A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the export of certain unmanned aircraft systems.

Bill: 116-s-4474
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-08-06
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Foreign aid and international relief

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Trade restrictions
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill limits the export of certain unmanned aircraft systems and related equipment.</p> <p>Specifically, such systems and equipment may not be exported except to the government of (1) a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member country, (2) Australia, (3) Israel, (4) Japan, (5) New Zealand, or (6) South Korea. </p> <p>This limitation shall apply to unmanned aircraft systems that (1) are described in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex, or (2) meet certain qualifications relating to flight range and payload capacity. </p> <p>(The MTCR is a multilateral informal political understanding that addresses the proliferation of missile technologies.) </p> <p><br> </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4474 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 6, 2020 Mr. Murphy (for himself, Mr. Lee , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Coons , and Mr. Paul ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To amend the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the export of certain unmanned aircraft systems.

1. Prohibition on export of certain unmanned aircraft systems Chapter 7 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2797 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 73B the following: 73C. Prohibition on export of certain unmanned aircraft systems (a) In general Except as provided by subsection (b), the export, transfer, or trade of covered unmanned aircraft systems, or equipment, assemblies, or components for such systems, is prohibited. (b) Exception The prohibition under subsection (a) does not apply to the export, transfer, or trade of systems, equipment, assemblies, or components described in that subsection to the government of any of the following: (1) A country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (2) Australia. (3) Israel. (4) Japan. (5) New Zealand. (6) South Korea. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered unmanned aircraft system The term covered unmanned aircraft system means an unmanned aircraft system— (A) capable of delivering a payload of not less than 500 kilograms over a range of not less than 300 kilometers; or (B) described in item 1.A.2 of category I of the MTCR Annex. (2) Payload The term payload means the total mass that can be carried or delivered by an unmanned aircraft system that is not used to maintain flight. (3) Range The term range means the maximum distance that an unmanned aircraft system is capable of traveling in the mode of stable flight as measured by the projection of its trajectory over the surface of the Earth. .