nate with the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration when any action au-
thorized by this section may affect aviation 
safety, civilian aviation or aerospace operations, 
aircraft worthiness, or the use of the airspace. 
(3) RESEARCH, TESTING, TRAINING, AND EVAL-
UATION.—The Capitol Police Board may conduct re-
search, testing, training on, or evaluation of any 
equipment, including any electronic equipment, to 
determine the capability or utility of the equipment 
prior to the use of the equipment or the technology 
included in the equipment for any action described 
in subsection (b)(1). 
(c) FORFEITURE.—Any unmanned aircraft system 
described in subsection (a) seized pursuant to this section 
is subject to forfeiture to the United States. 
(d) REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In coordination with the 
Secretary of Transportation, the Capitol Police 
Board may prescribe regulations and shall issue 
guidance to carry out this Act. 
(2) FEDERAL
AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION.— 
The Capitol Police Board shall coordinate with the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion to issue any guidance or otherwise implement 
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this section if such guidance or implementation may 
affect aviation safety, civilian aviation or aerospace 
operations, aircraft airworthiness, or the use of air-
space. 
(e) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—The regulations or guid-
ance issued to carry out the actions authorized under sub-
section (b) shall ensure that— 
(1) the interception or acquisition of, or access 
to, or maintenance or use of, communications to or 
from an unmanned aircraft system under this sec-
tion is conducted in a manner consistent with the 
First and Fourth Amendments to the Constitution 
of the United States and applicable provisions of 
Federal law; 
(2) communications to or from an unmanned 
aircraft system are intercepted or acquired only to 
the extent necessary to support an action described 
in subsection (b)(1); 
(3) records of such communications are main-
tained only for as long as necessary, and in no event 
for more than 180 days, unless the Capitol Police 
Board determines that maintenance of such records 
is necessary to investigate or prosecute a violation of 
law, directly support an ongoing security operation, 
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is required under Federal law, or for the purpose of 
any litigation; 
(4) such communications are not disclosed out-
side the United States Capitol Police unless the dis-
closure— 
(A) is necessary to investigate or prosecute 
a violation of law; 
(B) would support the Department of De-
fense, a Federal law enforcement agency, or the 
enforcement activities of a regulatory agency of 
the Federal Government in connection with a 
criminal or civil investigation of, or any regu-
latory, statutory, or other enforcement action 
relating to an action described in subsection 
(b)(1); or 
(C) is otherwise required by law; and 
(5) to the extent necessary, the United States 
Capitol Police may share threat information, which 
shall not include communications referred to in sub-
section (b), with State, local, territorial, or tribal law 
enforcement agencies in the course of a security or 
protection operation. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this section, and 
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every 6 months thereafter, the Chief of the Capitol 
Police, or another individual designated by the Cap-
itol Police Board, shall provide to the appropriate 
congressional committees a written report on the ac-
tivities of the Capitol Police Board carried out under 
this section. 
(2) CONTENT.—The report described in para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) policies, programs, and procedures to 
mitigate or eliminate impacts of such activities 
to the National Airspace System; 
(B) a description of instances in which ac-
tions described in subsection (b)(1) have been 
taken, including all such instances that may 
have resulted in harm, damage, or loss to a per-
son or to private property; 
(C) a description of the guidance, policies, 
or procedures established to address privacy, 
civil rights, and civil liberties issues implicated 
by the actions allowed under this section, as 
well as any changes or subsequent efforts that 
would significantly affect privacy, civil rights or 
civil liberties; 
(D) a description of options considered and 
steps taken to mitigate any identified impacts 
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to the national airspace system related to the 
use of any system or technology, including the 
minimization of the use of any technology that 
disrupts the transmission of radio or electronic 
signals, for carrying out the actions described 
in subsection (b)(1); 
(E) a description of instances in which 
communications intercepted or acquired during 
the course of operations of an unmanned air-
craft system were held for more than 180 days 
or shared outside of the United States Capitol 
Police; 
(F) how the Capitol Police Board has— 
(i) informed the public as to the pos-
sible use of authorities under this section; 
and 
(ii) engaged with Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies to imple-
ment and use such authorities; and 
(G) a description of any new technology or 
equipment deployed by the Capitol Police Board 
to carry out the actions described in subsection 
(b)(1) and the options considered to mitigate 
any identified impacts to the national airspace 
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system related to the use of the technology or 
equipment. 
(3) UNCLASSIFIED
FORM.—The report de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be in unclassified 
form, but may be accompanied by an additional clas-
sified annex. 
(g) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) Nothing in this section may be construed to 
vest in the Capitol Police Board any authority of the 
Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration. 
(2) Nothing in this section may be construed to 
vest in the Secretary of Transportation or the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
any authority of the Capitol Police Board. 
(h) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out this 
section with respect to a covered Capitol Police facility or 
asset described in subparagraph (C) of subsection (j)(2) 
shall terminate on the date identified in section 210G(i) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n). 
(i) SCOPE
OF
AUTHORITY.—The Capitol Police 
Board may not operate any other program to mitigate a 
credible threat posed by an unmanned aircraft system 
other than the program under this section. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the following: 
(A) The Committee on House Administra-
tion of the House of Representatives. 
(B) The Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED
CAPITOL
POLICE
FACILITY
OR 
ASSET.—The term ‘‘covered Capitol Police facility or 
asset’’ means— 
(A) the Capitol Buildings as described in 
section 5101 of title 40, United States Code; 
(B) the United States Capitol Grounds as 
described in section 5102 of title 40, United 
States Code; or 
(C) any area described in section 9A(a) of 
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to define the area of 
the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate 
the use thereof, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1966(a)), as di-
rected by the Capitol Police Board. 
(3) ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION; INTERCEPT; 
ORAL
COMMUNICATION; WIRE
COMMUNICATION.— 
The terms ‘‘electronic communication’’, ‘‘intercept’’, 
‘‘oral communication’’, and ‘‘wire communication’’ 
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have the meaning given those terms in section 2510 
of title 18, United States Code. 
(4) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 44801 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
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