[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4918]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3128. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2026 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. STRENGTHENED RULES OF ORIGIN FOR ENTRIES OF UNMANNED 
                   AIRCRAFT AND PARTS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the 
     general notes to the HTS, unmanned aircraft classified under 
     heading 8806 of the HTS, and parts for such aircraft 
     classified under heading 8807 of the HTS, may not enter the 
     customs territory of the United States unless--
       (1)(A) in the case of an unmanned aircraft, the entry of 
     the aircraft is accompanied by a certificate or other 
     documentation required by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
     establishing that the aircraft does not contain a flight 
     controller, radio, data transmission device, camera, gimbal, 
     permanent magnets (including neodymium iron boron magnets), 
     ground control system, operating software, network 
     connectivity hardware, or data storage manufactured in the 
     People's Republic of China; and
       (B) in the case of a part, the entry of the part is 
     accompanied by a certificate or other documentation required 
     by U.S. Customs and Border Protection establishing that the 
     part was not manufactured in the People's Republic of China; 
     and
       (2) U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirms the 
     veracity of the certificate or other documentation required 
     by paragraph (1).
       (b) Exemption.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with 
     respect to unmanned aircraft classified under heading 8806 of 
     the HTS that--
       (A) the Federal Aviation Administration has, before January 
     1, 2026--
       (i) authorized for operations under the provisions of part 
     135 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; or
       (ii) included in an air carrier's exemption under section 
     44807 of title 49, United States Code; and
       (B) are not manufactured in whole by a covered foreign 
     entity or in a foreign adversary country.
       (2) List.--Not later than January 1, 2026, the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall--
       (A) provide the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection with a list of unmanned aircraft that qualify for 
     the exemption under this subsection; and
       (B) certify that the list required by subparagraph (A) 
     contains only unmanned aircraft that are not manufactured in 
     whole by a covered foreign entity or in a foreign adversary 
     country.
       (c) Applicability.--The prohibition under subsection (a) 
     shall apply--
       (1) with respect to unmanned aircraft classified under 
     heading 8806 of the HTS, on and after January 1, 2028; and
       (2) with respect to parts for such aircraft classified 
     under heading 8807 of the HTS, on and after January 1, 2031.
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