Sec. 502. Improvements to security of Central Intelligence Agency installations
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Subsection (a)(1) of section 15 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 ( 50 U.S.C. 3515 ) is amended by striking Compound each place it appears and inserting Installation . Such Act is further amended by inserting after section 15 the following: Notwithstanding sections 32, 2511(f), or 3121(a) of title 18, United States Code, the Director may take, and may authorize personnel of the Agency with assigned duties under section 15 that include the security or protection of people, facilities, or assets within the United States to take, the actions described in subsection (b)(1) to mitigate a credible threat to safety or security posed by an unmanned aircraft system in the airspace above any specially designated property.
The actions described in this paragraph are the following: During the operation of the unmanned aircraft system, detect, identify, monitor, and track the unmanned aircraft system, without prior consent, including by means of intercept or other access of a wire communication, an oral communication, or an electronic communication, used to control the unmanned aircraft system. Warn the operator of the unmanned aircraft system, including by passive or active, and by direct or indirect, physical, electronic, radio, and electromagnetic means.
Disrupt control of the unmanned aircraft system, without prior consent, including by disabling the unmanned aircraft system by intercepting, interfering, or causing interference with wire, oral, electronic, or radio communications used to control the unmanned aircraft system. Seize or exercise control of the unmanned aircraft system. Seize or otherwise confiscate the unmanned aircraft system. Use reasonable force, if necessary, to disable, damage, or destroy the unmanned aircraft system.
In carrying out subsection (a), the Director may take an action described in paragraph
(1)only for the period necessary to mitigate the threat to safety or security identified in subsection (a). In carrying out subsection (a), the Director shall comply with the guidance developed under subsection (c). The Director shall develop guidance for carrying out actions described in subsection (b)(1) and conducting research, testing, training, and evaluation under subsection
(e)in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure that any such use of a system does not adversely affect or interfere with the safety and efficiency of the national airspace system. The guidance under paragraph
(1)shall include a requirement that the Director contact the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration through the appropriate channel before carrying out an action described in subsection (b)(1) or conducting research, testing, training, and evaluation under subsection (e). On an annual basis, the Director, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall review the guidance developed under paragraph
(1)and make any necessary updates. Any unmanned aircraft system described in subsection
(a)that is seized by the Director is subject to forfeiture to the United States. The Director may, consistent with section 105(g) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1805(g) ), other Federal laws, and Presidential directives, conduct research, testing, training on, and evaluation of any equipment, including any electronic equipment, to determine the capability and utility of the equipment prior to the use of the equipment for any action described in subsection (b)(1). Not later than 15 days after the date on which the Director carries out an action described in subsection (b)(1), the Director shall notify the Attorney General of such action. Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Director carries out an action described in subsection (b)(1), the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of such action. Such notification shall include a description of— the action taken; options considered by the Director to mitigate any identified effects to the national airspace system relating to such action, including the minimization of the use of any technology that disrupts the transmission of radio or electronic signals; and whether any records or materials were transferred to the Attorney General pursuant to subparagraph
(A)of subsection (g)(3), including the purpose of such transfer under subparagraph
(B)of such subsection. Except as provided by paragraph (3), in carrying out an action described in subsection (b)(1), the Director may maintain records containing or regarding the content and dialing, signaling, routing, and addressing information associated with wire communications, oral communications, electronic communications, and radio communications, and may maintain parts or the whole of an unmanned aircraft system, only if such maintenance— is for the purpose of mitigating the threat to safety or security of persons; and does not exceed the period the Director determines necessary or 30 days, whichever is shorter. Except as provided by paragraph (3), the Director shall destroy any records or materials maintained under paragraph
(1)at the end of the period specified in paragraph (1). If the Attorney General determines that the maintenance of records or parts or the whole of an unmanned aircraft system under paragraph
(1)is necessary for a longer period than authorized under such paragraph for a purpose described in subparagraph
(B)of this paragraph, the Director shall transfer the records or parts or the whole of an unmanned aircraft system, as the case may be, to the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall— maintain the records or parts or the whole of an unmanned aircraft system for such purpose; and destroy the records or parts or the whole of an unmanned aircraft system once such purpose no longer applies. A purpose described in this subparagraph is any of the following: The investigation or prosecution of a violation of law. To comply with another provision of Federal law. An obligation to preserve materials during the course of litigation. Each time the Director carries out an action described in subsection (b)(1), the Director shall certify that the Director is in compliance with paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of this subsection. The Director may only delegate the authority to make such certification to— the General Counsel or the Principal Deputy General Counsel; or the Director of Operations or the Deputy Director of Operations. Each time the Attorney General receives a transfer of records or parts or the whole of an unmanned aircraft system under paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall certify the date and purpose of the transfer and a description of the records or parts or the whole of an unmanned aircraft system. Each certification made under subparagraph
(A)or
(B)shall be retained by the Director or the Attorney General, respectively, for a period of at least seven years. Nothing in this section may be construed as— affecting the authorities described in section 105(g) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1805(g) ); vesting in the Director any authority of the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; or vesting in the Secretary or Administrator any authority of the Director. The Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees, as a part of the budget requests of the Agency for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2026, a consolidated funding display that identifies the funding source for the actions described in subsection (b)(1) within the Agency. The funding display shall be in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. Specially designated properties covered by this section are properties listed in the classified annex accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, or any subsequent Intelligence Authorization Act, that meet the criteria described in paragraph (3). On an annual basis, the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees proposed modifications to the list of specially designated properties under paragraph
(1)based on properties that meet the criteria described in paragraph (3). The criteria described in this paragraph are the following: The property consists of premises owned, leased, or controlled by the Agency or the Office of the Director of National Intelligence plus a designated perimeter adjacent to the premises. The property is identified by the Director, in coordination, with respect to potentially impacted airspace, with the Secretary of Transportation, through a risk-based assessment, as high-risk and a potential target for unlawful unmanned aircraft system-related activity. The property is located in the United States and is beneath airspace that is restricted by a temporary flight restriction, a determination under section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 ( 49 U.S.C. 44802 note), or any other similar restriction determined appropriate by the Secretary of Transportation. The property directly relates to one or more functions authorized to be performed by the Agency under this Act or the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. ). The chairmen and ranking minority members of the appropriate congressional committees specified in subsection (l)(1)(B) shall have access to the list of specially designated properties under paragraph (1), and each chairman and ranking minority member may designate one staff member of such committees who holds the appropriate security clearance to have such access. The authority to carry out this section shall terminate on December 31, 2029. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means the following: The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. The term radio communication has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 153 ). The terms electronic communication , intercept , oral communication , and wire communication have the meanings given those terms in section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. The term United States has the meaning given that term in section 5 of title 18, United States Code. The term unmanned aircraft system has the meaning given the term in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code. .
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