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10 U.S.C. § 6227 — Protection of certain nuclear facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft
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**(a) Authority.—** Notwithstanding any provision of title 18, the Secretary of Energy may take such actions described in subsection (b)(1) that are necessary to mitigate the threat (as defined by the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation) that an unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft poses to the safety or security of a covered facility or asset.
**(b) Actions Described.—**
(1) The actions described in this paragraph are the following:
(A) Detect, identify, monitor, and track the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft, without prior consent, including by means of intercept or other access of a wire, oral, or electronic communication used to control the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(B) Warn the operator of the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft, including by passive or active, and direct or indirect physical, electronic, radio, and electromagnetic means.
(C) Disrupt control of the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft, without prior consent, including by disabling the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft by intercepting, interfering, or causing interference with wire, oral, electronic, or radio communications used to control the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(D) Seize or exercise control of the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(E) Seize or otherwise confiscate the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(F) Use reasonable force to disable, damage, or destroy the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall develop the actions described in paragraph (1) in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation.
**(c) Forfeiture.—** Any unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft descr
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**(a) Authority.—** Notwithstanding any provision of title 18, the Secretary of Energy may take such actions described in subsection (b)(1) that are necessary to mitigate the threat (as defined by the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation) that an unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft poses to the safety or security of a covered facility or asset.
**(b) Actions Described.—**
(1) The actions described in this paragraph are the following:
(A) Detect, identify, monitor, and track the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft, without prior consent, including by means of intercept or other access of a wire, oral, or electronic communication used to control the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(B) Warn the operator of the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft, including by passive or active, and direct or indirect physical, electronic, radio, and electromagnetic means.
(C) Disrupt control of the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft, without prior consent, including by disabling the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft by intercepting, interfering, or causing interference with wire, oral, electronic, or radio communications used to control the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(D) Seize or exercise control of the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(E) Seize or otherwise confiscate the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(F) Use reasonable force to disable, damage, or destroy the unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft.
(2) The Secretary of Energy shall develop the actions described in paragraph (1) in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation.
**(c) Forfeiture.—** Any unmanned aircraft system or unmanned aircraft described in subsection (a) that is seized by the Secretary of Energy is subject to forfeiture to the United States.
**(d) Regulations.—** The Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Transportation may prescribe regulations and shall issue guidance in the respective areas of each Secretary to carry out this section.
**(e) Definitions.—** In this section:
(1) The term “covered facility or asset” means any facility or asset that is—
(A) identified by the Secretary of Energy for purposes of this section;
(B) located in the United States (including the territories and possessions of the United States); and
(C)
(i) owned by or contracted to the National Nuclear Security Administration, including any facility that stores or uses special nuclear material; or
(ii) a national security laboratory or nuclear weapons production facility.
(2) The terms “unmanned aircraft” and “unmanned aircraft system” have the meanings given those terms in section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95; [49 U.S.C. 40101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section40101&num=0&edition=prelim) 11 See References in Text note below. note).
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**(a) Plan Requirement.—** The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and other appropriate officials of the departments and agencies of the Federal Government, shall develop and annually update a plan for sustaining the nuclear weapons stockpile. The plan shall cover, at a minimum, stockpile stewardship, stockpile management, stockpile responsiveness, stockpile surveillance, program direction, infrastructure modernization, human capital, and nuclear test readiness. The plan shall be consistent with the programmatic and technical requirements of the most recent annual Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Memorandum.
**(b) Submissions to Congress.—**
(1) In accordance with subsection (c), not later than 45 days after each date on which a budget for an odd-numbered fiscal year is submitted to Congress, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a detailed report on the plan developed under subsection (a).
(2) The report required by this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
**(c) Elements of Biennial Detailed Report.—** Each detailed report on the plan submitted under subsection (b)(1) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) With respect to stockpile stewardship, stockpile management, and stockpile responsiveness—
(A) the status of the nuclear weapons stockpile, including the number and age of warheads (including both active and inactive) for each warhead type;
(B) for each five-year period occurring during the period beginning on the date of the report and ending on the date that is 20 years after the date of the report—
(i) the planned number of nuclear warheads (including active and inactive) for each warhead type in the nuclear weapons stockpile; and
(
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**(a) Economic Regulation.—** In carrying out subpart II of this part and those provisions of subpart IV applicable in carrying out subpart II, the Secretary of Transportation shall consider the following matters, among others, as being in the public interest and consistent with public convenience and necessity:
(1) assigning and maintaining safety as the highest priority in air commerce.
(2) before authorizing new air transportation services, evaluating the safety implications of those services.
(3) preventing deterioration in established safety procedures, recognizing the clear intent, encouragement, and dedication of Congress to further the highest degree of safety in air transportation and air commerce, and to maintain the safety vigilance that has evolved in air transportation and air commerce and has come to be expected by the traveling and shipping public.
(4) the availability of a variety of adequate, economic, efficient, and low-priced services without unreasonable discrimination or unfair or deceptive practices.
(5) coordinating transportation by, and improving relations among, air carriers, and encouraging fair wages and working conditions.
(6) placing maximum reliance on competitive market forces and on actual and potential competition—
(A) to provide the needed air transportation system; and
(B) to encourage efficient and well-managed air carriers to earn adequate profits and attract capital, considering any material differences between interstate air transportation and foreign air transportation.
(7) developing and maintaining a sound regulatory system that is responsive to the needs of the public and in which decisions are reached promptly to make it easier to adapt the air transportation system to the present and future needs of—
(A) the
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**(a) Required Planning for Integration.—**
(1) **Comprehensive plan.—** — Not later than November 10, 2012,11 See Prior Provisions note below. the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with representatives of the aviation industry, Federal agencies that employ unmanned aircraft systems technology in the national airspace system, and the unmanned aircraft systems industry, shall develop a comprehensive plan to safely accelerate the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.
(2) **Contents of plan.—** — The plan required under paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum, recommendations or projections on—
(A) the rulemaking to be conducted under subsection (b), with specific recommendations on how the rulemaking will—
(i) define the acceptable standards for operation and certification of civil unmanned aircraft systems;
(ii) ensure that any civil unmanned aircraft system includes a sense-and-avoid capability; and
(iii) establish standards and requirements for the operator and pilot of a civil unmanned aircraft system, including standards and requirements for registration and licensing;
(B) the best methods to enhance the technologies and subsystems necessary to achieve the safe and routine operation of civil unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system;
(C) a phased-in approach to the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system;
(D) a timeline for the phased-in approach described under subparagraph (C);
(E) creation of a safe airspace designation for cooperative manned and unmanned flight operations in the national airspace system;
(F) establishment of a process to develop certification, flight standards, and air traffic requirements for civil
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### Statutory Notes
Section 2661, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLV, § 4510, as added Pub. L. 114–328, div. C, title XXXI, § 3112(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2756, authorized actions to protect certain nuclear facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. See [section 6227 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section6227&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
Section 2662, Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLV, § 4511, as added Pub. L. 116–283, div. C, title XXXI, § 3131(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4383, required establishment of procedures for reporting penetrations of certain networks of contractors and subcontractors. See [section 6228 of Title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section6228&num=0&edition=prelim), Armed Forces.
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 40101
Sec.
40104.
Promotion of civil aeronautics and safety of
air commerce.
40105.
International negotiations, agreements, and
obligations.
40106.
Emergency powers.
40107.
Presidential transfers.
40108.
Training schools.
40109.
Authority to exempt.
40110.
General procurement authority.
40111.
Multiyear procurement contracts for services
and related items.
40112.
Multiyear procurement contracts for prop-
erty.
40113.
Administrative.
40114.
Reports and records.
40115.
Withholding information.
40116.
State taxation.
40117.
Passenger facility charges.
40118.
Government-financed air transportation.
40119.
Sensitive security information.
40120.
Relationship to other laws.
40121.
Air traffic control modernization reviews.
40122.
Federal Aviation Administration personnel
management system.
40123.
Protection of voluntarily submitted informa-
tion.
40124.
Interstate agreements for airport facilities.
40125.
Qualifications for public aircraft status.
40126.
Severable services contracts for periods cross-
ing fiscal years.
40127.
Prohibitions on discrimination.
40128.
Overflights of national parks.
40129.
Collaborative decisionmaking pilot program.
40130.
FAA authority to conduct criminal history
record checks.
40131.
National airspace system cyber threat man-
agement process.
40132.
National strategic plan for aviation work-
force development.
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AMENDMENTS
2024—Pub. L. 118–63, title II, § 223(c), title III, § 393(b),
title IV, § 441(b), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1061, 1145, 1186,
added items 40119, 40131, and 40132.
2018—Pub. L. 115–254, div. K, title I, § 1991(c)(4), Oct. 5,
2018, 132 Stat. 3627, substituted ‘‘[Reserved]’’ for ‘‘Secu-
rity and research and developm
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