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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8741 
To establish the Office of Information and Communications Technology and 
Services within the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department 
of Commerce, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2024 
Ms. SLOTKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Office of Information and Communications 
Technology and Services within the Bureau of Industry 
and Security of the Department of Commerce, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Connected Vehicle National Security Review Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. The Office of Information and Communications Technology and Serv-
ices. 
Sec. 3. Transaction review process. 
Sec. 4. Regulating person or jurisdiction of concern-connected covered ICTS 
transactions. 
Sec. 5. Risk assessment. 
Sec. 6. Other authorities. 
Sec. 7. Enforcement. 
Sec. 8. Judicial review. 
Sec. 9. Penalties. 
Sec. 10. Relationship to other laws. 
Sec. 11. Definitions. 
SEC. 2. THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICA-
TIONS TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department 
of Commerce an Office of Information and Communica-
tions Technology and Services (in this section, referred to 
as the ‘‘Office’’). 
(b) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The head of the Office 
shall be an Executive Director who reports to the Under 
Secretary for Industry and Security and shall be des-
ignated by the Secretary. 
(c) CONTINUATION IN OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR.—An individual serving as the Executive Direc-
tor before the date of the enactment of this Act may serve 
as the Executive Director on and after that date without 
the need for designation under subsection (b). 
(d) DUTIES.—The Office shall— 
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(1) identify and prevent through mitigation or 
prohibition the undue or unacceptable risk posed by 
certain ICTS transactions; and 
(2) educate industry and other partners on rel-
evant risks and communicate decisions. 
(e) SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY.—The Executive 
Director may appoint, without regard to the provisions of 
sections 3309 through 3318 of title 5, United States Code, 
candidates directly to positions in the competitive service 
(as defined in section 2102 of that title). 
SEC. 3. TRANSACTION REVIEW PROCESS. 
(a) ICTS TRANSACTION REVIEW PROCESS.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Office of Information and 
Communications Technology and Services, shall review 
ICTS transactions according to the following procedures: 
(1) REVIEW.—The Secretary may review any 
ICTS transaction that the Secretary suspects poses 
an undue or unacceptable risk. 
(2) INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.—In reviewing 
an ICTS transaction described in paragraph (1) the 
Secretary may do the following: 
(A) Require any person subject to the ju-
risdiction of the United States to furnish under 
oath, in the form of a report or otherwise, at 
any time as may be required by the Secretary, 
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complete information relative to any such trans-
action. 
(B) Require that any such report take a 
particular form as directed in a request, regula-
tion, or other guidance provided by the Sec-
retary, which may be required before, during, or 
after any such transaction. 
(C) Through any agency, conduct inves-
tigations, hold hearings, administer oaths, ex-
amine witnesses, receive evidence, take deposi-
tions, and require by subpoena the attendance 
and testimony of witnesses and the production 
of any book, contract, letter, paper, and other 
hard copy or document relating to any matter 
under investigation, regardless of whether any 
such report has been required or filed. 
(b) MITIGATION OF RISK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary finds that a 
covered ICTS transaction poses an undue or unac-
ceptable risk under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall mitigate the undue or unacceptable risk de-
scribed in paragraph (2) or prohibit such trans-
action. 
(2) MITIGATION
OF
RISK
AUTHORITY.—The 
Secretary may choose to mitigate any undue or un-
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acceptable risk posed by a covered ICTS transaction 
reviewed under subsection (a). To mitigate the 
undue or unacceptable risk, the Secretary may do 
any of the following with regard to any party to a 
covered ICTS transaction: 
(A) Negotiate, enter into or impose, and 
enforce any agreement or condition with any 
such party. 
(B) Require adherence to certain cyberse-
curity standards and other mitigation require-
ments determined to be necessary by the Sec-
retary. 
(C) Require the exclusion (in whole or in 
part) of certain components, including physical 
parts or hardware, software, digital services, 
and digital components, of any ICTS or any 
sub-component of ICTS from any such trans-
action. 
(D) Anything else the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate or necessary to miti-
gate the undue or unacceptable risks. 
(3) PROHIBITION
OF
TRANSACTION.—If the 
Secretary determines that the undue or unacceptable 
risk posed by a covered ICTS transaction cannot be 
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