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Georgia House Judiciary Committee approves study committee on drones, citing national security
Summary
The Georgia House Judiciary Committee voted to approve a resolution establishing a study committee to examine drones, including security risks posed by foreign-manufactured systems, supply-chain dependence and coordination between federal, state and local authorities. The resolution passed by voice vote after a package of friendly amendments.
Representative Henry Clark asked the Georgia House Judiciary Committee to form a study committee to examine drones and related technologies, saying the committee should assess national security risks, data transmission vulnerabilities and rapidly evolving software and countermeasure tools. "It's definitely a technology that that's moving very, very fast," Representative Clark said.
The resolution, identified in committee as House Resolution 8 17 L C 560389, was amended on the floor to broaden the scope and to add specific drafting changes before the committee voted to adopt it. Committee members pressed for clarity on whether the study would cover aerial, maritime and ground robots; Clark said the author intended a primarily aerial…
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