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

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5342 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.

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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

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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>