[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5659-S5660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6102. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1226. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO 
                   PROTECT CIVILIANS IN IRAQ AND ON THE ARABIAN 
                   PENINSULA FROM WEAPONIZED UNMANNED AERIAL 
                   SYSTEMS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States should improve cooperation with 
     allies, including Israel, and like-minded partners to 
     systematically map out, expose, and disrupt missile and drone 
     procurement networks used by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in 
     Yemen and other Iranian proxies targeting United States 
     forces and assets and United States allies and partners in 
     the region;
       (2) the partner countries of the United States, including 
     Iraq and countries on the Arabian Peninsula, face urgent and 
     emerging threats from unmanned aerial systems and other 
     unmanned aerial vehicles;
       (3) joint research and development to counter unmanned 
     aerial systems will serve the national security interests of 
     the United States and its partners in Iraq and on the Arabian 
     Peninsula;
       (4) development of counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) 
     technology will reduce the impacts of these attacks, build 
     deterrence, and increase regional stability; and
       (5) the United States and partners in Iraq and on the 
     Arabian Peninsula should continue to work together to protect 
     against the threat from unmanned aerial systems.
       (b) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``Arabian 
     Peninsula'' means Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, 
     the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
       (c) Authority to Enter Into Agreement.--
       (1) In general.--The President is authorized to enter into 
     a cooperative project agreement with Iraq and countries on 
     the Arabian Peninsula under the authority of section 27 of 
     the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2767) to carry out 
     research on and development, testing, evaluation, and joint 
     production (including follow-on support) of defense articles 
     and defense services to detect, track, and destroy armed 
     unmanned aerial systems that threaten the United States and 
     its partners in Iraq and on the Arabian Peninsula.
       (2) Applicable requirements.--
       (A) In general.--The cooperative project agreement 
     described in paragraph (1)--

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       (i) shall provide that any activities carried out pursuant 
     to such agreement are subject to--

       (I) the applicable requirements described in subparagraphs 
     (A), (B), and (C) of section 27(b)(2) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2767(b)(2)); and
       (II) any other applicable requirements of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) with respect to the use, 
     transfer, and security of such defense articles and defense 
     services under such Act; and

       (ii) shall establish a framework to negotiate the rights to 
     intellectual property developed under such agreement.
       (B) Congressional reporting requirements.--Notwithstanding 
     section 27(g) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2767(g)), any defense articles that result from a cooperative 
     project agreement shall be subject to the requirements under 
     subsections (b) and (c) of section 36 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2776).
       (d) Rule of Construction With Respect to Use of Military 
     Force.--Nothing in this section may be construed as an 
     authorization for the use of military force.
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