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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2205 
To exempt the Secretary of Energy of certain prohibitions with respect to 
an unmanned aircraft system, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2025 
Ms. LEE of Nevada (for herself, Mr. AMODEI of Nevada, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, 
Mr. MOULTON, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. DAVIS of North Caro-
lina, and Mr. PALMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To exempt the Secretary of Energy of certain prohibitions 
with respect to an unmanned aircraft system, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Ecosystem 
Drone Defense Act’’ or the ‘‘NEDD Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY WITH RE-
SPECT TO COVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 
SYSTEMS FROM COVERED FOREIGN ENTI-
TIES. 
(a) EXEMPTION FROM PROHIBITION ON PROCURE-
MENT
OF COVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS 
FROM COVERED FOREIGN ENTITIES.—Section 1823(b) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 692) is amended, 
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Energy,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of State,’’. 
(b) EXEMPTION FROM PROHIBITION ON OPERATION 
OF COVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FROM 
COVERED FOREIGN ENTITIES.—Section 1824(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 
(Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 693) is amended, in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Secretary 
of Energy,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of State,’’. 
(c) EXEMPTION FROM PROHIBITION
ON USE
OF 
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PROCUREMENT AND OPERATION 
OF COVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FROM 
COVERED FOREIGN ENTITIES.—Section 1825(b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 
(Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 694) is amended, in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Secretary 
of Energy,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of State,’’. 
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(d) GRANTING SECRETARY OF ENERGY AUTHORITY 
TO DETERMINE USAGE OF CLASSIFIED TRACKING.—Sec-
tion 1827(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 696) 
is amended by striking ‘‘the Secretary’s designee’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, or their 
respective designees’’. 
(e) GRANTING SECRETARY OF ENERGY ACCOUNTING 
EXCEPTION.—Section 1827(c) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118– 
31; 137 Stat. 696) is amended by inserting ‘‘Department 
of Energy,’’ after ‘‘Department of Transportation,’’. 
(f) EXPANSION OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY AUTHOR-
ITY RELATED TO THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN NU-
CLEAR FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIR-
CRAFTS
OR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.—Section 
4510(e)(1)(C) of the Bob Stump National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (50 U.S.C. 
2661(e)(1)(C)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) owned by the United States or con-
tracted to the United States— 
‘‘(i) to store, transport, or use special 
nuclear material; or 
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