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

Sec. 847 — Promoting the United States drone industrial base

TL;DR

Promotes 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.