Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4711 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4711 To establish a United States-Ukraine Strategic Defense Innovation Working Group, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 9, 2026 Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a United States-Ukraine Strategic Defense Innovation Working Group, 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 ``Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this section: (1) Congressional defense committees.--The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning give such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. (2) Covered system.--The term ``covered system'' means-- (A) an unmanned system that-- (i) is designed for a limited number of missions; (ii) is expendable in high-threat environments; and (iii) is characterized by a low per-unit cost, relative to the value of the targets the unmanned system is designed to engage; and (B) includes-- (i) the enabling software and hardware of such an unmanned system; (ii) unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned underwater vehicles, and unmanned surface vehicles; (iii) capabilities to counter unmanned systems, including early warning systems, jamming systems, and interceptors; and (iv) command and control architecture, including software and hardware, to enable the integrated, secure, and resilient operation of unmanned systems and capabilities to counter unmanned systems. (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of D