Sec. 804. Report on prevention of proliferation of sensitive unmanned aerial vehicles and related technology
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It is the sense of Congress that it is in the national interest of the United States to prevent the proliferation of sensitive unmanned aerial vehicles (in this section referred to as UAV ) and related technology, especially to China, Russia, and other countries that the National Defense Strategy identifies as peer or near-peer competitors. It is the policy of the United States that actions to prevent the proliferation of sensitive UAV technology to China, Russia, and other countries shall be a principal factor in decisions of the United States to authorize the sale, transfer, or delivery of category 1 UAV systems to the United Arab Emirates.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of relevant intelligence community elements, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing— an assessment of efforts by the United Arab Emirates (in this section referred to as UAE ) since 2014 to prevent the proliferation of UAV and related technology, including category 1 UAV systems; a description of any cooperation between UAE-based entities and entities in China, Russia, or any other country that the National Defense Strategy identifies as a peer competitor; a description of any effort by the government of the UAE and UAE-based entities to conceal such cooperation from the United States; a detailed inventory of all instances in which the government of the UAE and UAE-based entities have promoted the transfer and sale of armed and unarmed UAV technology, including details regarding to which countries the government of the UAE and UAE-based entities transferred or proposed transferring the technology; a description of the attitude and willingness of the leadership of the UAE to take steps to comply with the standards of the Missile Technology Control Regime (in this section referred to as the MTCR ) for the export of UAVs and category 1 UAV systems; and a description of the technological and defense benefits that Russia, China, and other countries are assessed to have accrued as a result of cooperation, research and development, and related activities with UAE-based entities.
The report required under this subsection shall be based on all available sources. If the Director determines that the report cannot be submitted by the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall, before such date— submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth the reasons why the report cannot be submitted by such date and an estimated date for the submission of the report; and together with the relevant experts from the National Intelligence Council and other relevant elements of the intelligence community, testify before the appropriate congressional committees with respect to the issues to be covered by the report.
The report required under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. Nothing in this section may be construed as authorizing the sharing of intelligence with the government of the UAE. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
The term UAV technology means armed and unarmed unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying 500 kilogram payloads for more than 300 kilometers, including those that fly under 650 kilometers per hour. The term category 1 UAV system means a complete rocket and all unmanned aerial vehicle systems (including ballistic missiles, space launch vehicles, sounding rockets, cruise missiles, target drones, and reconnaissance drones), capable of delivering a payload of at least 500 kilograms to a range of at least 300 kilometers, and the major complete subsystems (including rocket stages, engines, guidance sets, and re-entry vehicles), related software and technology, and specially designed production facilities for such rockets and systems.