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118TH CONGRESS                                                  REPT. 118-698
2d Session         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                      Part 1
COUNTER-UAS AUTHORITY SECURITY, SAFETY, AND
REAUTHORIZATION ACT
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, from the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 8610]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 8610) to reauthorize and reform counter-
unmanned aircraft system authorities, to improve transparency, se-
curity, safety, and accountability related to such authorities, and
for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose  of  Legislation  .............................................................................................  19
Background  and  Need  for  Legislation  ....................................................................  19
H earings  ...................................................................................................................  22
Legislative  History  and  Consideration  ..................................................................  22
C om m ittee  V otes  ......................................................................................................  30
Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations ..................             30
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures .....................................................  30
Congressional Budget Office  Cost Estimate  .........................................................  30
Perform ance  Goals  and  Objectives  ........................................................................  30
Duplication  of Federal Program s  ...........................................................................  31
Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ...   31
Federal M andates  Statem ent  .................................................................................  31
Preem ption  Clarification  ........................................................................................  31
Advisory  Com m ittee  Statem ent  .............................................................................  31
Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  31
Section-by-Section  Analysis of the  Legislation  .....................................................  32
Section. 1. Short title; table  of contents  ..........................................................  32
Sec. 2.  D efinitions  ............................................................................................  32
Sec. 3. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft
system s  ..........................................................................................................  32
Sec. 4. FAA  counter-UAS  activities  ................................................................  32
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