[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4474-S4475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 488. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction,

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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 E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1049. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF TEST SITES FOR 
                   RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON COUNTERING UNMANNED 
                   AERIAL SYSTEMS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the armed unmanned aerial systems deployed by 
     adversaries for military purposes pose a threat to military 
     installations, critical infrastructure, and members of the 
     Armed Forces in conflict areas like Iraq and Syria;
       (2) the unmanned aerial systems test sites designated by 
     the Federal Aviation Administration offer unique 
     capabilities, expertise, and airspace for research and 
     development related to unmanned aerial systems; and
       (3) the Armed Forces should, to the extent practicable, 
     seek to leverage the test sites described in paragraph (2) 
     for research and development on capabilities to counter the 
     nefarious use of unmanned aerial systems.
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