,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1      
#bjbj,ms4 ,mc,sally introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the 
use of funds to purchase drones         
manufactured in the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china or by ,chinese                
state-controlled entities4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,securing ,our ,skies ,against ,chinese 
,technology ,act of #bjbj4  #b4         
,prohibition on use of funds to purchase
 drones manufactured in the ,people's   
,republic of ,china or by ,chinese      
state-controlled entities  7a7 ,in      
general ,no funds appropriated or       
otherwise made available for fiscal year
 #bjbj and available for obligation as  
of the date of the enactment of this    
,act1 and no funds appropriated or      
otherwise made available for fiscal year
 #bjba or any fiscal year thereafter1   

may be obligated or expended to purchase
 a drone described in subsection 7b74   
7b7 ,drones described ,a drone described
 in this subsection is a drone          
manufactured in the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china or by an entity owned or      
controlled by the ,government of the    
,people's ,republic of ,china4  7c7     
,application to private entities and    
,state and local governments  7#a7 ,in  
general ,the prohibition under          
subsection 7a7 includes a prohibition on
 the obligation or expenditure of funds 
described in that subsection for the    
purchase of a drone described in        
subsection 7b7 by a private entity or a 
,state or local government that received
 such funds through a grant or any other
 means4  7#b7 ,certification required to
 receive future funds ,on and after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
head of an executive agency may not     
provide funds described in subsection   
7a7 to a private entity or a ,state or  
local government unless the entity or   

government certifies that the entity or 
government1 as the case may be1 is not  
using drones described in subsection    
7b74  7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3
 7#a7 ,drone ,the term drone has the    
meaning given the term unmanned aircraft
 in section #ddhja of title #di1 ,united
 ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,executive agency 
,the term executive agency has the      
meaning given that term in section #acc 
of title #da1 ,united ,states ,code4