Sec. 1278. Assessment of effectiveness of United States policies relating to exports of United States-origin Unmanned Aerial Systems that are assessed to be Category I items under the Missile Technology Control Regime
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Category I items under the Missile Technology Control Regime Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through December 31, 2025, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall conduct and submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the effectiveness of United States policies to— export United States-origin Unmanned Aerial Systems
(UAS)that are assessed to be Category I items under the Missile Technology Control Regime
(MTCR)(in this section referred to as covered items ); and support United States allies and partners’ security, counter-terrorism capabilities, persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
(ISR)capabilities, and persistent maritime domain awareness and strengthen bilateral relationships through exports of covered items. The assessment required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: A description of steps taken to enhance United States competitiveness in the global UAS market, including markets in which covered items have been exported to foreign countries that previously received UAS that are assessed to be Category I items under the MTCR from third countries. A description of how the Department of State and other relevant Federal agencies evaluate United States allies and partners’ access to covered items. A description of progress to prevent state and non-state actors from gaining covered items’ capabilities that would undermine the safety and security of United States allies and partners. An identification of the total number of licenses requested, approved, returned without action, or denied for the export of covered items and the typical amount of time needed to process such requests beginning on the date on which the license was received by the Department of State. A summary of results of end use checks conducted during the assessment period by the Department of State and the Department of Defense with respect to covered items transferred under the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2751 et. seq.) and any pending or concluded investigations into end-use violations of covered items pursuant to section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2753 ). The first assessment required by subsection
(a)shall cover the 3-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act. Each subsequent assessment required by subsection
(a)shall cover the 1-year period beginning on the day after the end of the period covered in the preceding assessment. The assessment required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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Sec. 1278
Assessment of effectiveness of United States policies relating to exports of United States-origin Unmanned Aerial Systems that are assessed to be Category I items under the Missile Technology Control Regime
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