S4633Referred to Committee

A bill to require a strategy for the deployment, employment, integration, exportability, and scaling of unmanned and autonomous systems in the Indo-Pacific region and the Western Hemisphere, to strengthen homeland defense, to support counter-narcotics and counter-trafficking operations, and to increase ally and partner burden sharing, and for other purposes.

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-05-21
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David McCormick
David McCormick
Republican · PA · Senator
Votes with party: 35.2% (315 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

2026-05-21

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The federal government would be required to develop a comprehensive plan for using unmanned and autonomous systems (like drones and robots) across the Indo-Pacific region and the Western Hemisphere to strengthen military defense, combat drug trafficking, and encourage allied nations to contribute more to regional security efforts. This strategy would outline how to deploy, operate, and expand these technologies while making them compatible with partner countries' military systems. The plan aims to modernize U.S. military capabilities while distributing security responsibilities more evenly among American allies.

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