,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bahc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjac ,ms4 
,lee of ,california introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,intelligence 7,permanent ,select7 and  
the ,judiciary1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,director of  
the ,,cia to cease lethal drone         
operations1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the 8,drones ,accountability ,act04    
#b4 ,drones out of ,,cia  7a7 ,the      
,central ,intelligence ,agency shall not
 own1 operate1 command1 or control any  
armed unmanned aerial vehicle or any    
combat aircraft4  7b7 ,no member of the 
,armed ,forces1 and no other employee or
 contractor of the ,department of       

,defense1 may carry out any order or    
authorization from any employee or      
contractor of the ,central ,intelligence
 ,agency to use lethal force4  #c4      
,report requirement and legal opinion   
disclosure  7a7 ,the ,department of     
,defense shall report to ,congress on3  
7#a7 ,the existence and sufficiency of  
civilian protection mechanisms in       
accordance with international law       
binding to the ,united ,states via      
treaty including the #aidi ,geneva      
,conventions for armed operations using 
unmanned aerial vehicle operations1     
including civilian casualty mitigation  
processes and post-strike investigatory 
procedures4  7#b7 ,the methodology used 
to distinguish combatants from civilians
 prior to armed operations and after a  
strike has occurred4  7#c7 ,the         
existence and sufficiency of standards  
for the identification of targets1      
including the reliability of signatures1
 and the sufficiency of intelligence    
sources and analysis where there is     

limited ,u4,s4 ground presence4  7#d7   
,the existence and sufficiency of       
processes for recognizing the immediate 
and long-term effects of drones strikes 
on the organization being targeted and  
on the country or region in which the   
strike takes place4  7b7 ,legal opinions
 provide to ,congress3 ,not later than  
thirty days after the date of the       
enactment of this ,act1 and once every  
three months thereafter1 the ,department
 of ,defense1 the ,department of        
,justice1 and the ,central ,intelligence
 ,agency shall provide all legal        
opinions providing advice regarding the 
authority to use lethal force to justify
 operations4  #d4 ,sense of ,congress   
regarding moratorium on lethal drones   
until safeguards in place and limitation
 on use of funds used to target         
individuals not involved in imminent    
attack against ,u4,s  7a7 ,it is the    
sense of ,congress that a moratorium    
must be enforced against the lethal use 
of armed unmanned aerial vehicles until 

the ,administration has presented and   
,congress has approved sufficient       
safeguards and sufficient oversight     
addressing highlighted in section       
#c7;a77i74  7b7 ,until such safeguards  
are in place1 no funds available for the
 ,united ,states ,armed ,forces or the  
,central ,intelligence ,agency may be   
obligated or expended for the purpose of
 using lethal force against an          
individual unless the individual        
presents an imminent threat to the      
,united ,states1 lethal force is the    
last resort1 and the harm caused to     
civilians or civilian property is       
proportional and does not violate       
international humanitarian law adopted  
by the ,united ,states via treaty       
including the #aidi ,geneva             
,conventions4