Taken from DroneXL

https://dronexl.co/2024/12/08/countering-ccp-drones-act-not-in-ndaa/

UPDATE ON CCP ACT.  The final version of the bill the CCP is not included.   See info below.

We have big news to share. You may already have seen online, but if not, the text of the 2025 NDAA was released by the House Rules Committee on Saturday. We are THRILLED to report that the Countering CCP Drones Act language did NOT make it into the final version of the bill! This would not have been possible without the incredible engagement of DAA partners and advocates throughout 2024. On behalf of the Board of Directors I want to say THANK YOU for your help and support along the way. Your efforts have been inspiring to say the least. DAA partners helped facilitate hundreds of Congressional meetings, thousands of grassroots messages, phone calls and tweets and really ensured that members of Congress and their staff were aware of the drastic consequences a bill like Countering CCP would have on the U.S. drone ecosystem. While the final NDAA is still far from perfect, this shows that if we keep up the engagement, we can make an impact on the laws and regulations that govern our industry.

Now that the NDAA text is public, we expect the U.S. House and Senate to work quickly to pass this final, compromise version this week. From there, we expect the President to quickly sign the bill into law, ending a long struggle to pass the NDAA (without the Countering CCP Drones Act 😊).

As I mentioned, this final NDAA bill is not perfect and does contain language that some of our opponents are claiming is the Countering CCP Drones Act, but we want to reassure you that they’re mistaken. Sec. 1709 does include language that resembles the Countering CCP Drones Act, but with very important differences that give us more time to continue engaging and educating on the issue, and gives manufacturers a chance to prove their security credentials. Sec. 1709 specifically calls for an analysis of the threat level of DJI and Autel equipment within one year of the NDAA enactment by a relevant national security agency. If their analysis deems the products to be a danger to national security, or if they make no determination about the drones over the course of the year, then they would be added to the FCC’s covered list. While our opponents like State Armor are taking a victory lap, they forget that many of us have called for an actual security assessment, based on cybersecurity best practices and not fear mongering about “potential threats, or what may be possible” for years. We are confident that an actual scientific analysis will prove our point on the matter and we have at least one year to work to ensure the national security agencies actually complete their analysis.

To be clear, despite the reference to the FCC’s covered list, State Armor and others are wrong and this is NOT the Countering CCP Drones Act…Not even close.

We will continue to work with DAA partners to monitor the situation and be sure to keep you all in the loop as this unfolds before the end of the year. While the end result is not perfect, it truly is a victory for our efforts and one that would not have been possible without your help. We believe we will have the chance to prove the critics wrong in 2025 and welcome the opportunity to do just that. Thank you for all your hard work and support this year and please take a moment to pat yourself on the back, because this would not have been possible without you.