,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cigd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #i1 #bjbc,mr4  
,joyce of ,ohio 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,auchincloss1 ,mr4 ,gooden of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,miller of ,ohio1 ,mr4             
,fitzpatrick1 and ,mr4 ,smith of ,new   
,jersey7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,accountability1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services1 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 prohibit the use of      
,federal funds for unmanned aircraft    
systems from foreign entities1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,securing ,our 
,airspace from ,reconnaissance ,act of  
#bjbc4  #b4 ,prohibition on use of      
,federal funds for purchases and        
operation of unmanned aircraft systems  

from foreign entities  7a7 ,in general  
,beginning on the first ,october #a that
 occurs after the date of the enactment 
of this ,act and except as provided in  
subsections 7b7 and 7c71 ,federal funds 
may not be awarded through a contract1  
grant1 or cooperative agreement1 or     
otherwise made available-- 7#a7 to      
purchase an unmanned aircraft system    
that is manufactured or assembled by a  
covered foreign entity2 or  7#b7 in     
connection with the operation of such   
unmanned aircraft system4  7b7          
,exemptions ,the ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security1 the ,secretary of ,defense1 
the ,director of ,national              
,intelligence1 and the ,attorney        
,general are exempt from the restriction
 under subsection 7a7 if the procurement
 is required in the national interest of
 the ,united ,states and-- 7#a7 is for  
the sole purposes of research1          
evaluation1 training1 testing1 or       
analysis for electronic warfare1        
information warfare operations1         

cybersecurity1 or development of        
unmanned aircraft system or             
counter-unmanned aircraft system        
technology2  7#b7 is for the sole       
purposes of conducting counterterrorism 
or counterintelligence activities1      
protective missions1 or ,federal        
criminal or national security           
investigations1 including forensic      
examinations1 or for electronic warfare1
 information warfare operations1        
cybersecurity1 or development of an     
unmanned aircraft system or             
counter-unmanned aircraft system        
technology2 or  7#c7 is an unmanned     
aircraft system that1 as procured or as 
modified after procurement but before   
operational use1 can no longer transfer 
to1 or download data from1 a covered    
foreign entity and otherwise poses no   
national security cybersecurity risks as
 determined by the exempting official4  
7c7 ,waiver ,the head of an agency may  
waive the prohibition under subsection  
7a7 on a case-by-case basis for a year1 

which may be renewed-- 7#a7 with the    
approval of the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security or the ,secretary of ,defense2
 and  7#b7 upon notification to         
,congress4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3 7#a7 ,agency ,the term agency  
has the meaning given that term in      
section #eea of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,covered foreign   
entity ,the term covered foreign entity 
means any entity in the following       
categories3 7,a7 ,an entity included on 
the ,consolidated ,screening ,list4     
7,b7 ,any entity that is subject to     
extrajudicial direction from a foreign  
government1 as determined by the        
,secretary of ,homeland ,security in    
coordination with the ,secretary of     
,state4  7,c7 ,any entity the ,secretary
 of ,homeland ,security1 in coordination
 with the ,attorney ,general1 the       
,director of ,national ,intelligence1   
and the ,secretary of ,defense1         
determines poses a risk to the national 
security of the ,united ,states4  7,d7  

,any entity domiciled in the ,people's  
,republic of ,china or subject to       
influence or control by the ,government 
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china or 
the ,communist ,party of the ,people's  
,republic of ,china1 as determined by   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security in
 coordination with the ,secretary of    
,state4  7,e7 ,any entity domiciled in  
the ,people's ,republic of ,china that  
is involved in the implementation of    
military-civil fusion1 participates in  
the ,chinese defense industrial base1 is
 affiliated with the ,chinese ,state    
,administration for ,science1           
,technology1 and ,industry for the      
,national ,defense1 receives funding    
from any organization subordinate to the
 ,central ,military ,commission of the  
,chinese ,communist ,party1 or provides 
support to any security1 defense1       
police1 or intelligence organization of 
the ,government of the ,people's        
,republic of ,china or the ,chinese     
,communist ,party4  7,f7 ,any subsidiary

 or affiliate of an entity described in 
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,e74  7#c7  
,intelligence2 intelligence community   
,the terms intelligence and intelligence
 community have the meanings given those
 terms in section #c of the ,national   
,security ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjjc74  7#d7 ,unmanned aircraft system 
,the term unmanned aircraft system has  
the meaning given that term in section  
#ddhja of title #di1 ,united ,states    
,code4  #c4 ,increase to domestic       
production of unmanned aircraft systems 
,the ,secretary of ,defense is directed 
to take such action as necessary to     
increase the domestic production of     
unmanned aircraft systems 7as defined in
 section #b7;d7 of this ,act74