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Title VIII: Acquisition policy, acquisition management, and related matters

Sec. 847Promoting the United States drone industrial base

TL;DR

Amends existing law relating to promoting the united states drone industrial base.

Statutory text

Section 848

(a) (1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116—92; 10 USC 4871 note) is amended—(1)by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:(B)uses flight controllers, radios, communication devices, navigation systems, data transmission devices, cameras and sensors, or gimbals manufactured in a covered foreign country or by an entity domiciled in a covered foreign country;;(2)by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively;(3)by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:(C)uses batteries, battery cells, battery management systems, motors, or electronic speed controllers developed in a covered foreign country or by an entity domiciled in a covered foreign country;;(4)in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; and(5)by inserting after subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph:(F)beginning one year after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, uses any subcomponents or raw materials, as part of a component listed in subsections (B) through (E) of this section, sourced from, processed in, or manufactured in a covered foreign country or by an entity domiciled in a covered foreign country; or.