S.Amdt. 3154Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)
S.Amdt. 3154
Sponsored by
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)
Submitted July 30, 2025
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July 30, 2025
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SA 3154. 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. __. EVALUATION OF RISKS POSED BY COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES PRODUCED BY FOREIGN ADVERSARY ENTITIES. Section 1709 of the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 47 U.S.C. 1601 note) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), in the subsection heading, by striking ``to Covered List'' and inserting ``Produced by DJI Technologies or Autel Robotics''; (2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; [[Page S4932]] (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: ``(b) Evaluation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Communications Equipment and Services Produced by Foreign Adversary Entities.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, an appropriate national security agency shall determine if any of the following communications equipment or services, including software, pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons: ``(A) Unmanned aircraft systems that are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by any person owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary. ``(B) Unmanned aircraft systems with integrated software provided by any person owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary. ``(C) Equipment that uses spectrum in the 5030-5091 MHz band, governed by part 88 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), that is designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by any person owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary. ``(2) Addition to the covered list.--If the appropriate national security agency does not make a determination as required by paragraph (1) by the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, the Commission shall add all equipment and services listed in paragraph (1) to the covered list.''; (4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by inserting ``or (b)(1)'' after ``subsection (a)(1)'' each place it appears; and (5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by adding at the end the following: ``(6) The term `unmanned aircraft system' has the meaning given that term in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code. ``(7) The term `foreign adversary' has the meaning given that term in section 8(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)).''. ______