[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 968 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 968

   To require the Secretary of Defense to notify Congress of certain 
 foreign airborne objects located in the national airspace system that 
          are capable of carrying out surveillance activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2023

    Mr. Torres of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Defense to notify Congress of certain 
 foreign airborne objects located in the national airspace system that 
          are capable of carrying out surveillance activities.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Aerial Intelligence-collection 
Revelation Act of 2023'' or the ``AIR Act''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN SURVEILLANCE OBJECTS.

    (a) Notification to Congress.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress a written notification if any foreign surveillance 
object that enters the national airspace system without prior approval 
not later than 24 hours after such object enters such system.
    (b) Definition of Foreign Surveillance Object.--The term ``foreign 
surveillance object'' means any airborne object, including a balloon or 
unmanned aircraft, that--
            (1) originated outside of the United States;
            (2) is not a scheduled passenger or cargo aircraft or any 
        other airborne object with prior approval to enter the national 
        airspace system; and
            (3) is capable of carrying out surveillance activities.
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