,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddgd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #f1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,lee1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,mr4 ,coons1 and   
,mr4 ,paul7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,arms ,export
 ,control ,act to prohibit the export of
 certain unmanned aircraft systems4  #a4
 ,prohibition on export of certain      
unmanned aircraft systems ,chapter #g of
 the ,arms ,export ,control ,act 7#bb   
,u4,s4,c4 #bgig et seq47 is amended by  
inserting after section #gc;,b the      
following3  #gc;,c4 ,prohibition on     
export of certain unmanned aircraft     
systems  7a7 ,in general ,except as     
provided by subsection 7b71 the export1 
transfer1 or trade of covered unmanned  
aircraft systems1 or equipment1         
assemblies1 or components for such      
systems1 is prohibited4  7b7 ,exception 
,the prohibition under subsection 7a7   

does not apply to the export1 transfer1 
or trade of systems1 equipment1         
assemblies1 or components described in  
that subsection to the government of any
 of the following3 7#a7 ,a country that 
is a member of the ,north ,atlantic     
,treaty ,organization4  7#b7 ,australia4
  7#c7 ,israel4  7#d7 ,japan4  7#e7 ,new
 ,zealand4  7#f7 ,south ,korea4  7c7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,covered unmanned aircraft system ,the  
term covered unmanned aircraft system   
means an unmanned aircraft system-- 7,a7
 capable of delivering a payload of not 
less than #ejj kilograms over a range of
 not less than #cjj kilometers2 or  7,b7
 described in item #a4;,a4#b of category
 ,i of the ,,mtcr ,annex4  7#b7 ,payload
 ,the term payload means the total mass 
that can be carried or delivered by an  
unmanned aircraft system that is not    
used to maintain flight4  7#c7 ,range   
,the term range means the maximum       
distance that an unmanned aircraft      
system is capable of traveling in the   

mode of stable flight as measured by the
 projection of its trajectory over the  
surface of the ,earth4  4