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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4432 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 11, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To require the Department of Homeland Security to prepare 

a terrorism threat assessment relating to unmanned aircraft systems, 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 ‘‘Protecting Critical In3 frastructure Against Drones and Emerging Threats Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DRONE AND EMERGING THREAT ASSESSMENT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for 

7 Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 

8 Security shall— 

9 (1) in consultation with other relevant officials 

10 of the Department, request additional information 

11 from other agencies of the Federal Government, 

12 State and local government agencies, and the private 

13 sector relating to threats of unmanned aircraft sys14 tems and other emerging threats associated with 

15 such new technologies; 

16 (2) in consultation with relevant officials of the 

17 Department and other appropriate agencies of the 

18 Federal Government, develop and disseminate a se19 curity threat assessment regarding unmanned air20 craft systems and other emerging threats associated 

21 with such new technologies; and 

22 (3) establish and utilize, in conjunction with the 

23 Chief Information Officer of the Department and 

24 other relevant entities, a secure communications and 

25 information technology infrastructure, including 

26 data-mining and other advanced analytical tools, in 


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1 order to access, receive, and analyze data and infor2 mation in furtherance of the responsibilities under 

3 this section, including by establishing a voluntary 

4 mechanism whereby critical infrastructure owners 

5 and operators may report information on emerging 

6 threats, such as the threat posed by unmanned air7 craft systems. 

8 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for In10 telligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 

11 Security shall prepare a threat assessment and report to 

12 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

13 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

14 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on the threat 

15 posed by unmanned aircraft systems, including informa16 tion collected from critical infrastructure owners and oper17 ators and Federal, State, and local government agencies. 

18 Such assessment and report shall also include a classified 

19 plan to mitigate such threat, as appropriate. 

20 (c) DEFINITIONS.— 

21 (1) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 

22 ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has the meaning given such 

23 term in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 (42 

24 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). 


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1 (2) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.—The term 

2 ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the meaning given 

3 such term in section 331 of the FAA Modernization 

4 and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note; 

5 Public Law 112–95). 

Passed the House of Representatives February 10, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 

By ROBERT F. REEVES, 

Deputy Clerk. 


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