S.Amdt. 3515

SA 3515. Mr. DAINES 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 in title XVI, insert the
following:

SEC. 16__. IMPROVED PROTECTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT
THREATS.

(a) Expansion of Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 130i
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``,
and contractors,'' after ``and civilian employees''.
(b) Additional Information Sharing.--Subsection (e)(4) of
such section is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting a comma after
``civilian law enforcement agency'';
(2) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
and
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph (C):
``(C) would support another department or agency of the
Federal Government with authority to mitigate the threat of
unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft systems in mitigating
such threats; or''.
(c) Exemption From Disclosure.--Such section is further
amended--
(1) by striking subsection (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new
subsection (g):
``(g) Exemption From Disclosure.--Information pertaining to
the technology, procedures, and protocols used to carry out
this section, including any regulations or guidance issued to
carry out this section, shall be exempt from disclosure--
``(1) under section 552(b)(3) of title 5; and
``(2) under any State or local law requiring the disclosure
of information.''.
(d) Repeal of Partial Termination.--Such section is further
amended by striking subsection (i).
(e) Additional Covered Missions.--Subsection (j) of such
section is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (1);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as
paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively; and
(3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by redesignating clauses (i)
through (ix) as subclauses (II) through (X), respectively,
and indenting such subclauses two ems to the right;
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as
clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting such
clauses two ems to the right;
(C) in the matter before clause (i), as redesignated by
subparagraph (B), by striking ``means any facility or asset''
and inserting ``means--
``(A) any facility, asset, or vessel'';
(D) in subparagraph (A), as designated by subparagraph
(C)--
(i) in clause (ii), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by
striking ``and possessions'' and inserting ``, possessions,
and territorial waters''; and
(ii) in clause (iii), as so redesignated--

(I) by inserting before subclause (II), as redesignated by
subparagraph (A), the following new subclause (I):
``(I) protection of the buildings, grounds, and property to
which the public are not permitted regular, unrestricted
access and that are under the jurisdiction, custody, or
control of the Department of Defense and the persons on that
property pursuant to section 2672 of this title;'';
(II) in subclause (VI), as so redesignated, by inserting
``and territorial integrity'' after ``air sovereignty'';
(III) in subclause (IX), as so redesignated, by striking
``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
(IV) in subclause (X), as so redesignated, by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(V) by adding at the end the following new subclauses:
``(XI) assistance to Federal, State, or local officials in
responding to incidents involving nuclear, radiological,
biological, or chemical weapons, or high-yield explosives, or
related materials or technologies, including pursuant to
section 282 of this title and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq);
``(XII) emergency response that is limited to a specified
timeframe and location; or
``(XIII) intelligence or counterintelligence; and''; and

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(E) by inserting after subparagraph (A), as designated by
subparagraph (C), the following new subparagraph (B):
``(B) any personnel associated with a facility, asset, or
vessel identified under subparagraph (A) engaged in direct
support of a mission of the Department of Defense specified
in clause (iii) of such subparagraph.''.
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