[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4290. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. RISK MANAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO CIVIL UNMANNED 
                   AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration and the heads of other relevant Federal 
     agencies, submit to Congress an assessment of risk posed by 
     civil unmanned aircraft systems operating at or below 400 
     feet above ground level to--
       (1) the safety of aircraft of the Armed Forces operating in 
     military special use airspace and on military training 
     routes; and
       (2) the security of military installations located in the 
     United States that directly support strategic operations of 
     the Armed Forces.
       (b) Addressing Identified Risks.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the Secretary submits to Congress the assessment 
     described in subsection (a), the Secretary and the 
     Administrator shall jointly, and in coordination with the 
     heads of other relevant Federal agencies--
       (1) assess the adequacy of current laws, regulations, 
     procedures, and activities to address risks described in the 
     assessment and identify additional actions that may be 
     appropriate and necessary to address such risks; and
       (2) submit to Congress a summary of the assessment and any 
     additional actions identified under paragraph (1).
       (c) Civil Unmanned Aircraft System Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``civil unmanned aircraft system'' means an 
     unmanned aircraft system (as that term is defined in section 
     331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public 
     Law 112-95; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note)) that is a civil aircraft 
     (as that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United 
     States Code).
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