S.Amdt. 3552

SA 3552. Ms. SLOTKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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 end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. __. GEO-FENCING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AGAINST CIVIL
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 448 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 44815. Geo-fencing military installations against
civil unmanned aircraft systems

``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this section, the Administrator, in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall issue a
notice of proposed rulemaking to carry out the intent of this
legislation, and not later than 1 year following that date,
the Administrator shall enact the rule.
``(b) Requirement to Equip With Active Geo-fencing
Technology.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on
which the Administrator first issues regulations under
subsection (a), a manufacturer or operator shall ensure that
all civil unmanned aircraft systems manufactured or operated
by such manufacturer or operator are equipped with active
geo-fencing technology that meets the requirements of
paragraph (2).
``(2) Requirements.--In order to meet the requirements of
this paragraph, geo-fencing technology shall be--
``(A) configured to automatically restrict a civil unmanned
aircraft system from entering a geographic area extending
around the perimeter of designated national security
sensitive facilities, such as military installations,
critical infrastructure, and industrial manufacturing
locations as determined by the Department of Defense, the
Federal Aviation Administration, and other relevant
departments and agencies;
``(B) configured to automatically restrict a civil unmanned
aircraft system from entering a geographic area extending
around the perimeter of any area restricted in accordance
with section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security
Act of 2016, as amended; and
``(C) regularly updated to include the latest geographic
boundary data of military installations as provided by the
Department of

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Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration.
``(3) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date on
which the Administrator first issues regulations under
subsection (a), the Administrator shall issue guidance to
manufacturers on performance standards for such geo-fencing
technology to comply with the requirements of such
regulations.
``(4) Exceptions.--The Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Administrator, shall develop procedures
for exceptions to the requirements described in paragraph
(2), as necessary, for government-authorized unmanned
aircraft system. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to limit the Department of Defense operation of unmanned
aircraft systems.
``(c) Requirement to Register UAS at Point of Sale.--Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
section, any retailer of an unmanned aircraft system shall
register each unmanned aircraft system at the point of sale
to enable identification of unmanned aircraft system
operators when necessary.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
``(2) Civil unmanned aircraft system.--The term `civil
unmanned aircraft system', means, with respect to an unmanned
aircraft system, that the unmanned aircraft is not a public
aircraft as defined in section 40102.
``(3) Geo-fencing.--The term `geo-fencing' means the use of
technology to create virtual geographic boundaries, enabling
software to prevent an unmanned aircraft system from entering
enter specified airspace as described in subsection
(b)(2)(A).
``(4) Manufacturer or operator.--The term `manufacturer or
operator' means a person who manufactures or operates a civil
unmanned aircraft system.
``(5) National security sensitive facilities.--The term
`national security sensitive facilities' refers to facilities
that are critical to national defense, intelligence, homeland
security, or other sensitive Federal operations and require
restrictions to protect such facilities from unauthorized
overflight or surveillance.
``(6) Unmanned aircraft system.--The term `unmanned
aircraft system' has the meaning given that term in section
44801.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 448 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 44814 the following:

``44815. Geo-fencing military installations against unmanned aircraft
systems.''.
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