S.Amdt. 6556

SA 6556. 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 II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. TEST, EVALUATION, EXERCISES, AND EXPERIMENTS FOR
PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND ASSETS
FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

Section 130i of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (j) as
subsections (d) through (k), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
subsection (c):
``(c) Test, Evaluation, Exercises, and Experiments.--(1)
The Secretary shall conduct such tests, evaluations,
exercises, and experiments as the Secretary considers
necessary to support the actions described in subsection
(b)(1).
``(2)(A) The Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis,
delegate the authority to conduct the activities in paragraph
(A) to an official from a qualified public entity.
``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `qualified
public entity' means a Federal, State, or local entity,
including an academic institution, that--
``(i) has experience conducting tests of unmanned aircraft,
counter-unmanned aircraft systems and associated equipment;
and
``(ii) the Secretary determines will prioritize the
protection of people, ground infrastructure, and other
aircraft.''.
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