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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 2, 2022
Countering CCP Drones Act
This bill requires the inclusion of telecommunications and video surveillance equipment or services produced or provided by Shenzhen Da-Jiang Innovations Sciences and Technologies Company Limited (a Chinese drone maker commonly known as DJI Technologies) on a list of communications equipment or services determined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security. Current law prohibits the use of federal funding available through specified FCC programs for purchasing or maintaining listed equipment or services.
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Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] · R–FL
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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