Sponsor
Haley Stevens
Representative · D-MI
Representative · D-MI
The bill prioritizes reducing national‑security risks from certain foreign‑tied vehicles and increasing transparency, but does so by tightening market access and adding compliance requirements that could raise costs, limit choice, and slow deployments for businesses and public fleets.
Transportation workers, state and local governments, and operators of critical infrastructure face reduced risk of remote vehicle manipulation and data exfiltration from vehicles tied to covered hostile‑state manufacturers.
Manufacturers and importers can obtain case-by-case entry for vetted vehicles through a CBP/Commerce authorization process based on written risk assessments, allowing needed imports when security risks are low.
Taxpayers and small-business purchasers gain greater transparency because the government must publicly disclose authorized vehicle models and the associated risk assessments used to approve them.
Small-business owners and taxpayers may face higher vehicle prices and reduced consumer choice because tighter market access limits could shrink the pool of available models.
State and local governments, dealerships, fleets, and transit agencies that rely on now-prohibited models could experience supply disruptions and incur replacement or retrofit costs if those vehicles are barred.
Manufacturers and testers will face added administrative burdens, compliance costs, and potential delays from the authorization process and the 90‑day rulemaking deadline, slowing deployments.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits entry of connected vehicles tied to China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea unless CBP grants an authorization after a written national-security risk assessment.
Official title: To prohibit the entry into the United States of connected vehicles associated with foreign adversaries.
Introduced June 4, 2026 by Haley Stevens · Last progress June 4, 2026
Prohibits connected vehicles from entering or being transported into the United States if they originate, are designed in, or are controlled (over 15%) by entities in a covered country (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea). Creates a testing exception for non-public-road imports and allows U.S. Customs and Border Protection, after consulting Commerce, to grant case-by-case or general authorizations based on written risk assessments with congressional notification and possible disapproval. Requires publication of authorized vehicles and an authorization process, mandates regulations within 90 days, and makes the ban effective 30 days after those regulations are published.