S.Amdt. 2909

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,

[[Page S5136]]

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.
______