S.Amdt. 439

SA 439. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1299L. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW WITH
RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES FOR PROTECTION OF OVERSEAS FACILITIES
AND ASSETS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section
130j:

``Sec. 130j. Applicability of other law with respect to
certain activities relating to unmanned aircraft conducted
outside the United States

``Sections 32, 1030, and 1367 of title 18 and section 46502
of title 49 may not be construed to apply to activities of
the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard that--

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``(1) are conducted outside the United States; and
``(2) are related to the mitigation of threats from
unmanned aircraft systems or unmanned aircraft.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:

``130j. Applicability of other law with respect to certain activities
relating to unmanned aircraft conducted outside the
United States.''.
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