,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hice  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bj1 #bjbf,ms4  
,lee of ,nevada 7for herself1 ,mr4      
,fleischmann1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,davis
 of ,north ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,la,lota1    
,mr4 ,jackson of ,texas1 and ,mr4       
,alford7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to exempt the ,secretary of    
,energy of certain prohibitions with    
respect to an unmanned aircraft system1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,department of ,energy ,drone ,defense  
,act4  #b4 ,authority of ,secretary of  
,energy with respect to covered unmanned
 aircraft systems from covered foreign  
entities  7a7 ,exemption from           
prohibition on procurement of covered   
unmanned aircraft systems from covered  
foreign entities ,section #ahbc7;b7 of  
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbd 7,public   

,law #aah-ca2 #acg ,stat4 #fib7 is      
amended1 in the matter preceding        
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting ,secretary 
of ,energy1 after ,secretary of ,state14
  7b7 ,exemption from prohibition on    
operation of covered unmanned aircraft  
systems from covered foreign entities   
,section #ahbd7;b7 of the ,national     
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjbd 7,public ,law #aah-ca2 #acg
 ,stat4 #fic7 is amended1 in the matter 
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by inserting  
,secretary of ,energy1 after ,secretary 
of ,state14  7c7 ,exemption from        
prohibition on use of ,federal funds for
 procurement and operation of covered   
unmanned aircraft systems from covered  
foreign entities ,section #ahbe7;b7 of  
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbd 7,public   
,law #aah-ca2 #acg ,stat4 #fid7 is      
amended1 in the matter preceding        
paragraph 7#a71 by inserting ,secretary 
of ,energy1 after ,secretary of ,state14
  7d7 ,granting ,secretary of ,energy   

accounting exception ,section #ahbg7;c7 
of the ,national ,defense ,authorization
 ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbd 7,public  
,law #aah-ca2 #acg ,stat4 #fif7 is      
amended by inserting ,department of     
,energy1 after ,department of           
,transportation14