[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2603-S2604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 439. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1299L. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW WITH 
                   RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELATING TO 
                   UNMANNED AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
                   STATES FOR PROTECTION OF OVERSEAS FACILITIES 
                   AND ASSETS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new section 
     130j:

     ``Sec. 130j. Applicability of other law with respect to 
       certain activities relating to unmanned aircraft conducted 
       outside the United States

       ``Sections 32, 1030, and 1367 of title 18 and section 46502 
     of title 49 may not be construed to apply to activities of 
     the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard that--

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       ``(1) are conducted outside the United States; and
       ``(2) are related to the mitigation of threats from 
     unmanned aircraft systems or unmanned aircraft.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new item:

``130j. Applicability of other law with respect to certain activities 
              relating to unmanned aircraft conducted outside the 
              United States.''.
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