“A bill to provide NASA the authority to detect, identify, monitor, and track unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.”
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This section establishes authority for the NASA Administrator, notwithstanding specified computer fraud and wiretap laws (18 U.S.C. §§1030, 1367; chapters 119, 206), to detect, identify, monitor, and track—without prior consent, including via intercept or access to controlling wire, oral, or electronic communications—unmanned aircraft systems or unmanned aircraft posing a credible threat (as defined by NASA, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation) to covered facilities or assets (i.e., NASA centers or property). (1) It defines qualifying personnel to include NASA officers, employees, and contractors directly contracted by NASA, assigned to its Office of Protective Services, operating at government facilities, not performing inherently governmental functions, NASA-trained and certified, and subject to 18 U.S.C. §799 penalties. (2) It requires coordination with the FAA Administrator to develop such actions, provide personnel training, ensure aviation safety, and conduct an inventory and risk-based assessment of covered facilities or assets (evaluating threats, national airspace system impacts, mitigation options, notice feasibility, and facility characteristics).