S.Amdt. 3128

SA 3128. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2026 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. STRENGTHENED RULES OF ORIGIN FOR ENTRIES OF UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT AND PARTS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the
general notes to the HTS, unmanned aircraft classified under
heading 8806 of the HTS, and parts for such aircraft
classified under heading 8807 of the HTS, may not enter the
customs territory of the United States unless--
(1)(A) in the case of an unmanned aircraft, the entry of
the aircraft is accompanied by a certificate or other
documentation required by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
establishing that the aircraft does not contain a flight
controller, radio, data transmission device, camera, gimbal,
permanent magnets (including neodymium iron boron magnets),
ground control system, operating software, network
connectivity hardware, or data storage manufactured in the
People's Republic of China; and
(B) in the case of a part, the entry of the part is
accompanied by a certificate or other documentation required
by U.S. Customs and Border Protection establishing that the
part was not manufactured in the People's Republic of China;
and
(2) U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirms the
veracity of the certificate or other documentation required
by paragraph (1).
(b) Exemption.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with
respect to unmanned aircraft classified under heading 8806 of
the HTS that--
(A) the Federal Aviation Administration has, before January
1, 2026--
(i) authorized for operations under the provisions of part
135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(ii) included in an air carrier's exemption under section
44807 of title 49, United States Code; and
(B) are not manufactured in whole by a covered foreign
entity or in a foreign adversary country.
(2) List.--Not later than January 1, 2026, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall--
(A) provide the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border
Protection with a list of unmanned aircraft that qualify for
the exemption under this subsection; and
(B) certify that the list required by subparagraph (A)
contains only unmanned aircraft that are not manufactured in
whole by a covered foreign entity or in a foreign adversary
country.
(c) Applicability.--The prohibition under subsection (a)
shall apply--
(1) with respect to unmanned aircraft classified under
heading 8806 of the HTS, on and after January 1, 2028; and
(2) with respect to parts for such aircraft classified
under heading 8807 of the HTS, on and after January 1, 2031.
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