S.Amdt. 633

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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