S.Amdt. 6554

SA 6554. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 III, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON AIRSPACE INTEGRATION.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Unmanned aircraft systems can perform a variety of
applications, including cargo delivery and perimeter
security, at military installations located within the United
States.
(2) Military installations located within the United States
require the ability to defend themselves from the malicious
use of unmanned aircraft systems, including the ability to
detect, identify, and track potential threats as
distinguished from the legitimate use of such systems.
(3) Airspace awareness and management are critical to
enabling the Department of Defense to leverage the benefits
of unmanned aircraft systems and to mitigate the risks posed
by the malicious use of such systems within the national
airspace system.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the integration of unmanned aircraft systems and counter-
unmanned aircraft systems of the Department of Defense into
the national airspace system.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall describe the following:
(A) The offices and officials directly responsible for
developing and deploying airspace awareness and unmanned
traffic management capabilities that ensure unmanned aircraft
systems of the Department of Defense safely and effectively
integrate into the national airspace system.
(B) Any programs specifically mandated to develop or
validate airspace awareness or unmanned traffic management
systems that support activities of the Department in the
national airspace system.
(C) Efforts of the Department to coordinate with the
Federal Aviation Administration to develop and operate
airspace awareness and unmanned traffic management systems.
(D) Plans to use existing programs, test activities,
operational demonstrations and rapid prototyping efforts to
integrate unmanned aircraft systems and counter-unmanned
aircraft systems into the national airspace system.
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