NASA C-UAS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7379 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7379 To amend title 51, United States Code, to provide the National Aeronautics and Space Administration authority to detect, identify, monitor, and track unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2026 Ms. Stevens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 51, United States Code, to provide the National Aeronautics and Space Administration authority to detect, identify, monitor, and track unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``NASA Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Authority Act'' or the ``NASA C-UAS Act''. SEC. 2. NASA AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION. (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 201 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``Sec. 20150. Detecting, identifying, monitoring, and tracking unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned aircraft that pose threats to certain facilities and assets ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 46502 of title 49, sections 32, 1030, and 1367 and chapters 119 and 206 of title 18, or section 705 of the Communications Act of 1934, the Administrator may