A bill to require a report on the advisability and feasibility of establishing a Drone Center of Excellence within the Army National Guard.

Elissa Slotkin

Democrat · MI · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

2026-08-06

Source: Congress.gov

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5342 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5342 To require a report on the advisability and feasibility of establishing a Drone Center of Excellence within the Army National Guard. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 6, 2026 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require a report on the advisability and feasibility of establishing a Drone Center of Excellence within the Army National Guard. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DRONE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE WITHIN ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the advisability and feasibility of establishing a Drone Center of Excellence within the Army National Guard at a National Guard training site. (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall consider performance of the following functions at the potential Center of Excellence: (1) Certification of operators of unmanned aerial systems during annual training periods. (2) Development of doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures for the operation of such systems. (3) Experimentation on integrating artificial intelligence applications for target recognition and real-time situational awareness into the operation of such systems. (4) Conduct of force-on-force unmanned aerial systems exercises, including brigade-level ``drone wars'' experimentation integrated with infantry, armor, and joint formations. <all>

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