,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #deae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aa1     
#bjbd,mr4 ,romney 7for himself and ,ms4 
,rosen7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to combat foreign terrorist    
acquisition of unmanned aerial systems1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,combating ,foreign ,terrorist ,drones  
,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
finds the following3 7#a7 ,foreign      
terrorist organizations1 including al   
,qaeda1 the ,islamic ,state1 and groups 
backed by ,iran such as the ,houthis1   
have used unmanned aerial systems to    
commit violence and to conduct attacks  
against members of the ,armed ,forces   
and interests of the ,united ,states    
overseas4  7#b7 ,since its inception in 
#bjad1 the ,islamic ,state has used     
commercially-available unmanned aerial  
systems1 including ,chinese-manufactured

 drones4  7#c7 ,in #bjbc1 the ,united   
,kingdom arrested an individual for     
designing a three-dimensional printed   
drone for the ,islamic ,state to deliver
 chemical weapons4  7#d7 ,according to  
public reporting1 ,iranian-backed       
terrorist organizations and proxy       
militias have further increased the     
frequency of unmanned aerial system     
attacks against the ,armed ,forces and  
interests of the ,united ,states in the 
wake of the ,october #g1 #bjbc1 attacks 
by ,hamas in ,israel4  7#e7 ,on or      
around ,october #ag1 #bjbc1 #ba members 
of the ,armed ,forces sustained injuries
 from drone and rocket attacks by       
,iran-sponsored proxy groups against    
military bases of the ,united ,states in
 ,syria and ,iraq4  7#f7 ,on ,january   
#bh1 #bjbd1 three members of the ,armed 
,forces were killed and more than #dj   
members of the ,armed ,forces were      
injured in an unmanned aerial system    
attack1 committed by groups backed by   
,iran1 in ,jordan4  7#g7 ,in ,february  

#bjbd1 the ,defense ,intelligence       
,agency confirmed the use by the        
,houthis of unmanned aerial systems from
 ,iran to conduct attacks1 including    
against civilian targets and maritime   
infrastructure4  7#h7 ,according to     
,united ,states ,central ,command1 the  
threat posed by unmanned aerial systems1
 coupled with the lack of dependable1   
networked capability to counter them is 
the most concerning tactical development
 since the rise of improvised explosive 
devices in ,iraq4  7#i7 ,foreign        
terrorist organization access to and use
 of unmanned aerial systems presents    
national security threats to the ,united
 ,states1 its personnel1 and its        
interests abroad1 and it is critical    
that the ,department of ,defense acts   
effectively to interrupt the supply of  
such systems to foreign terrorist       
organizations4  #c4 ,intelligence       
assessment of foreign terrorist         
organization acquisition of unmanned    
aerial systems  7a7 ,intelligence       

assessment required ,not later than #ahj
 days after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense  
shall submit to the congressional       
defense committees an intelligence      
assessment of foreign terrorist         
organization acquisition of unmanned    
aerial systems4  7b7 ,contents ,the     
assessment required by subsection 7a7   
shall cover the following3 7#a7 ,methods
 by which foreign terrorist             
organizations acquire unmanned aerial   
systems1 such as through commercial     
purchase1 diversion1 illicit            
manufacture1 trafficking1               
state-sponsored supply1 or theft or     
recovery from nation-state operators4   
7#b7 ,identification of suppliers1      
networks1 routes1 production facilities1
 and other key nodes that facilitate the
 acquisition of unmanned aerial systems 
by foreign terrorist organizations4     
7#c7 ,an evaluation of the degree of    
coordination and intelligence sharing   
with allies and partners of the ,united 

,states to prevent foreign terrorist    
organizations from acquiring unmanned   
aerial systems4  7#d7 ,recommendations  
for legislative or administrative action
 to limit or combat foreign terrorist   
organization acquisition of unmanned    
aerial systems4  7c7 ,form ,the         
assessment submitted pursuant to        
subsection 7a7 shall be submitted in    
classified form4  7d7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3 7#a7 ,the term            
congressional defense committees has the
 meaning given such term in section     
#aja7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states  
,code4  7#b7 ,the term foreign terrorist
 organization means any organization or 
individual designated as a-- 7,a7       
foreign terrorist organization by the   
,secretary of ,state pursuant to section
 #bai of the ,immigration and           
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi72 
or  7,b7 specially designated global    
terrorist under ,executive ,order #acbbd
 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note2 relating to 
blocking property and prohibiting       

transactions with persons who commit1   
threaten to commit1 or support          
terrorism71 or successor order1 or      
section #eid4caj of title #ca1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations1 or successor     
regulation4