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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 13 / Friday, January 22, 2021 / Presidential Documents
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Presidential Documents
Executive Order 13981 of January 18, 2021

Protecting the United States From Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that additional actions are necessary to ensure the security of Unmanned Aircraft Systems UAS owned, operated, and controlled by the Federal Government; to secure the integrity of American infrastructure, including Americas National Airspace System NAS; to protect our law enforcement and warfighters; and to maintain and expand our domestic industrial base capabilities.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. Policy. UAS have tremendous potential to support public safety and national security missions and are increasingly being used by Federal, State, and local governments. UAS are used, for example, to assist law enforcement and support natural disaster relief efforts. Reliance on UAS
and components manufactured by our adversaries, however, threatens our national and economic security.
United States Government operations involving UAS require accessing, collecting, and maintaining data, which could reveal sensitive information.
The use of UAS and critical components manufactured and developed by foreign adversaries, or by persons under their control, may allow this sensitive information to be accessed by or transferred to foreign adversaries.
Furthermore, the manufacturing of UAS involves combining several critical components, including advanced manufacturing techniques, artificial intelligence, microelectronic components, and multi-spectral sensors. The Nations capability to produce UAS and certain critical UAS components domestically is critical for national defense and the security and strength of our defense industrial base.
It is the policy of the United States, therefore, to prevent the use of taxpayer dollars to procure UAS that present unacceptable risks and are manufactured by, or contain software or critical electronic components from, foreign adversaries, and to encourage the use of domestically produced UAS.
Sec. 2. Reviewing Federal Government Authority to Limit Government Procurement of Covered UAS. a The heads of all executive departments and agencies agencies shall review their respective authorities to determine whether, and to what extent consistent with applicable law, they could cease:
i directly procuring or indirectly procuring through a third party, such as a contractor, a covered UAS;

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ii providing Federal financial assistance e.g., through award of a grant that may be used to procure a covered UAS;
iii entering into, or renewing, a contract, order, or other commitment for the procurement of a covered UAS; or iv otherwise providing Federal funding for the procurement of a covered UAS.
b After conducting the review described in subsection a of this section, the heads of all agencies shall each submit a report to the Director of
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