Title: DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate a senior DHS official within the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans as the Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Coordinator to oversee and coordinate with relevant DHS offices and components on the development of guidance and regulations to counter threats associated with UAS (i.e., drones).
The coordinator shall serve as the principal DHS official for sharing information regarding counter-UAS technology to the private sector.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1867 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.


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                   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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems Coordinator Act''.

SEC. 2. COUNTERING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS COORDINATOR.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 321. COUNTERING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS COORDINATOR.

    ``(a) Coordinator.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall designate a senior 
        official of the Department within the Office of Strategy, 
        Policy, and Plans as the Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems 
        Coordinator (in this section referred to as the `Coordinator') 
        and provide appropriate staff to carry out the responsibilities 
        of the Coordinator.
            ``(2) Responsibilities.--The Coordinator shall--
                    ``(A) oversee and coordinate with relevant 
                Department offices and components, including the Office 
                of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Privacy 
                Office, on the development of guidance and regulations 
                to counter threats associated with unmanned aircraft 
                systems (in this section referred to as `UAS') as 
                described in section 210G;
                    ``(B) promote research and development of counter 
                UAS technologies in coordination with the Office of 
                Science and Technology;
                    ``(C) coordinate with the relevant components and 
                offices of the Department, including the Office of 
                Intelligence and Analysis, to ensure the sharing of 
                information, guidance, and intelligence relating to 
                countering UAS threats, counter UAS threat assessments, 
                and counter UAS technology, including the retention of 
                UAS and counter UAS incidents within the Department;
                    ``(D) serve as the Department liaison, in 
                coordination with relevant components and offices of 
                the Department, to Federal, State, local, and Tribal 
                law enforcement entities and the private sector 
                regarding the activities of the Department relating to 
                countering UAS;
                    ``(E) maintain the information required under 
                section 210G(g)(3); and
                    ``(F) carry out other related counter UAS 
                authorities and activities under section 210G, as 
                directed by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Coordination With Applicable Federal Laws.--The Coordinator 
shall, in addition to other assigned duties, coordinate with relevant 
Department components and offices to ensure testing, evaluation, or 
deployment of a system used to identify, assess, or defeat a UAS is 
carried out in accordance with applicable Federal laws.
    ``(c) Coordination With Private Sector.--The Coordinator shall, 
among other assigned duties, working with the Office of Partnership and 
Engagement and other relevant Department offices and components, or 
other Federal agencies, as appropriate, serve as the principal 
Department official responsible for sharing to the private sector 
information regarding counter UAS technology, particularly information 
regarding instances in which counter UAS technology may impact lawful 
private sector services or systems.
    ``(d) Termination of Authority.--The authority to carry out this 
section shall terminate on the date described in section 210G(i).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296; 
116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 320 the following:

``Sec. 321. Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator.''.
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