,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agfb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ad1 #bjbe
 ,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mrs4    
,blackburn7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,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 ,nuclear ,ecosystem
 ,drone ,defense ,act of #bjbe or the   
,,nedd ,act of #bjbe4  #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         
authority ,to determine usage of        

classified tracking  ,section #ahbg7;b7 
of the ,national ,defense ,authorization
 ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbd 7,public  
,law #aah-ca2 #acg ,stat4 #fif7 is      
amended by striking the ,secretary's    
designee and inserting the ,secretary of
 ,energy1 as appropriate1 or their      
respective designees4  7e7  ,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 the ,department of ,energy1  
after the ,department of                
,transportation14  7f7  ,expansion of   
,secretary of ,energy authority related 
to the protection of certain nuclear    
facilities and assets from unmanned     
aircrafts or unmanned aircraft systems  
,section #deaj7;e77#a77;,c7 of the      
,atomic ,energy ,defense ,act 7#ej      
,u4,s4,c4 #bffa7;e77#a77;,c77 is amended
 to read as follows3  7,c7 owned by the 
,united ,states or contracted to the    

,united ,states--  7i7 to store1        
transport1 or use special nuclear       
material2 or  7ii7 for the research1    
design1 manufacture1 or production of   
non-nuclear components for nuclear      
weapons4  4