S.Amdt. 2806

SA 2806. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 896. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT OF FOREIGN-MADE
COMMERCIAL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS.

(a) In General.--Except as provided under subsection (b),
the Secretary of Defense may not procure or extend or renew a
contract to procure any unmanned aerial system (UAS) that is
manufactured outside the United States.
(b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the
requirement under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis upon
certifying to the congressional defense committees that it is
necessary for national security reasons.
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