[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6898 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6898

To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct an operational assessment 
 of the installation defense capabilities of the Department of Defense 
                  to defeat unmanned aircraft system.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 22, 2023

 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct an operational assessment 
 of the installation defense capabilities of the Department of Defense 
                  to defeat unmanned aircraft system.

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

SECTION 1. OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND REPORT ON INSTALLATION DEFENSE 
              CAPABILITIES USING DIRECTED ENERGY TO DEFEAT UNMANNED 
              AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND UAS SWARMS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct an 
operational assessment of the installation defense capabilities of the 
Department of Defense to defeat unmanned aircraft system (in this 
section referred to as ``UAS'') threats.
    (b) Elements.--The assessment required under subsection (a) shall 
include, for the capabilities covered by the assessment, an assessment 
of each of the following:
            (1) The operation of high energy lasers, high power 
        microwaves and other emerging directed energy technologies.
            (2) The ability to defeat UAS threats at operationally 
        relevant distances.
            (3) The ability to integrate with other counter-UAS systems 
        and existing security infrastructure.
            (4) The ability to rapidly transport and set-up.
            (5) The ability to regulate defeat distances.
            (6) The ability to safely operate on United States 
        installations.
            (7) The effects on the spectrum and airspace inside and 
        outside of established defeat distances.
            (8) The effects on human beings and vehicles inside and 
        outside of established defeat distances.
            (9) The ease of training and operation.
            (10) The maintainability and sustainability.
            (11) The cost-effectiveness.
            (12) The scalability.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the completion of the 
assessment required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
            (1) the results of the assessment; and
            (2) the recommendations of the Secretary for any changes or 
        modifications to equipment, procedures, regulations or existing 
        laws to operationally employ directed energy systems for 
        installation defense against UAS and UAS swarms.
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