[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5135-S5136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2909. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONNECTED VEHICLES NEAR 
                   MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, CERTAIN FACILITIES OF 
                   THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND SENSITIVE 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) Information and communications technology and services 
     integral to connected vehicles generally enable safer and 
     more fuel-efficient travel for drivers and passengers.
       (2) Such technology and services that are designed, 
     developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, 
     controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of 
     foreign adversaries can offer a direct entry point to 
     sensitive technology and data and bypass measures intended to 
     protect the safety and security of United States persons,

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     posing an unacceptable risk to the national security of the 
     United States.
       (b) Prohibition.--The President shall prohibit the 
     operation of covered technology within 25 miles of a military 
     installation, a facility of the Federal Government (excluding 
     a facility of the United States Postal Service), or sensitive 
     infrastructure.
       (c) Enforcement.--The President may direct the Attorney 
     General, and the heads of other Federal agencies as the 
     President determines appropriate, to prescribe regulations 
     necessary to enforce the prohibition under subsection (b).
       (d) Study.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
     Director of National Intelligence, the Attorney General, and 
     the Secretary of Defense shall jointly conduct a study on the 
     national security concerns that covered technology presents 
     to the United States.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
     the Director of National Intelligence, the Attorney General, 
     and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to Congress 
     a report on the study conducted under paragraph (1).
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered technology.--The term ``covered technology'' 
     means connected vehicles manufactured in a country that is a 
     foreign adversary.
       (2) Foreign adversary.--The term ``foreign adversary'' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 7.4 of title 15, Code 
     of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations.
       (3) Military installation.--The term ``military 
     installation'' has the meaning given that term in section 
     2801(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code.
       (4) Sensitive infrastructure.--The term ``sensitive 
     infrastructure'' has the meaning given that term through 
     regulations prescribed jointly by the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of 
     Commerce, the Director of National Intelligence, the Attorney 
     General, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of 
     Defense.
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