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HR 5202 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Aviation and airports Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Military operations and strategy

To require the Department of Defense to revise the system used for categorizing unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 10, 2021 Introduced by: Bacon, Don Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment within the Department of Defense (DOD) to initiate a process to review and revise the system used by DOD for categorizing unmanned aircraft systems, as described in Joint Publication 3-30 titled Joint Air Operations.

What's happening now September 10, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4350 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5202: To require the Department of Defense to revise the system used for categorizing unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5202/
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"H.R. 5202: To require the Department of Defense to revise the system used for categorizing unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5202/.
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H.R. 5202, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5202/.
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[H.R. 5202: To require the Department of Defense to revise the system used for categorizing unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5202/)
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