[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3778]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2806. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 
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 VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 896. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT OF FOREIGN-MADE 
                   COMMERCIAL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided under subsection (b), 
     the Secretary of Defense may not procure or extend or renew a 
     contract to procure any unmanned aerial system (UAS) that is 
     manufactured outside the United States.
       (b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
     requirement under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis upon 
     certifying to the congressional defense committees that it is 
     necessary for national security reasons.
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