[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6554. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON AIRSPACE INTEGRATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Unmanned aircraft systems can perform a variety of 
     applications, including cargo delivery and perimeter 
     security, at military installations located within the United 
     States.
       (2) Military installations located within the United States 
     require the ability to defend themselves from the malicious 
     use of unmanned aircraft systems, including the ability to 
     detect, identify, and track potential threats as 
     distinguished from the legitimate use of such systems.
       (3) Airspace awareness and management are critical to 
     enabling the Department of Defense to leverage the benefits 
     of unmanned aircraft systems and to mitigate the risks posed 
     by the malicious use of such systems within the national 
     airspace system.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     the integration of unmanned aircraft systems and counter-
     unmanned aircraft systems of the Department of Defense into 
     the national airspace system.
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall describe the following:
       (A) The offices and officials directly responsible for 
     developing and deploying airspace awareness and unmanned 
     traffic management capabilities that ensure unmanned aircraft 
     systems of the Department of Defense safely and effectively 
     integrate into the national airspace system.
       (B) Any programs specifically mandated to develop or 
     validate airspace awareness or unmanned traffic management 
     systems that support activities of the Department in the 
     national airspace system.
       (C) Efforts of the Department to coordinate with the 
     Federal Aviation Administration to develop and operate 
     airspace awareness and unmanned traffic management systems.
       (D) Plans to use existing programs, test activities, 
     operational demonstrations and rapid prototyping efforts to 
     integrate unmanned aircraft systems and counter-unmanned 
     aircraft systems into the national airspace system.
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