Title 41 — Public ContractsRelease 119-73

§1827 MANAGEMENT OF EXISTING INVENTORIES OF COVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS FROM COVERED FOREIGN ENTITIES.

Title 41 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Federal Procurement Policy › Chapter CHAPTER 39— - SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTRACTS › § 1827

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

All executive agencies must record in their property systems any existing drones made or assembled by a covered foreign company within one year of enactment (Dec. 22, 2023). Agencies must do this no matter the original purchase cost or the reason they were bought, because these items need special tracking. Inventory records can be kept classified if the Secretary of Homeland Security or a designee decides. The Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, Transportation, and NOAA may skip drones that are expendable or are low-cost, one-time-use items. The rule does not apply to the intelligence community.

Full Legal Text

Title 41, §1827

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“(a)All executive agencies must account for existing inventories of covered unmanned aircraft systems manufactured or assembled by a covered foreign entity in their personal property accounting systems, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 22, 2023], regardless of the original procurement cost, or the purpose of procurement due to the special monitoring and accounting measures necessary to track the items’ capabilities.

“(b)Due to the sensitive nature of missions and operations conducted by the United States Government, inventory data related to covered unmanned aircraft systems manufactured or assembled by a covered foreign entity may be tracked at a classified level, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Secretary’s designee.

“(c)The Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of Transportation, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may exclude from the full inventory process, covered unmanned aircraft systems that are deemed expendable due to mission risk such as recovery issues, or that are one-time-use covered unmanned aircraft due to requirements and low cost.

“(d)Nothing in this section shall apply to any element of the intelligence community.

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Citation

41 U.S.C. § 1827

Title 41 — Public Contracts

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73