COUNTER Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1793 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1793 To protect the United States and assets of the United States from incursions. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 15, 2025 Mr. Cotton (for himself, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Banks, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Justice, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Lankford, Ms. Lummis, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Moran, Mr. Ricketts, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Young, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Johnson, and Ms. Slotkin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To protect the United States and assets of the United States from incursions. 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 ``Comprehensive Operations for Unmanned-System Neutralization and Threat Elimination Response Act'' or the ``COUNTER Act''. SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES ASSETS FROM INCURSIONS. Section 130i of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting ``(1) Notwithstanding''; (B) by striking ``any provision of title 18'' and inserting ``sections 32, 1030, and 1367 and chapters 119 and 206 of title 18''; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall delegate the authority under paragraph (1) to take actions described in subsection (b)(1) to the commander of a unified combatant command, the Secretary concerned, or such other offic