[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5461-S5462]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3660. Mr. WARNER 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. __. COUNTER-UAS SYSTEMS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``unmanned 
     aircraft system'' and ``counter-UAS system'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 44801 of title 49, 
     United States Code.
       (b) Establishment of Commission.--
       (1) In general.--There is established in the Department of 
     Homeland Security a commission to study and develop 
     recommendations for expansion of counter-UAS system 
     authorities and capabilities for--
       (A) Federal law enforcement;
       (B) the Department of Defense;
       (C) the Department of Energy; and
       (D) the Department of Transportation.
       (2) Applicability of faca.--Chapter 10 of title 5, United 
     States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act''), shall not apply to the commission 
     established under paragraph (1).
       (c) Duties of Commission.--
       (1) Study.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, in coordination with the Attorney General, the 
     Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Energy, and the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall 
     complete a study, which shall be in unclassified form but may

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     include a classified annex, regarding the authority and 
     capability gaps of Federal law enforcement and the Department 
     of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the Federal 
     Aviation Administration to counter, via detection, tracking, 
     disruption, and defeating, unmanned aircraft systems, 
     including--
       (i) the number of deployments of counter-UAS system teams 
     from each agency under which authority, including the number 
     of days deployed, number of personnel deployed by agency, and 
     a summary of any counter-UAS system operations that resulted 
     in an unmanned aircraft system being disrupted or defeated;
       (ii) the number of requests for counter-UAS system support 
     from Federal, State, local, Tribal, territorial, or private 
     entities;
       (iii) the number of these requests that were declined;
       (iv) an assessment of the current authorities and the 
     suitability of such authorities to the threats; and
       (v) an assessment of the current structure across the 
     Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, 
     the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the 
     Federal Aviation Administration to coordinate and assign 
     counter-UAS system capabilities to National Special Security 
     Events and Special Event Assessment Rating events and non-
     rated events where counter-UAS system assets and personnel 
     were deployed in response to threats, including--

       (I) the number of National Special Security Events and 
     Special Event Assessment Rating events that request counter-
     UAS system support; and
       (II) the number of National Special Security Events and 
     Special Event Assessment Rating events that were granted 
     Federal counter-UAS system coverage and detail the nature of 
     the coverage provided.

       (2) Recommendations.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     completion of the study required under paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress a 
     report containing findings from the study and recommendations 
     on--
       (A) the structure for a Federal interagency task force to 
     coordinate, deconflict, assign, and collaborate on counter-
     UAS system technologies, authorities, missions, and 
     operations, including leadership, roles, and 
     responsibilities;
       (B) additional authority needed for the Department of 
     Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to conduct 
     counter-UAS system missions;
       (C) additional authority needed by the Department of 
     Defense, the Department of Energy, and the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to conduct counter-UAS system missions;
       (D) additional equipment, training, and personnel needed by 
     Federal agencies to conduct counter-UAS system missions; and
       (E) an expansion of authority to State, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial law enforcement.
       (d) Termination of Commission.--The commission shall 
     terminate 90 days after the date on which the commission 
     submits the report required under subsection (c)(2).
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       This section shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 
     appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security and no 
     additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
     out this section.
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