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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9454 

To prohibit the operation on Department of Defense property of certain 

vehicles designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned 

by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign entity of 

concern, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 

Ms. SLOTKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To prohibit the operation on Department of Defense property 

of certain vehicles designed, developed, manufactured, 

or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject 

to the jurisdiction of a foreign entity of concern, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Military 

5 Bases from Connected Vehicles of Concern Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON OPERATION OF CONNECTED VE2 HICLES DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, MANUFAC3 TURED, OR SUPPLIED BY PERSONS OWNED 

4 BY, CONTROLLED BY, OR SUBJECT TO THE 

5 JURISDICTION OF A FOREIGN ENTITY OF 

6 CONCERN ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

7 PROPERTY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—No connected vehicle on the list 

9 required under subsection (b) may be operated on a mili10 tary installation or on any other property of the Depart11 ment of Defense. 

12 (b) LIST REQUIRED.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

14 shall establish a list of prohibited connected vehicles 

15 that— 

16 (A) are designed, developed, manufactured, 

17 or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, 

18 or subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign entity 

19 of concern; and 

20 (B) pose an undue or unacceptable risk to 

21 national security, as determined by the Sec22 retary. 

23 (2) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Secretary shall re24 view the list required under paragraph (1) not less 

25 frequently than once each year and shall make such 


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1 additions, subtractions, supplements, or amendments 

2 to the list as the Secretary determines appropriate. 

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) The term ‘‘connected vehicle’’— 

5 (A) means an automotive vehicle that inte6 grates onboard networked hardware with auto7 motive software systems to communicate via 

8 dedicated short-range communication, cellular 

9 telecommunications connectivity, satellite com10 munication, or other wireless spectrum 

11 connectivity with any other network or device; 

12 and 

13 (B) includes automotive vehicles, whether 

14 personal or commercial, capable of— 

15 (i) global navigation satellite system 

16 communication for geolocation; 

17 (ii) communication with intelligent 

18 transportation systems; 

19 (iii) remote access or control; 

20 (iv) wireless software or firmware up21 dates; or 

22 (v) on-device roadside assistance. 

23 (2) The term ‘‘covered undue or unacceptable 

24 risk’’ means— 


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1 (A) an undue risk of sabotage to or sub2 version of the design, integrity, manufacturing, 

3 production, distribution, installation, operation, 

4 or maintenance of information and communica5 tions technology and services in the United 

6 States; 

7 (B) an undue risk of catastrophic effects 

8 on the security or resiliency of United States 

9 critical infrastructure or the digital economy of 

10 the United States; or 

11 (C) an unacceptable risk to the national 

12 security of the United States or the security 

13 and safety of United States persons. 

14 (3) The term ‘‘foreign entity of concern’’ has 

15 the meaning given such term in section 9901 of the 

16 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au17 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

18 116–283; 15 U.S.C. 4651). 

19 (4) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 

20 meaning given such term in section 2801(4) of title 

21 10, United States Code. 

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