[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5297-S5298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3515. Mr. DAINES 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 in title XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 16__. IMPROVED PROTECTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 
                   THREATS.

       (a) Expansion of Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 130i 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, 
     and contractors,'' after ``and civilian employees''.
       (b) Additional Information Sharing.--Subsection (e)(4) of 
     such section is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting a comma after 
     ``civilian law enforcement agency'';
       (2) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
       (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); 
     and
       (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
     subparagraph (C):
       ``(C) would support another department or agency of the 
     Federal Government with authority to mitigate the threat of 
     unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft systems in mitigating 
     such threats; or''.
       (c) Exemption From Disclosure.--Such section is further 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (g); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
     subsection (g):
       ``(g) Exemption From Disclosure.--Information pertaining to 
     the technology, procedures, and protocols used to carry out 
     this section, including any regulations or guidance issued to 
     carry out this section, shall be exempt from disclosure--
       ``(1) under section 552(b)(3) of title 5; and
       ``(2) under any State or local law requiring the disclosure 
     of information.''.
       (d) Repeal of Partial Termination.--Such section is further 
     amended by striking subsection (i).
       (e) Additional Covered Missions.--Subsection (j) of such 
     section is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (1);
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively; and
       (3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
       (A) in subparagraph (C), by redesignating clauses (i) 
     through (ix) as subclauses (II) through (X), respectively, 
     and indenting such subclauses two ems to the right;
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as 
     clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting such 
     clauses two ems to the right;
       (C) in the matter before clause (i), as redesignated by 
     subparagraph (B), by striking ``means any facility or asset'' 
     and inserting ``means--
       ``(A) any facility, asset, or vessel'';
       (D) in subparagraph (A), as designated by subparagraph 
     (C)--
       (i) in clause (ii), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by 
     striking ``and possessions'' and inserting ``, possessions, 
     and territorial waters''; and
       (ii) in clause (iii), as so redesignated--

       (I) by inserting before subclause (II), as redesignated by 
     subparagraph (A), the following new subclause (I):
       ``(I) protection of the buildings, grounds, and property to 
     which the public are not permitted regular, unrestricted 
     access and that are under the jurisdiction, custody, or 
     control of the Department of Defense and the persons on that 
     property pursuant to section 2672 of this title;'';
       (II) in subclause (VI), as so redesignated, by inserting 
     ``and territorial integrity'' after ``air sovereignty'';
       (III) in subclause (IX), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
       (IV) in subclause (X), as so redesignated, by striking the 
     period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
       (V) by adding at the end the following new subclauses:
       ``(XI) assistance to Federal, State, or local officials in 
     responding to incidents involving nuclear, radiological, 
     biological, or chemical weapons, or high-yield explosives, or 
     related materials or technologies, including pursuant to 
     section 282 of this title and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq);
       ``(XII) emergency response that is limited to a specified 
     timeframe and location; or
       ``(XIII) intelligence or counterintelligence; and''; and

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       (E) by inserting after subparagraph (A), as designated by 
     subparagraph (C), the following new subparagraph (B):
       ``(B) any personnel associated with a facility, asset, or 
     vessel identified under subparagraph (A) engaged in direct 
     support of a mission of the Department of Defense specified 
     in clause (iii) of such subparagraph.''.
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