PILOT PROGRAM AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCELERATING PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

SEC. 1089. [10 U.S.C. 130i note] PILOT PROGRAM AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCELERATING PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. (a) Requirements.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 established under section 199 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 912, shall ensure that for each covered facility or asset at which the Secretary has determined counter-UAS operations are necessary to mitigate the threat that an unmanned aircraft system poses to the safety or security of such covered facility or asset— (1) any administrative action required for the effective use of the authorities under section 130i of title 10, United States Code, for the protection of the covered facility or asset not contingent upon action by another Federal department or agency has been completed, including the establishment of appropriate policies for the training of relevant personnel upon the deployment of new counter-UAS systems, annual training, and training for newly assigned personnel; (2) any such training required for the safe or effective use of counter-UAS systems for such protection has been completed; and (3) planning to deploy and sustain systems similar to those procured pursuant to the pilot program under subsection (b) in a manner appropriate for the covered facility or asset has commenced. (b) Pilot Program for Deployment of Certain Counter-UAS Systems.— (1) Pilot program.—The Secretary, acting through the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 established under section 199 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 912, and in coordination with the Administrator as required by section 130i of title 10, United States Code, shall carry out a pilot program for the deployment of covered counter-UAS systems to expeditiously demonstrate enhanced protective capabilities for certain covered facilities or assets (in this subsection, referred to as the “pilot program”). (2) Elements.—Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall— (A) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, select and procure covered counter-UAS systems for deployment for the protection of at least four covered facilities or assets identified for purposes of the pilot program; (B) not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of this Act submit to the congressional defense committees a report on any delays caused by interagency coordination requirements, particularly delays related to site surveys by other agencies; and (C) not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, ensure such covered counter-UAS systems are so deployed with respect to each such identified covered facility or asset. (c) Coordination Required.—The Secretary shall carry out this section consistent with the requirements of section 130i of title 10, United States Code. (d) Briefings.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 days thereafter until the date on which each requirement under this section is complete, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, shall provide to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing on the implementation of this section. (e) Definitions.—In this section: (1) The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. (2) The terms “counter-UAS system” and “small unmanned aircraft” have the meanings given those terms in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code. (3) The term “covered counter-UAS system” means a counter-UAS system that— (A) is capable of destroying or disabling a small unmanned aircraft by means of high-powered microwave, laser, or other similar technology; and (B) may be integrated with appropriate sensing and command-and-control systems. (4) The term “covered facility or asset” means a facility or asset with respect to which there is authority to carry out section 130i of title 10, United States Code, for the protection of the facility or asset. (5) The term “unmanned aircraft” has the meaning given such term in section 130i(j) of title 10, United States Code.