§195g Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator

Summary

The Secretary must pick a Senior Executive Service official in the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans to be the Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator and must give that person staff to do the job. The Coordinator must work with the Department’s civil rights, privacy, intelligence, science and technology, and other offices to help write guidance and rules, promote research and development of counter-UAS tools, share information and threat assessments, keep records of UAS and counter-UAS incidents, and act as the Department’s point person with the Department of Defense, other government law enforcement, and the private sector. The Coordinator also must follow section 124n and keep the information required under section 124n(g)(3). The Coordinator must make sure any testing, evaluation, or deployment of systems that find, assess, or stop a UAS follows federal law. The Coordinator is also the main Department official for telling the private sector about counter-UAS technology, especially when it could affect lawful private services or systems. Definitions: Coordinator — the named senior official leading counter-UAS work. UAS — unmanned aircraft systems.