S.Amdt. 766

SA 766. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 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 E of title X, add the following:

SEC. ___. IMPROVEMENT OF AUTHORITIES ON PROTECTION OF CERTAIN
FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

Subparagraph (C) of section 130i(e)(1) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(C) relates to--
``(i) the airspace above a military installation, airfield,
or range;
``(ii) any area within 500 meters horizontally or
vertically of a military aircraft, vessel, or convoy;
``(iii) any restricted, limited, or exclusion area of a
military installation;
``(iv) any airspace that is prohibited or restricted for
military purposes;
``(v) any area the presence in which of an unmanned
aircraft or unmanned aircraft system could interfere with
lawful defense activities, including airfield and military
operations and training; or
``(vi) any area the presence in which of an unmanned
aircraft or unmanned aircraft system could pose a national
security risk through the unauthorized disclosure of
sensitive or classified information.''.
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