# 119-hr-9550: Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act

119-hr-9550, Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH); status introduced (as of 2026-10-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9550
- Congress: 119
- Title: Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH)
- Cosponsors: 20
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-21

## Summary

This bill would create a U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Defense Innovation Working Group to prioritize **co-development and co-production of unmanned and counter‑UAS systems with Ukraine** and to set mutual technology-transfer, intellectual property, and procurement frameworks. - Ukraine: Prioritizes Ukraine-designed covered systems for joint development, co-production, and acquisition and requires feasibility assessments to test U.S.-manufactured covered systems with Ukrainian operational units in active combat for evaluation. - U.S. military and industry: Requires a detailed supply-chain assessment to reduce reliance on countries of concern, estimates costs for U.S.-based co-development and co-production, and directs steps to scale production in the United States, including using civilian manufacturing capacity. - Oversight and timeline: The Working Group would meet at least every 120 days, deliver an initial strategy briefing within 120 days and semiannual progress reports to Congress, and would terminate after 5 years with a possible 1-year extension for vital national security needs.

## Cosponsors (20)

- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19] (D-NY), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH), 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- U.S.-Ukraine defense working group: benefit, high. This bill would require the Secretary of Defense, working with the Secretary of State, to set up a Strategic Defense Innovation Working Group within 90 days of enactment. The group would be co-chaired by five senior U.S. defense officials and include Ukrainian and NATO partners and industry partici…
- Testing and scaling unmanned systems: benefit, high. This bill would direct the Working Group to prioritize Ukraine-designed covered systems that proved useful in combat for co-development, co-production, and U.S. acquisition. The group would study sending U.S.-made systems to Ukrainian units for real-world testing and would estimate costs to co-deve…
- Definition of covered unmanned systems: benefit, low. This bill would define a "covered system" as an unmanned system built for a limited set of missions, expendable in high-threat settings, and low-cost per unit relative to its target. The definition would include the system software and hardware, aerial, underwater, and surface unmanned vehicles, co…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-9550 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9550)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9550 (as of 2026-10-21).