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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4763 

To prohibit the operation within 25 miles of a military installation, a facility 

of the Federal Government, or sensitive infrastructure of certain technology manufactured in a country that is an adversary of the United 

States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2024 

Mr. BROWN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit the operation within 25 miles of a military installation, a facility of the Federal Government, or sensitive 

infrastructure of certain technology manufactured in a 

country that is an adversary of the United States, 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 ‘‘Countering Adversary 

5 Reconnaissance (CAR) Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CONNECTED VEHICLES 

2 AND CONNECTED VEHICLE COMPONENTS 

3 NEAR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, FACILITIES 

4 OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND SEN5 SITIVE INFRASTRUCTURE. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Information and communications technology 

8 and services integral to connected vehicles generally 

9 enable safer and more fuel-efficient travel for drivers 

10 and passengers. 

11 (2) Such technology and services that are de12 signed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by per13 sons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the juris14 diction or direction of foreign adversaries can offer 

15 a direct entry point for reconnaissance and surveil16 lance of sensitive technology and data and bypass 

17 measures intended to protect the safety and security 

18 of United States persons, posing an unacceptable 

19 risk to the national security of the United States. 

20 (b) PROHIBITION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

22 provision of law, the operation of covered technology 

23 is prohibited within 25 miles of a military installa24 tion, a facility of the Federal Government, or sen25 sitive infrastructure. 


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1 (2) MODIFICATION.—The President may modify 

2 the radius of the prohibition on operation of covered 

3 technology under paragraph (1) for certain military 

4 installations determined by the President to be sen5 sitive. 

6 (c) ENFORCEMENT.—The President may direct the 

7 Attorney General, and the heads of other Federal agencies 

8 as the President determines appropriate, to prescribe reg9 ulations necessary to enforce the prohibition under sub10 section (b). 

11 (d) STUDY.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

13 Security, the Director of National Intelligence, the 

14 Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense shall 

15 jointly conduct a study on the national security con16 cerns that covered technology presents to the United 

17 States. 

18 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 of Homeland Security, the Director of National In21 telligence, the Attorney General, and the Secretary 

22 of Defense shall jointly— 

23 (A) submit to Congress a classified report 

24 on the study conducted under paragraph (1); 

25 and 


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1 (B) publish on a publicly available website 

2 an unclassified report on such study. 

3 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) COVERED TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘cov5 ered technology’’ means connected vehicles or com6 ponents for connected vehicles that are manufac7 tured in a country that is a foreign adversary. 

8 (2) FOREIGN ADVERSARY.—The term ‘‘foreign 

9 adversary’’ has the meaning given that term in sec10 tion 7.4 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, or 

11 successor regulations. 

12 (3) MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term ‘‘mili13 tary installation’’ has the meaning given that term 

14 in section 2801(c)(4) of title 10, United States 

15 Code. 

16 (4) SENSITIVE INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 

17 ‘‘sensitive infrastructure’’ has the meaning given 

18 that term through regulations prescribed jointly by 

19 the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary 

20 of Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, the 

21 Director of National Intelligence, the Attorney Gen22 eral, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of 

23 Defense. 

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