UAS Act
Latest action · Sep 30, 2021 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 26, 2021
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Unmanned Aerial Security Act or the UAS Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from operating, financing, or procuring unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or UAS operating, detection, or identification systems that are manufactured in certain foreign countries or by corporations domiciled in such foreign countries.
Applicable foreign countries include those identified as foreign adversaries in the intelligence community's latest annual threat assessment and other countries designated by DHS.
DHS may waive the prohibition for (1) the national interest of the United States; (2) counter-UAS surrogate research, testing, development, evaluation, or training; or (3) intelligence, electronic warfare, or information warfare operations, testing, analysis, and training.
An office or component of DHS may continue to operate a UAS or system in its inventory that would otherwise be prohibited until DHS grants or denies a waiver or until one year after this bill is enacted, whichever is later.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 26, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Jul 26, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Jul 26, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jul 26, 2021Markup Jul 29, 2021 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Jul 28, 2021Discharged Jul 29, 2021 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 30, 2021 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sep 29, 2021Mr. Thompson (MS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 29, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5544-5545)
- Sep 29, 2021DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4682.
- Sep 29, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5544)
- Sep 29, 2021Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 28, 2021Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability Discharged.
- Jul 28, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 28, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Jul 27, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- Jul 26, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 26, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5544, H5545Text printed H5544 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS, Michael Guest R-MS | Sep 29, 2021 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 24, 2021H.R. 4682, UAS ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 28, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 130, July 26, 2021, page H3908.
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from operating or procuring certain foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Unmanned Aerial Security Act
- UAS Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- UAS Act
- Unmanned Aerial Security Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Unmanned Aerial Security Act
- UAS Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Aviation and airports
- Buy American requirements
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Government studies and investigations
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Public contracts and procurement
- Research and development
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2021Referred in Senate
- Sep 29, 2021Engrossed in House
- Jul 26, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
