[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4931-S4932]
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SA 3154. 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. __. EVALUATION OF RISKS POSED BY COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES PRODUCED BY FOREIGN
ADVERSARY ENTITIES.
Section 1709 of the Servicemember Quality of Life
Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 47 U.S.C. 1601 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the subsection heading, by
striking ``to Covered List'' and inserting ``Produced by DJI
Technologies or Autel Robotics'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as
subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
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(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
subsection:
``(b) Evaluation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Communications Equipment and Services Produced by Foreign
Adversary Entities.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2026, an appropriate national security agency
shall determine if any of the following communications
equipment or services, including software, pose an
unacceptable risk to the national security of the United
States or the security and safety of United States persons:
``(A) Unmanned aircraft systems that are designed,
developed, manufactured, or supplied by any person owned by,
controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of
a foreign adversary.
``(B) Unmanned aircraft systems with integrated software
provided by any person owned by, controlled by, or subject to
the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary.
``(C) Equipment that uses spectrum in the 5030-5091 MHz
band, governed by part 88 of title 47, Code of Federal
Regulations (or successor regulations), that is designed,
developed, manufactured, or supplied by any person owned by,
controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of
a foreign adversary.
``(2) Addition to the covered list.--If the appropriate
national security agency does not make a determination as
required by paragraph (1) by the date that is one year after
the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, the Commission shall
add all equipment and services listed in paragraph (1) to the
covered list.'';
(4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by
inserting ``or (b)(1)'' after ``subsection (a)(1)'' each
place it appears; and
(5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by adding at the
end the following:
``(6) The term `unmanned aircraft system' has the meaning
given that term in section 44801 of title 49, United States
Code.
``(7) The term `foreign adversary' has the meaning given
that term in section 8(c) of the Secure and Trusted
Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c)).''.
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