[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4931-S4932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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