[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2735]
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  SA 633. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Young) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1083. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH 
                   CHINESE AUTONOMOUS GROUND VEHICLES OPERATING IN 
                   THE UNITED STATES.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report that includes an assessment of the 
     following:
       (1) The threats to the national security of the United 
     States associated with autonomous ground vehicles 
     manufactured in the People's Republic of China that are--
       (A) operating in the United States, especially those 
     vehicles with access to or operating in the vicinity of 
     installations of the Department of Defense or other sensitive 
     United States Government facilities; and
       (B) potentially sharing geospatial and other data with the 
     Chinese Communist Party.
       (2) The type of data that can be collected by such 
     vehicles.
       (3) The dual-use implications of autonomous ground vehicle 
     technologies and their enabling factors.
       (4) How the Chinese Communist Party or the People's 
     Liberation Army could potentially use the data it collects in 
     the United States from such vehicles to support its military 
     operational planning.
       (5) How continued restraints on manufacturing of autonomous 
     ground vehicles in the United States that limit the ability 
     of United States companies to compete with technology 
     developed and manufactured in, and controlled by, the 
     People's Republic of China could exacerbate any such threats 
     to the national security of the United States.
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