,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bej  #aafth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#ddcb  ,report ,no4 #aaf-cji  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,september #bj1 #bjai ,mr4 ,richmond    
7for himself and ,mr4 ,katko7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
  ,november #bb1 #bjai ,reported with an
 amendment1 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed   
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on          
,september #bj1 #bjai  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require the ,department of ,homeland    
,security to prepare a terrorism threat 
assessment relating to unmanned aircraft
 systems1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,critical               
,infrastructure ,against ,drones and    
,emerging ,threats ,act4  #b4 ,drone and

 emerging threat assessment  7a7 ,in    
general ,not later than #abj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,under ,secretary for ,intelligence and 
,analysis of the ,department of         
,homeland ,security shall--  7#a7 in    
consultation with other relevant        
officials of the ,department1 request   
additional information from other       
agencies of the ,federal ,government1   
,state and local government agencies1   
and the private sector relating to      
threats of unmanned aircraft systems and
 other emerging threats associated with 
such new technologies2  7#b7 in         
consultation with relevant officials of 
the ,department and other appropriate   
agencies of the ,federal ,government1   
develop and disseminate a security      
threat assessment regarding unmanned    
aircraft systems and other emerging     
threats associated with such new        
technologies2 and  7#c7 establish and   
utilize1 in conjunction with the ,chief 
,information ,officer of the ,department

 and other relevant entities1 a secure  
communications and information          
technology infrastructure1 including    
data-mining and other advanced          
analytical tools1 in order to access1   
receive1 and analyze data and           
information in furtherance of the       
responsibilities under this section1    
including by establishing a voluntary   
mechanism whereby critical              
infrastructure owners and operators may 
report information on emerging threats1 
such as the threat posed by unmanned    
aircraft systems4  7b7 ,report ,not     
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the ,under  
,secretary for ,intelligence and        
,analysis of the ,department of         
,homeland ,security shall prepare a     
threat assessment and report to the     
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives and the     
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate on
 the threat posed by unmanned aircraft  

systems1 including information collected
 from critical infrastructure owners and
 operators and ,federal1 ,state1 and    
local government agencies4 ,such        
assessment and report shall also include
 a classified plan to mitigate such     
threat1 as appropriate4  7c7            
,definitions  7#a7 ,critical            
infrastructure ,the term critical       
infrastructure has the meaning given    
such term in section #ajaf7;e7 of       
,public ,law #ajg-ef 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     
#eaie;c7e774  7#b7 ,unmanned aircraft   
system ,the term unmanned aircraft      
system has the meaning given such term  
in section #cca of the ,,faa            
,modernization and ,reform ,act of #bjab
 7#di ,u4,s4,c4 #djaja note2 ,public    
,law #aab-ie74  ,november #bb1 #bjai    
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed