NASA UAS Detection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4264 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4264 To provide NASA the authority to detect, identify, monitor, and track unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26, 2026 Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide NASA the 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 UAS Detection Act''. SEC. 2. 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: ``Sec. 20150. Detecting, identifying, monitoring, and tracking unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned aircraft that threaten certain facilities and assets ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term `appropriate committees of Congress' means-- ``(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and ``(B) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives. ``(2) Covered facility or asset.--The term `covered facility or asset' means a facility or asset of the Administration that-- ``(A) is a NASA center; or ``(B) is located within the property of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ``(3) Electronic communication; intercept; oral communication; wire commu