H.R. 1501 · 118th Congress
Unmanned Aerial Security Act
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- House Introduced Mar 9, 2023
- House Passed Jul 27, 2023
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from operating, financing, or procuring unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or UAS operating, detection, or identification systems that are manufactured in certain foreign countries or by business entities domiciled in such foreign countries.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Jul 27, 2023
Unmanned Aerial Security Act or the UAS Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from operating, financing, or procuring unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or UAS operating, detection, or identification systems that are manufactured in certain foreign countries or by business entities domiciled in such foreign countries.
Applicable foreign countries include those identified as foreign adversaries in the intelligence community's latest annual threat assessment and other countries designated by DHS.
DHS may waive the prohibition for (1) the national interest of the United States; (2) counter-UAS surrogate research, testing, development, evaluation, or training; or (3) intelligence, electronic warfare, or information warfare operations, testing, analysis, and training.
An office or component of DHS may continue to operate a UAS or system in its inventory that would otherwise be prohibited until DHS grants or denies a waiver or until one year after this bill is enacted, whichever is later.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: UAS Act
Latest action (Sep 5, 2023): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 9, 2023
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Mar 9, 2023
- House Passed Jul 27, 2023
No recorded floor vote found.