Sec. 117. Coordinator for unmanned aircraft systems countermeasures
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Title III of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary shall designate an official of the Department as the Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(UAS)Coordinator (in this section referred to as the Coordinator ) to coordinate with relevant Department offices and components, including the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Privacy Office, and other relevant Federal agencies, as appropriate, on the development of policies and plans to counter threats associated with UAS, including relating to the following: Countering UAS that may be used in a terrorist attack. Promoting research and development of counter UAS technologies. Ensuring the dissemination of information and guidance related to countering UAS threats. Serving as the Department point of contact for Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement entities and the private sector regarding the Department’s activities related to countering UAS. Carrying out other related UAS activities, as directed by the Secretary. The Coordinator shall, in addition to other assigned duties, coordinate with relevant Department offices and components and other relevant Federal agencies, as appropriate, to ensure testing, evaluation, or deployment of a system used to identify, assess, or defeat a UAS is carried out in accordance with applicable Federal laws. The Coordinator shall, working with the Office of Partnership and Engagement and other relevant Department offices and components, or other Federal agencies, as appropriate, serve as the principal Department official responsible for disseminating to the private sector information regarding any opportunities for public-private collaboration on counter UAS technology and other counter UAS technology information, particularly information that may impact the development, testing, or lawful utilization of counter UAS services or systems by the private sector. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 320 the following new item: Sec. 321. Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator. .
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Coordinator for unmanned aircraft systems countermeasures
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