[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 790. Mr. PETERS 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON COVERED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FROM 
                   CERTAIN COVERED NATIONS.

       (a) Prohibition.--
       (1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 301 of title 49, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 30130. Prohibition on covered autonomous vehicles from 
       certain covered nations

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Covered autonomous vehicle.--The term `covered 
     autonomous vehicle' means a motor vehicle equipped with a 
     Level 4 or Level 5 automated driving system (as defined in 
     the SAE International Recommended Practice numbered J3016 and 
     dated April 2021 (or a successor standard adopted by the 
     Secretary of Transportation)).
       ``(2) Covered entity.--The term `covered entity' means a 
     manufacturer or company included on the list developed under 
     subsection (c)(1).
       ``(3) Covered nation.--The term `covered nation' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 4872(d) of title 10.
       ``(b) Prohibition.--A covered entity may not test, operate, 
     manufacture for sale, sell, offer for sale, introduce or 
     deliver for introduction in interstate commerce, or import 
     into the United States a covered autonomous vehicle.
       ``(c) List of Covered Entities.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this section, and in accordance with paragraph 
     (2), the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with 
     the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Defense, 
     shall develop a list of covered entities for purposes of this 
     section.
       ``(2) Requirements.--A manufacturer or company included on 
     the list developed under paragraph (1) shall be a 
     manufacturer or company--
       ``(A) that is controlled by the government of a covered 
     nation, including more than 50 percent voting control of the 
     Board of Directors or governing body of the manufacturer or 
     company by persons that are citizens or nationals of the 
     covered nation;
       ``(B) that is organized under the laws of a covered nation; 
     or
       ``(C) the principal place of business of which is located 
     in a covered nation.
       ``(3) Updates.--The Secretary of Transportation, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney 
     General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of 
     Defense, may update the list required under paragraph (1), as 
     determined necessary by the Secretary of Transportation, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney 
     General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of 
     Defense.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The analysis for subchapter II of 
     chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 30129 the 
     following:

``30130. Prohibition on covered autonomous vehicles from certain 
              covered nations.''.
       (b) Enforcement.--Section 30165(a)(1) of title 49, United 
     States Code, is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting 
     ``30130,'' after ``30127,''.
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