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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1867 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department 

of Homeland Security an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 13, 2019 

Mr. JOHNSON (for himself, Mr. PETERS, and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

in the Department of Homeland Security an Unmanned 

Aircraft Systems Coordinator, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Countering Un5 manned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COUNTERING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS CO2 ORDINATOR. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu4 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 321. COUNTERING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS 

7 COORDINATOR. 

8 ‘‘(a) COORDINATOR.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall des10 ignate a senior official of the Department within the 

11 Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans as the Coun12 tering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator (in 

13 this section referred to as the ‘Coordinator’) and 

14 provide appropriate staff to carry out the respon15 sibilities of the Coordinator. 

16 ‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Coordinator 

17 shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) oversee and coordinate with relevant 

19 Department offices and components, including 

20 the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 

21 and the Privacy Office, on the development of 

22 guidance and regulations to counter threats as23 sociated with unmanned aircraft systems (in 

24 this section referred to as ‘UAS’) as described 

25 in section 210G; 


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1 ‘‘(B) promote research and development of 

2 counter UAS technologies in coordination with 

3 the Office of Science and Technology; 

4 ‘‘(C) coordinate with the relevant compo5 nents and offices of the Department, including 

6 the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, to en7 sure the sharing of information, guidance, and 

8 intelligence relating to countering UAS threats, 

9 counter UAS threat assessments, and counter 

10 UAS technology, including the retention of 

11 UAS and counter UAS incidents within the De12 partment; 

13 ‘‘(D) serve as the Department liaison, in 

14 coordination with relevant components and of15 fices of the Department, to Federal, State, 

16 local, and Tribal law enforcement entities and 

17 the private sector regarding the activities of the 

18 Department relating to countering UAS; 

19 ‘‘(E) maintain the information required 

20 under section 210G(g)(3); and 

21 ‘‘(F) carry out other related counter UAS 

22 authorities and activities under section 210G, 

23 as directed by the Secretary. 

24 ‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL

25 LAWS.—The Coordinator shall, in addition to other asVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:48 Jun 15, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1867.IS S1867

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1 signed duties, coordinate with relevant Department com2 ponents and offices to ensure testing, evaluation, or de3 ployment of a system used to identify, assess, or defeat 

4 a UAS is carried out in accordance with applicable Fed5 eral laws. 

6 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH PRIVATE SECTOR.—The 

7 Coordinator shall, among other assigned duties, working 

8 with the Office of Partnership and Engagement and other 

9 relevant Department offices and components, or other 

10 Federal agencies, as appropriate, serve as the principal 

11 Department official responsible for sharing to the private 

12 sector information regarding counter UAS technology, 

13 particularly information regarding instances in which 

14 counter UAS technology may impact lawful private sector 

15 services or systems. 

16 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

17 to carry out this section shall terminate on the date de18 scribed in section 210G(i).’’. 

19 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

20 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se21 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) 

22 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

23 320 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 321. Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator.’’. 

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