119-hr2205

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2205 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2205

To exempt the Secretary of Energy of certain prohibitions with respect 
 to an unmanned aircraft system, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 18, 2025

Ms. Lee of Nevada (for herself, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Fleischmann, 
Mr. Moulton, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Alford, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, and 
 Mr. Palmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To exempt the Secretary of Energy of certain prohibitions with respect 
 to an unmanned aircraft system, 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 ``Nuclear Ecosystem Drone Defense 
Act'' or the ``NEDD Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY WITH RESPECT TO COVERED 
 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FROM COVERED FOREIGN ENTITIES.

    (a) Exemption From Prohibition on Procurement of Covered Unmanned 
Aircraft Systems From Covered Foreign Entities.--

Section 1823

    (b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 
118-31; 137 Stat. 692) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph

    (1) , by inserting ``Secretary of Energy,'' after ``Secretary of 
State,''.

    (b) Exemption From Prohibition on Operation of Covered Unmanned 
Aircraft Systems From Covered Foreign Entities.--

Section 1824

    (b) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 
118-31; 137 Stat. 693) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph

    (1) , by inserting ``Secretary of Energy,'' after ``Secretary of 
State,''.
            (c) Exemption From Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for 
Procurement and Operation of Covered Unmanned Aircraft Systems From 
Covered Foreign Entities.--

Section 1825

    (b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 
694) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph

    (1) , by inserting 
``Secretary of Energy,'' after ``Secretary of State,''.
            (d) Granting Secretary of Energy Authority To Determine Usage of 
Classified Tracking.--

Section 1827

    (b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 
696) is amended by striking ``the Secretary's designee'' and inserting 
``the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, or their respective 
designees''.

    (e) Granting Secretary of Energy Accounting Exception.--

Section 1827
            (c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 
(Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 696) is amended by inserting ``Department 
of Energy,'' after ``Department of Transportation,''.

    (f) Expansion of Secretary of Energy Authority Related to the 
Protection of Certain Nuclear Facilities and Assets From Unmanned 
Aircrafts or Unmanned Aircraft Systems.--

Section 4510

    (e)

    (1)
            (C) of the 
Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (50 
U.S.C. 2661

    (e)

    (1)
            (C) ) is amended to read as follows:
 ``
            (C) owned by the United States or contracted to 
 the United States--
 ``
            (i) to store, transport, or use special 
 nuclear material; or
 ``
            (ii) for the research, design, 
 manufacture, or production of non-nuclear 
 components for nuclear weapons.''.
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