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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6343. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Cotton) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 823. PROHIBITION ON THE PROCUREMENT AND OPERATION OF
COVERED UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE SYSTEMS.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Covered nation.—The term “covered nation” has the
meaning given the term in section 4872(f) of title 10, United
States Code.
(2) Covered foreign entity.—The term “covered foreign
entity” means an entity that is—
(A) domiciled in a covered nation;
(B) subject to the influence or control of the government
of a covered nation, as determined by the Secretary of
Defense; or
(C) a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity described in
subparagraph (A) or (B).
(3) Covered unmanned ground vehicle system.—The term
“covered unmanned ground vehicle system” means an unmanned
ground vehicle system manufactured or assembled by a covered
foreign entity.
(4) Unmanned ground vehicle system.—The term “unmanned
ground vehicle system” means a system that includes—
(A) a mechanical device, including a remote surveillance
vehicle, autonomous patrol technology, mobile robotics, or a
humanoid robot, that—
(i) is capable of locomotion, navigation, or movement on
the ground; and
(ii) operates at a distance from a human operator or
supervisor based on commands or in response to sensor data or
any combination thereof;
(B) the payload of the mechanical device described in
subparagraph (A); and
(C) any external device used to control the mechanical
device described in subparagraph (A).
(b) Prohibition on Procurement of Covered Unmanned Ground
Vehicle Systems.—Except as provided under subsection (e),
the Department of Defense may not procure any covered
unmanned ground vehicle system.
(c) Prohibition on Operation of Covered Unmanned Ground
Vehicle Systems.—
(1) In general.—Except as provided in subsection (e),
beginning on the date that is one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense may not
operate a covered unmanned ground vehicle system.
(2) Applicability to contracted services.—The prohibition
under paragraph (1) applies to any covered unmanned ground
vehicle system being used by the Department of Defense
through a contract for the services of the covered unmanned
ground vehicle system.
(d) Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for Procurement or
Operation of Covered Unmanned Ground Vehicle Systems.—Except
as provided in subsection (e), beginning on the date that is
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, no
Federal funds awarded through a contract, grant, or
cooperative agreement of the Department of Defense, or
otherwise made available by the Department, may be used to
procure or in connection with the operation of a covered
unmanned ground vehicle system.
(e) Exemption to Prohibitions.—The Department of Defense
is exempt from the prohibitions under subsections (b), (c),
and (d) if—
(1) the procurement or operation of the covered unmanned
ground vehicle system is in the national interest of the
United States; and
(2)(A) the sole purpose for the procurement or operation
is—
(i) research, evaluation, training, testing, or analysis
for electronic warfare, information warfare operations,
cybersecurity, or the development of unmanned ground vehicle
system or counter-unmanned ground vehicle system technology;
or
(ii) conducting counter-terrorism or counterintelligence
activities, protective missions, or Federal criminal or
national security investigations, including forensic
examinations; or
(B) the covered unmanned ground vehicle system, as procured
or as modified after procurement but before operational use—
(i) can no longer transfer data to, or download data from,
a covered foreign entity; and
(ii) poses no national security cybersecurity risk as
determined by the Secretary of Defense.