[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4036 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4036

  To prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned 
  aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other deliberately 
lethal action and to transfer the authority to conduct such strikes or 
              lethal action to the Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2014

 Mr. Burgess introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to 
   the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned 
  aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other deliberately 
lethal action and to transfer the authority to conduct such strikes or 
              lethal action to the Department of Defense.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OPERATION OF 
              UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE STRIKES AND TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY 
              TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
officer or employee of, or contractor or detailee to, the Central 
Intelligence Agency shall use an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a 
weapons strike or other lethal action.
    (b) Transfer to Department of Defense.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the President shall transfer to the Department of 
Defense all authority to use an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a 
weapons strike or other lethal action.
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