[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5014-S5015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3196. Mr. COTTON (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
Budd) 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 end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. ARMS EXPORT CONTROLS FOR COVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 
                   SYSTEMS AND ITEMS.

       (a) Arms Export Control Act.--

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       (1) Section 38.--Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(m) Covered Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Items.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of transfers of defense 
     articles and defense services under this Act, covered 
     unmanned aircraft systems and items--
       ``(A) shall be treated as manned aircraft systems items; 
     and
       ``(B) shall not be considered launch vehicles, missile 
     technology, or missile equipment subject to controls or 
     export restrictions for purposes of adherence by the United 
     States to the Missile Technology Control Regime.
       ``(2) Definition of covered unmanned aircraft systems and 
     items.--In this subsection, the term `covered unmanned 
     aircraft systems and items' means unmanned aircraft systems 
     and related items that--
       ``(A) are controlled under the International Traffic in 
     Arms Regulations and enumerated in the Missile Technology 
     Control Regime Annex; and
       ``(B) are designed to be reusable.''.
       (2) Chapter 7.--Chapter 7 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2797 et 
     seq.) is amended by inserting after section 73B the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 73C. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON COVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 
                   SYSTEMS AND ITEMS.

       ``It is the policy of the United States to treat covered 
     unmanned aircraft systems and items (as defined in section 
     38(m)(2)(B)) as manned aircraft systems and items for 
     purposes of implementing the Missile Technology Control 
     Regime.''.
       (b) International Traffic in Arms Regulations.--
       (1) United states munitions list.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
     shall amend section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, to provide that covered unmanned aircraft 
     systems and items--
       (A) are subject to the same export control provisions as 
     manned aircraft systems and items and that, for purposes of 
     part 121 of such title, shall be reviewed under the same 
     criteria and guidelines as manned aircraft systems and items; 
     and
       (B) are distinct from launch vehicles, missile technology, 
     and missile equipment and are subject to separate export 
     control provisions and that, for purposes of part 121 of such 
     title, shall be reviewed under criteria specific to their 
     technological and operational characteristics.
       (2) Missile technology control regime.--Not later than 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     President shall amend section 120.23 of title 22, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, to provide that, for purposes of 
     implementing the Missile Technology Control Regime, the 
     United States shall treat covered unmanned aircraft systems 
     and items--
       (A) separately from missile technology, including for 
     purposes of co-production and co-development agreements with 
     allies and partners; and
       (B) as manned aircraft systems and items that shall not be 
     subject to controls, missile technology reviews, or export 
     restrictions for purposes of adherence by the United States 
     to the Missile Technology Control Regime.
       (3) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) Covered unmanned aircraft systems and items.--The term 
     ``covered unmanned aircraft systems and items'' has the 
     meaning given that term in subsection (m)(2) of section 38 of 
     the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778), as added by 
     subsection (a).
       (B) Missile; missile technology control regime.--The terms 
     ``missile'' and ``Missile Technology Control Regime'' have 
     the meanings given those terms in section 74(a) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(a)).
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