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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4792 

To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 

to add communications equipment and services produced or provided 

by Shenzhen Da-Jiang Innovations Sciences and Technologies Company 

Limited and Autel Robotics to the list that the Federal Communications 

Commission is required to maintain under that Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 

Act of 2019 to add communications equipment and services produced or provided by Shenzhen Da-Jiang Innovations Sciences and Technologies Company Limited and 

Autel Robotics to the list that the Federal Communications Commission is required to maintain under that 

Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering CCP 

3 Drones and Supporting Drones for Law Enforcement 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. COUNTERING CCP DRONES. 

6 (a) DETERMINATION OF WHETHER UNMANNED AIR7 CRAFT SYSTEMS MANUFACTURERS ARE CHINESE MILI8 TARY COMPANIES.—Pursuant to the annual review re9 quired under section 1260H(a) of the William M. (Mac) 

10 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

11 Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), 

12 the Secretary of Defense shall determine if any entity that 

13 manufactures or assembles unmanned aircraft systems (as 

14 defined in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code), 

15 or any subsidiary, parent, affiliate, or successor of such 

16 an entity, should be identified under such section 

17 1260H(a) as a Chinese military company operating di18 rectly or indirectly in the United States. 

19 (b) ADDITION OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT AND SERV20 ICES OF DJI TECHNOLOGIES AND AUTEL ROBOTICS TO

21 COVERED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES

22 LIST.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Secure and 

24 Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 

25 U.S.C. 1601) is amended— 


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1 (A) in subsection (c), by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(5) The communications equipment or service 

4 being— 

5 ‘‘(A) communications or video surveillance 

6 equipment produced or provided by— 

7 ‘‘(i) Shenzhen Da-Jiang Innovations 

8 Sciences and Technologies Company Lim9 ited (commonly known as ‘DJI Tech10 nologies’); 

11 ‘‘(ii) Autel Robotics; or 

12 ‘‘(iii) with respect to an entity de13 scribed in clause (i) or (ii) (referred to in 

14 this clause as a ‘named entity’)— 

15 ‘‘(I) any subsidiary, affiliate, or 

16 partner of the named entity; 

17 ‘‘(II) any entity in a joint ven18 ture with the named entity; or 

19 ‘‘(III) any entity to which the 

20 named entity has issued a license to 

21 produce or provide that telecommuni22 cations or video surveillance equip23 ment; or 

24 ‘‘(B) telecommunications or video surveil25 lance services, including software, provided by 


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1 an entity described in subparagraph (A) or 

2 using equipment described in that subpara3 graph. 

4 ‘‘(6)(A) The communications equipment or 

5 service being any communications equipment or 

6 service produced or provided by an entity— 

7 ‘‘(i) that is a subsidiary, affiliate, or part8 ner of an entity that produces or provides any 

9 communications equipment or service described 

10 in any of paragraphs (1) through (5) (referred 

11 to in this subparagraph as a ‘covered entity’); 

12 ‘‘(ii) that is in a joint venture with a cov13 ered entity; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) to which a covered entity has issued 

15 a license to produce or provide that communica16 tions equipment or service. 

17 ‘‘(B) An executive branch interagency body de18 scribed in paragraph (1) may submit to the Commis19 sion a petition to have an entity recognized as an en20 tity to which subparagraph (A) applies.’’; and 

21 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(e) INAPPLICABILITY TO AUTHORIZED INTEL23 LIGENCE ACTIVITIES.— 

24 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

25 terms ‘intelligence’ and ‘intelligence community’ 


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1 have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of 

2 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

3 ‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of this section, an action by the 

5 Commission under subsection (b)(1) based on a de6 termination made under paragraph (5) or (6) of 

7 subsection (c) shall not apply with respect to any— 

8 ‘‘(A) activity subject to the reporting re9 quirements under title V of the National Secu10 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.); 

11 ‘‘(B) activity of an element of the intel12 ligence community relating to intelligence; or 

13 ‘‘(C) activity of, or procurement by, an ele14 ment of the intelligence community in support 

15 of an activity relating to intelligence.’’. 

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2 of 

17 the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 

18 Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601) is amended by strik19 ing ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (4)’’ each place that 

20 term appears and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1) through 

21 (6)’’. 

22 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection, and 

23 the amendments made by this subsection, shall take 

24 effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of 

25 enactment of this Act. 


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1 (c) FIRST RESPONDER SECURE DRONE PROGRAM.— 

2 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

3 (A) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 

5 entity’’ means an agency of an entity de6 scribed in clause (ii) that has as a primary 

7 responsibility the maintenance of public 

8 safety. 

9 (ii) ENTITY DESCRIBED.—An entity 

10 described in this clause is any of the fol11 lowing: 

12 (I) Each of the 50 States, the 

13 District of Columbia, the Common14 wealth of Puerto Rico, the United 

15 States Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer16 ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth 

17 of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

18 (II) A political subdivision, in19 cluding a unit of local government, of 

20 an entity described in subclause (I). 

21 (III) A Tribal Government. 

22 (B) ELIGIBLE SMALL UNMANNED AIR23 CRAFT SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘eligible small un24 manned aircraft system’’ means a small un25 manned aircraft system, as defined in part 107 


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1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 

2 successor regulation), that— 

3 (i) was not designed, manufactured, 

4 or assembled, in whole or in part, by a for5 eign entity of concern; or 

6 (ii) does not include software or 1 or 

7 more critical components from a foreign 

8 entity of concern. 

9 (C) FOREIGN ENTITY OF CONCERN.—The 

10 term ‘‘foreign entity of concern’’ has the mean11 ing given the term in section 9901 of the Wil12 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

13 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 

14 U.S.C. 4651). 

15 (D) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

16 means the Secretary of Transportation. 

17 (E) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.—The 

18 term ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the 

19 meaning given such term in section 44801 of 

20 title 49, United States Code. 

21 (2) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 180 days 

22 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec23 retary shall establish a program, in coordination 

24 with the Attorney General, to be known as the First 

25 Responder Secure Drone Program, to provide grants 


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1 to eligible entities to facilitate the use of eligible 

2 small unmanned aircraft systems. 

3 (3) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—An eligible enti4 ty may use a grant provided under this subsection 

5 to— 

6 (A) purchase or lease eligible small un7 manned aircraft systems; 

8 (B) purchase or lease software, training, 

9 and other services reasonably associated with 

10 the purchase or lease of eligible small un11 manned aircraft systems; and 

12 (C) dispose of unmanned aircraft systems 

13 owned by the eligible entity. 

14 (4) RESTRICTIONS ON GRANT USES.—In admin15 istering grants under this program, the Secretary, in 

16 coordination with the Attorney General, shall ensure 

17 funds are used in a manner that safeguards civil lib18 erties and mitigates cybersecurity risks concerning 

19 the operation and use of the eligible small unmanned 

20 aircraft system. 

21 (5) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

22 grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 

23 submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 

24 in such form, and containing such information as 

25 the Secretary may require, including an assurance 


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1 that the eligible entity or any contractor of the eligi2 ble entity, will comply with relevant Federal regula3 tions. 

4 (6) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

6 subparagraph (B), the Federal share of the al7 lowable costs of a project carried out using a 

8 grant provided under this subsection shall not 

9 exceed 50 percent of the total allowable project 

10 costs. 

11 (B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may increase 

12 the Federal share under subparagraph (A) to 

13 up to 75 percent if an eligible entity— 

14 (i) submits a written application to 

15 the Secretary requesting an increase in the 

16 Federal share; and 

17 (ii) demonstrates that the additional 

18 assistance is necessary to facilitate the ac19 ceptance and full use of a grant under this 

20 subsection, due to circumstances such as 

21 alleviating economic hardship, meeting ad22 ditional workforce needs, or any other uses 

23 that the Secretary determines to be appro24 priate. 


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1 (7) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be ap2 propriated to the Secretary, $15,000,000 for fiscal 

3 year 2025 to carry out this subsection, to remain 

4 available until expended. 

5 (8) SUNSET OF PROGRAM.—The program es6 tablished under this subsection shall end on the date 

7 that is the earlier of— 

8 (A) the date on which all appropriations 

9 authorized under paragraph (7) are expended; 

10 and 

11 (B) the date that is 2 years after the date 

12 of enactment of this Act. 

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