law enforcement agency of the air-10 |
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| 280 | 280 | | port. 11 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (F) The covered air carriers operating at 12 |
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| 282 | 282 | | the airport. 13 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (G) Representatives of general aviation op-14 |
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| 284 | 284 | | erators at the airport. 15 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (H) Representatives of providers of tele-16 |
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| 286 | 286 | | communications and broadband service with a 17 |
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| 287 | 287 | | service area that covers the airport property or 18 |
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| 288 | 288 | | the navigable airspace necessary to ensure safe-19 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ty in the takeoff and landing of aircraft at such 20 |
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| 290 | 290 | | airport. 21 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (3) D |
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| 292 | 292 | | UTIES.—As part of the inclusion of a tac-22 |
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| 293 | 293 | | tical response plan in the emergency action pre-23 |
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| 294 | 294 | | paredness plan for a commercial service airport, 24 |
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| 298 | 298 | | each task force convened under paragraph (1) shall 1 |
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| 299 | 299 | | do the following: 2 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (A) Create and define the various threat 3 |
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| 301 | 301 | | levels posed by an unmanned aircraft or un-4 |
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| 302 | 302 | | manned aircraft system to the airport. 5 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (B) Create the standard operating proce-6 |
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| 304 | 304 | | dures for responding to each threat level de-7 |
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| 305 | 305 | | fined under subparagraph (A) that include a re-8 |
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| 306 | 306 | | quirement to minimize collateral damage. 9 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (C) Define and assign to each entity speci-10 |
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| 308 | 308 | | fied in paragraph (2), the role and responsibil-11 |
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| 309 | 309 | | ities of the entity in carrying out the standard 12 |
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| 310 | 310 | | operating procedures for responding to a speci-13 |
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| 311 | 311 | | fied threat posed by an unmanned aircraft or 14 |
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| 312 | 312 | | unmanned aircraft system to the airport. 15 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (D) Designate the applicable State and 16 |
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| 314 | 314 | | local law enforcement agencies, or the law en-17 |
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| 315 | 315 | | forcement agency of the airport, in coordination 18 |
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| 316 | 316 | | with the Department of Homeland Security, as 19 |
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| 317 | 317 | | the first responders to any specified threat 20 |
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| 318 | 318 | | posed by an unmanned aircraft or unmanned 21 |
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| 319 | 319 | | aircraft system to the airport. 22 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (E) Narrowly tailor the use of non-kinetic 23 |
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| 321 | 321 | | Counter-UAS equipment (if applicable under 24 |
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| 322 | 322 | | the standard operating procedures) to only tem-25 |
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| 326 | 326 | | porary activities necessary to mitigate an imme-1 |
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| 327 | 327 | | diate threat posed by an unmanned aircraft or 2 |
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| 328 | 328 | | unmanned aircraft system to the airport. 3 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (F) Incorporate any existing Federal guid-4 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ance for updating airport emergency plans for 5 |
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| 331 | 331 | | responding to unauthorized unmanned aircraft 6 |
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| 332 | 332 | | system operations into 1 tactical response plan 7 |
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| 333 | 333 | | for addressing threats posed by an unmanned 8 |
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| 334 | 334 | | aircraft or unmanned aircraft system. 9 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (4) R |
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| 336 | 336 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 10 |
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| 337 | 337 | | subsection shall be construed to require multiple tac-11 |
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| 338 | 338 | | tical response plans or emergency action prepared-12 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ness plans for addressing the threats posed by an 13 |
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| 340 | 340 | | unmanned aircraft, an unmanned aircraft system, or 14 |
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| 341 | 341 | | unauthorized unmanned aircraft system operations. 15 |
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| 343 | 343 | | IRPORTIMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ELIGI-16 |
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| 344 | 344 | | BILITY.—Notwithstanding section 47102 of title 49, 17 |
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| 345 | 345 | | United States Code, the definition of the term ‘‘airport 18 |
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| 346 | 346 | | development’’ under that section shall include the pur-19 |
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| 347 | 347 | | chase of equipment necessary to carry out Counter-UAS 20 |
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| 348 | 348 | | activities at commercial service airports. 21 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (e) B |
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| 350 | 350 | | ESTPRACTICES.— 22 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (1) I |
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| 352 | 352 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 23 |
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| 353 | 353 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 24 |
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| 354 | 354 | | of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Ad-25 |
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| 359 | 359 | | tration acting jointly and in collaboration with air-2 |
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| 360 | 360 | | port directors of commercial service airports, shall— 3 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (A) publish guidance regarding best prac-4 |
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| 362 | 362 | | tices for use of Counter-UAS Activities at com-5 |
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| 363 | 363 | | mercial service airports; and 6 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (B) make such guidance available to the 7 |
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| 365 | 365 | | airport director for each commercial service air-8 |
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| 366 | 366 | | port in the United States. 9 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (2) A |
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| 368 | 368 | | NNUAL UPDATES .—The guidance issued 10 |
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| 369 | 369 | | under this subsection shall be annually updated to 11 |
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| 370 | 370 | | incorporate the most recent results and conclusions 12 |
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| 371 | 371 | | regarding best practices for the use of Counter-UAS 13 |
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| 372 | 372 | | activities at commercial service airports. 14 |
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| 373 | 373 | | SEC. 4. COUNTER-UAS ACTIVITIES OFF COMMERCIAL SERV-15 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ICE AIRPORT PROPERTY. 16 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (a) I |
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| 376 | 376 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-17 |
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| 377 | 377 | | sion of law, with respect to a State, the State and local 18 |
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| 378 | 378 | | law enforcement agencies in the State may, in a manner 19 |
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| 379 | 379 | | consistent with the Fourth Amendment to the Constitu-20 |
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| 380 | 380 | | tion of the United States, carry out Counter-UAS activi-21 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ties for purposes of detecting, identifying, and mitigating 22 |
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| 382 | 382 | | the threats posed by an unmanned aircraft or unmanned 23 |
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| 383 | 383 | | aircraft system within the jurisdiction of the State or lo-24 |
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| 384 | 384 | | cality. 25 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (b) TESTINGAUTHORITY.— 1 |
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| 389 | 389 | | (1) I |
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| 390 | 390 | | N GENERAL.— 2 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (A) S |
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| 392 | 392 | | TATES AND LOCALITIES .—Subject to 3 |
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| 393 | 393 | | paragraphs (2) and (3), any State or locality of 4 |
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| 394 | 394 | | a State may establish testing areas for purposes 5 |
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| 395 | 395 | | of researching, testing, providing training on, 6 |
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| 396 | 396 | | and evaluating of any equipment, including any 7 |
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| 397 | 397 | | electronic equipment, to determine the capa-8 |
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| 398 | 398 | | bility and utility of the equipment to carry out 9 |
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| 399 | 399 | | Counter-UAS activities to detect, identify, and 10 |
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| 400 | 400 | | mitigate the threats posed by an unmanned air-11 |
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| 401 | 401 | | craft or unmanned aircraft system within the 12 |
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| 402 | 402 | | jurisdiction of the State or locality. 13 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (B) P |
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| 404 | 404 | | RIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES .—Subject 14 |
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| 405 | 405 | | to paragraphs (2) and (3), any private sector 15 |
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| 406 | 406 | | entity may establish testing areas for purposes 16 |
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| 407 | 407 | | of researching, testing, providing training on, 17 |
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| 408 | 408 | | and evaluating of any equipment, including any 18 |
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| 409 | 409 | | electronic equipment, to determine the capa-19 |
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| 410 | 410 | | bility and utility of the equipment to carry out 20 |
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| 411 | 411 | | Counter-UAS activities to detect, identify, and 21 |
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| 412 | 412 | | mitigate the threats posed by an unmanned air-22 |
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| 413 | 413 | | craft or unmanned aircraft system, so long as 23 |
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| 414 | 414 | | such activities are carried out in accordance 24 |
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| 415 | 415 | | with applicable State and local laws. 25 |
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| 419 | 419 | | (2) FAA COOPERATION.—The Federal Aviation 1 |
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| 420 | 420 | | Administration shall cooperate with any action by a 2 |
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| 421 | 421 | | State, a locality of a State, or a private sector entity 3 |
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| 422 | 422 | | to designate airspace to be used for testing under 4 |
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| 423 | 423 | | paragraph (1) unless the State, locality, or entity 5 |
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| 424 | 424 | | designates an area of airspace that would create a 6 |
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| 425 | 425 | | significant safety hazard to airport operations, air 7 |
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| 426 | 426 | | navigation facilities, air traffic control systems, or 8 |
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| 427 | 427 | | other components of the national airspace system 9 |
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| 428 | 428 | | that facilitate the safe and efficient operation of 10 |
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| 429 | 429 | | manned civil, commercial, or military aircraft within 11 |
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| 430 | 430 | | the United States. 12 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (3) C |
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| 432 | 432 | | ONSULTATION REQUIREMENT FOR TEST -13 |
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| 433 | 433 | | ING OF NON-KINETIC EQUIPMENT .—Any testing of 14 |
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| 434 | 434 | | non-kinetic equipment carried out under the author-15 |
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| 435 | 435 | | ity of this subsection shall be done in consultation 16 |
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| 436 | 436 | | with the Federal Communications Commission and 17 |
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| 437 | 437 | | the National Telecommunications and Information 18 |
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| 438 | 438 | | Administration. 19 |
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| 439 | 439 | | (c) N |
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| 440 | 440 | | ON-KINETICEQUIPMENT.— 20 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (1) I |
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| 442 | 442 | | N GENERAL.—Before adopting any stand-21 |
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| 443 | 443 | | ard operating procedures for using any non-kinetic 22 |
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| 444 | 444 | | equipment to carry out a Counter-UAS activity 23 |
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| 445 | 445 | | under the authority of this section, a State or local 24 |
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| 446 | 446 | | law enforcement agency shall do the following: 25 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (A) Consult with the Federal Communica-1 |
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| 451 | 451 | | tions Commission and the National Tele-2 |
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| 452 | 452 | | communications and Information Administra-3 |
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| 453 | 453 | | tion about the use of non-kinetic equipment to 4 |
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| 454 | 454 | | carry out a Counter-UAS activity and the 5 |
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| 455 | 455 | | standard operating procedures that the State or 6 |
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| 456 | 456 | | local law enforcement agency will follow for use 7 |
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| 457 | 457 | | of such equipment. 8 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (B) Jointly, with the Federal Communica-9 |
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| 459 | 459 | | tions Commission and the National Tele-10 |
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| 460 | 460 | | communications and Information Administra-11 |
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| 461 | 461 | | tion create a process for an authorized designee 12 |
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| 462 | 462 | | of the State or local law enforcement agency to 13 |
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| 463 | 463 | | notify the Commission when non-kinetic equip-14 |
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| 464 | 464 | | ment has been used to carry out a Counter- 15 |
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| 465 | 465 | | UAS activity. 16 |
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| 466 | 466 | | (2) FCC |
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| 467 | 467 | | AND NTIA DUTIES .—The Federal 17 |
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| 468 | 468 | | Communications Commission shall— 18 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (A) not later than 30 days after the date 19 |
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| 470 | 470 | | of enactment of this Act, assign to an office of 20 |
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| 471 | 471 | | the Commission and to an office of the Admin-21 |
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| 472 | 472 | | istration, respectively, responsibility for car-22 |
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| 473 | 473 | | rying out the consultation regarding the use of 23 |
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| 474 | 474 | | non-kinetic equipment to carry out Counter- 24 |
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| 475 | 475 | | UAS activities required under paragraph (1)(A) 25 |
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| 480 | 480 | | non-kinetic equipment required by subsection 2 |
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| 481 | 481 | | (b)(3); and 3 |
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| 482 | 482 | | (B) not later than 180 days after the re-4 |
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| 483 | 483 | | sponsibility described in subparagraph (A) is 5 |
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| 484 | 484 | | assigned to each such office— 6 |
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| 485 | 485 | | (i) publicly designate an office of the 7 |
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| 486 | 486 | | Commission and an office of the Adminis-8 |
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| 487 | 487 | | tration, respectively, to receive the notifica-9 |
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| 488 | 488 | | tions from State or local law enforcement 10 |
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| 489 | 489 | | agencies required under paragraph (1)(B); 11 |
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| 490 | 490 | | and 12 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (ii) make publicly available the proc-13 |
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| 492 | 492 | | ess for the Commission and the Adminis-14 |
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| 493 | 493 | | tration to carry out any follow-up consulta-15 |
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| 494 | 494 | | tion, if necessary. 16 |
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| 495 | 495 | | (3) N |
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| 496 | 496 | | ONDUPLICATION.—To the greatest extent 17 |
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| 497 | 497 | | practicable, the Federal Communications Commis-18 |
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| 498 | 498 | | sion and the National Telecommunications and In-19 |
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| 499 | 499 | | formation Administration shall coordinate with re-20 |
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| 500 | 500 | | spect to the consultations, process creation, follow- 21 |
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| 501 | 501 | | up consultations, and other requirements of this sub-22 |
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| 502 | 502 | | section and subsection (a)(4) so as to minimize du-23 |
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| 503 | 503 | | plication of requirements, efforts, and expenditures. 24 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (d) COORDINATIONWITH THEFAA.—Section 376 of 1 |
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| 508 | 508 | | the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 44802 2 |
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| 509 | 509 | | note) is amended— 3 |
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| 510 | 510 | | (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 4 |
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| 511 | 511 | | following: 5 |
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| 512 | 512 | | ‘‘(4) Permit a process for an applicable State or 6 |
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| 513 | 513 | | local law enforcement agency to notify and coordi-7 |
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| 514 | 514 | | nate with the Federal Aviation Administration on 8 |
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| 515 | 515 | | actions being taken by the State or local law en-9 |
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| 516 | 516 | | forcement agency to exercise the Counter-UAS ac-10 |
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| 517 | 517 | | tivities authority established under section 4(a) of 11 |
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| 518 | 518 | | the SHIELD U Act.’’; and 12 |
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| 519 | 519 | | (2) in subsection (c)— 13 |
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| 520 | 520 | | (A) in paragraph (3)(G), by striking ‘‘and’’ 14 |
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| 521 | 521 | | after the semicolon; 15 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-16 |
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| 523 | 523 | | riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 18 |
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| 525 | 525 | | ‘‘(5) establish a process that allows for collabo-19 |
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| 526 | 526 | | ration and coordination between the Federal Avia-20 |
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| 527 | 527 | | tion Administration and the law enforcement of a 21 |
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| 528 | 528 | | State or local government with respect to the use of 22 |
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| 529 | 529 | | the Counter-UAS activities authority established 23 |
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| 530 | 530 | | under section 4(a) of the SHIELD U Act.’’. 24 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (e) I |
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| 532 | 532 | | NTERIMNOTIFICATIONPLAN.— 25 |
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| 536 | 536 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 1 |
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| 537 | 537 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 2 |
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| 538 | 538 | | of the Federal Aviation Administration shall estab-3 |
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| 539 | 539 | | lish a process under which— 4 |
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| 540 | 540 | | (A) the law enforcement agency of a State 5 |
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| 541 | 541 | | or local government may notify the Adminis-6 |
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| 542 | 542 | | trator of an active threat posed by an un-7 |
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| 543 | 543 | | manned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system 8 |
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| 544 | 544 | | within the jurisdiction of the State or local law 9 |
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| 545 | 545 | | enforcement agency and the intent of the agen-10 |
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| 546 | 546 | | cy to facilitate Counter-UAS activities; 11 |
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| 547 | 547 | | (B) the Administrator, based on notice 12 |
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| 548 | 548 | | made pursuant to subparagraph (A), shall issue 13 |
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| 549 | 549 | | immediate warnings to operators of both 14 |
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| 550 | 550 | | manned and unmanned aircraft operating with-15 |
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| 551 | 551 | | in the area of airspace where the law enforce-16 |
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| 552 | 552 | | ment agency’s Counter-UAS activities are tak-17 |
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| 553 | 553 | | ing place; and 18 |
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| 554 | 554 | | (C) the Administrator and the State and 19 |
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| 555 | 555 | | local law enforcement agency notify UAS opera-20 |
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| 556 | 556 | | tors and manned operators in the area that an 21 |
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| 557 | 557 | | area of airspace is clear once the State and 22 |
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| 558 | 558 | | local law enforcement have concluded the 23 |
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| 559 | 559 | | Counter-UAS activities to mitigate the threat. 24 |
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| 563 | 563 | | (2) SUNSET.—The process established under 1 |
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| 564 | 564 | | paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date on which 2 |
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| 565 | 565 | | the unmanned aircraft systems traffic management 3 |
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| 566 | 566 | | system required under section 376 of the FAA Re-4 |
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| 567 | 567 | | authorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 44802 note) 5 |
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| 568 | 568 | | is fully implemented. 6 |
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| 569 | 569 | | SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS TO PRO-7 |
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| 570 | 570 | | TECT FACILITIES FROM UNMANNED AIR-8 |
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| 571 | 571 | | CRAFT. 9 |
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| 572 | 572 | | (a) A |
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| 573 | 573 | | UTHORITY.—The following Federal departments 10 |
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| 574 | 574 | | are authorized to enter into contracts to carry out the fol-11 |
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| 575 | 575 | | lowing authorities: 12 |
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| 576 | 576 | | (1) The Department of Defense for the purpose 13 |
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| 577 | 577 | | of carrying out activities under section 130i of title 14 |
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| 578 | 578 | | 10, United States Code. 15 |
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| 579 | 579 | | (2) The Department of Homeland Security for 16 |
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| 580 | 580 | | the purpose of carrying out activities under section 17 |
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| 581 | 581 | | 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 18 |
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| 582 | 582 | | U.S.C. 124n). 19 |
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| 583 | 583 | | (3) The Department of Justice for the purpose 20 |
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| 584 | 584 | | of carrying out activities under section 210G of the 21 |
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| 585 | 585 | | Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n). 22 |
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| 586 | 586 | | (4) The Department of Energy for the purpose 23 |
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| 587 | 587 | | of carrying out activities under section 4510 of the 24 |
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| 588 | 588 | | Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2661). 25 |
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| 592 | 592 | | (b) FEDERALACQUISITIONREGULATION.—Not later 1 |
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| 593 | 593 | | than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 2 |
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| 594 | 594 | | the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend 3 |
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| 595 | 595 | | the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement the au-4 |
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| 596 | 596 | | thority provided under subsection (a). 5 |
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| 597 | 597 | | (c) A |
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| 598 | 598 | | NNUALPUBLICATION OFRECOMMENDED VEN-6 |
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| 599 | 599 | | DORS ANDEQUIPMENT.— 7 |
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| 600 | 600 | | (1) I |
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| 601 | 601 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 8 |
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| 602 | 602 | | the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 9 |
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| 603 | 603 | | thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management 10 |
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| 604 | 604 | | and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of 11 |
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| 605 | 605 | | Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 12 |
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| 606 | 606 | | Attorney General, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec-13 |
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| 607 | 607 | | retary of Transportation, and the heads of such 14 |
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| 608 | 608 | | other Federal departments or agencies as deter-15 |
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| 609 | 609 | | mined appropriate by the Director of the Office of 16 |
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| 610 | 610 | | Management and Budget, shall publish and make 17 |
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| 611 | 611 | | available to State and local governments the fol-18 |
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| 612 | 612 | | lowing: 19 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (A) A list of vendors that are eligible 20 |
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| 614 | 614 | | under the Federal Acquisition Regulation to 21 |
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| 615 | 615 | | enter into contracts with the Federal Govern-22 |
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| 616 | 616 | | ment to carry out Counter-UAS activities. 23 |
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| 621 | 621 | | is recommended by the Federal Government to 2 |
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| 622 | 622 | | carry out Counter-UAS activities. 3 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (2) A |
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| 624 | 624 | | NNUAL RISK ASSESSMENT .—The Director 4 |
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| 625 | 625 | | of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-5 |
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| 626 | 626 | | sultation with the heads of the applicable Federal 6 |
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| 627 | 627 | | departments and agencies, shall review and reassess 7 |
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| 628 | 628 | | the vendors and equipment specified on the lists re-8 |
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| 629 | 629 | | quired to be published and made available under 9 |
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| 630 | 630 | | paragraph (1) based on a risk assessment that is 10 |
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| 631 | 631 | | jointly considered by the applicable agencies as part 11 |
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| 632 | 632 | | of each annual update of such lists. 12 |
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| 633 | 633 | | SEC. 6. FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. 13 |
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| 634 | 634 | | Section 884(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 14 |
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| 635 | 635 | | (6 U.S.C. 464(c)) is amended— 15 |
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| 636 | 636 | | (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 16 |
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| 637 | 637 | | end; 17 |
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| 638 | 638 | | (2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as para-18 |
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| 639 | 639 | | graph (11); and 19 |
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| 640 | 640 | | (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-20 |
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| 641 | 641 | | lowing: 21 |
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| 642 | 642 | | ‘‘(10) develop and implement homeland security 22 |
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| 643 | 643 | | and law enforcement training curricula related to 23 |
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| 644 | 644 | | the use of Counter-UAS activities (as defined in sec-24 |
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| 645 | 645 | | tion 2 of the SHIELD U Act) to protect against a 25 |
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| 649 | 649 | | threat from an unmanned aircraft or unmanned air-1 |
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| 650 | 650 | | craft system (as such terms are defined in section 2 |
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| 651 | 651 | | 210G), which shall— 3 |
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| 652 | 652 | | ‘‘(A) include— 4 |
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| 653 | 653 | | ‘‘(i) training on the use of both ki-5 |
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| 654 | 654 | | netic and non-kinetic equipment; 6 |
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| 655 | 655 | | ‘‘(ii) training on the tactics used to 7 |
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| 656 | 656 | | detect, identify, and mitigate a threat from 8 |
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| 657 | 657 | | an unmanned aircraft or unmanned air-9 |
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| 658 | 658 | | craft system; and 10 |
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| 659 | 659 | | ‘‘(iii) such other curricula or training 11 |
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| 660 | 660 | | the Director believes necessary; and 12 |
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| 661 | 661 | | ‘‘(B) be made available to Federal, State, 13 |
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| 662 | 662 | | local, Tribal, and territorial law enforcement 14 |
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| 663 | 663 | | and security agencies and private sector secu-15 |
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| 664 | 664 | | rity agencies; and’’. 16 |
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| 665 | 665 | | SEC. 7. AUTHORIZED USE OF JAMMING TECHNOLOGY. 17 |
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| 666 | 666 | | Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 18 |
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| 667 | 667 | | U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended— 19 |
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| 668 | 668 | | (1) in section 301 (47 U.S.C. 301)— 20 |
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| 669 | 669 | | (A) by striking ‘‘It is’’ and inserting the 21 |
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| 670 | 670 | | following: 22 |
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| 671 | 671 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 672 | 672 | | NGENERAL.—It is’’; and 23 |
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| 673 | 673 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 24 |
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| 679 | 679 | | NMANNEDAIRCRAFTSYSTEM.— 2 |
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| 680 | 680 | | ‘‘(1) D |
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| 681 | 681 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 3 |
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| 682 | 682 | | ‘‘(A) the term ‘covered equipment’ means 4 |
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| 683 | 683 | | equipment that is used to— 5 |
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| 684 | 684 | | ‘‘(i) intercept or otherwise access a 6 |
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| 685 | 685 | | wire communication, an oral communica-7 |
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| 686 | 686 | | tion, an electronic communication, or a 8 |
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| 687 | 687 | | radio communication used to control an 9 |
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| 688 | 688 | | unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft 10 |
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| 689 | 689 | | system; and 11 |
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| 690 | 690 | | ‘‘(ii) disrupt control of an unmanned 12 |
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| 691 | 691 | | aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, 13 |
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| 692 | 692 | | without prior consent, including by dis-14 |
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| 693 | 693 | | abling the unmanned aircraft or unmanned 15 |
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| 694 | 694 | | aircraft system by intercepting, interfering, 16 |
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| 695 | 695 | | or causing interference with wire, oral, 17 |
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| 696 | 696 | | electronic, or radio communications that 18 |
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| 697 | 697 | | are used to control the unmanned aircraft 19 |
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| 698 | 698 | | or unmanned aircraft system; and 20 |
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| 699 | 699 | | ‘‘(B) the terms ‘unmanned aircraft’ and 21 |
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| 700 | 700 | | ‘unmanned aircraft system’ have the meanings 22 |
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| 701 | 701 | | given those terms in section 44801 of title 49, 23 |
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| 702 | 702 | | United States Code. 24 |
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| 706 | 706 | | ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not 1 |
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| 707 | 707 | | apply with respect to actions taken by State or local 2 |
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| 708 | 708 | | law enforcement or the law enforcement agency of a 3 |
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| 709 | 709 | | commercial service airport using covered equipment 4 |
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| 710 | 710 | | in consultation with the Commission to detect, iden-5 |
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| 711 | 711 | | tify, or mitigate a threat posed by an unmanned air-6 |
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| 712 | 712 | | craft or unmanned aircraft system.’’; 7 |
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| 713 | 713 | | (2) in section 302 (47 U.S.C. 302a), by adding 8 |
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| 714 | 714 | | at the end the following: 9 |
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| 715 | 715 | | ‘‘(g) E |
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| 716 | 716 | | XCEPTION FOR ANUNMANNEDAIRCRAFT AND 10 |
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| 720 | 720 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 12 |
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| 721 | 721 | | terms ‘covered equipment’, ‘unmanned aircraft’, and 13 |
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| 722 | 722 | | ‘unmanned aircraft system’ have the meanings given 14 |
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| 723 | 723 | | those terms in section 301. 15 |
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| 724 | 724 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 725 | 725 | | XCEPTION.—The provisions of this sec-16 |
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| 726 | 726 | | tion shall not apply with respect to actions taken by 17 |
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| 727 | 727 | | State or local law enforcement or the law enforce-18 |
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| 728 | 728 | | ment agency of a commercial service airport using 19 |
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| 729 | 729 | | covered equipment in consultation with the Commis-20 |
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| 730 | 730 | | sion to detect, identify, or mitigate a threat posed by 21 |
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| 731 | 731 | | an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft sys-22 |
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| 732 | 732 | | tem.’’; and 23 |
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| 733 | 733 | | (3) in section 333 (47 U.S.C. 333)— 24 |
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| 737 | 737 | | (A) by striking ‘‘No person’’ and inserting 1 |
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| 738 | 738 | | the following: 2 |
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| 740 | 740 | | NGENERAL.—No person’’; and 3 |
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| 741 | 741 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 742 | 742 | | ‘‘(b) E |
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| 743 | 743 | | XCEPTION FOR ANUNMANNEDAIRCRAFT AND 5 |
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| 747 | 747 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 7 |
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| 748 | 748 | | terms ‘covered equipment’, ‘unmanned aircraft’, and 8 |
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| 749 | 749 | | ‘unmanned aircraft system’ have the meanings given 9 |
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| 750 | 750 | | those terms in section 301(b). 10 |
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| 752 | 752 | | XCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not 11 |
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| 753 | 753 | | apply with respect to actions taken by State or local 12 |
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| 754 | 754 | | law enforcement or the law enforcement agency of a 13 |
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| 755 | 755 | | commercial service airport using covered equipment 14 |
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| 756 | 756 | | in consultation with the Commission to detect, iden-15 |
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| 757 | 757 | | tify, or mitigate a threat posed by an unmanned air-16 |
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| 758 | 758 | | craft or unmanned aircraft system.’’. 17 |
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| 759 | 759 | | SEC. 8. NO ABROGATION OF TRADITIONAL POLICE POW-18 |
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| 760 | 760 | | ERS. 19 |
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| 761 | 761 | | Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 20 |
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| 762 | 762 | | Act shall be construed to abrogate the inherent authority 21 |
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| 763 | 763 | | of a State government or subdivision thereof from using 22 |
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| 764 | 764 | | their traditional police powers, including (but not limited 23 |
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| 768 | 768 | | to) the authority to counter an imminent threat to public 1 |
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| 769 | 769 | | health or safety. 2 |
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