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S 4474 116th Congress Senate International Affairs Aviation and airports Foreign aid and international relief Military assistance, sales, and agreements Trade restrictions

A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the export of certain unmanned aircraft systems.

Introduced: August 6, 2020 Introduced by: Murphy, Christopher Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Aug 6, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill limits the export of certain unmanned aircraft systems and related equipment.

Specifically, such systems and equipment may not be exported except to the government of (1) a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member country, (2) Australia, (3) Israel, (4) Japan, (5) New Zealand, or (6) South Korea.

This limitation shall apply to unmanned aircraft systems that (1) are described in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex, or (2) meet certain qualifications relating to flight range and payload capacity.

(The MTCR is a multilateral informal political understanding that addresses the proliferation of missile technologies.)


What's happening now August 6, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Aug 6, 2020
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Aug 6, 2020
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Aug 6, 2020
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Aug 6, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4474: A bill to amend the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the export of certain unmanned aircraft systems.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4474/
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