[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9289 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9289

  To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a Connected Vehicle 
   Cybersecurity Center in the Department of Defense, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2024

 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a Connected Vehicle 
   Cybersecurity Center in the Department of Defense, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF CONNECTED VEHICLE CYBERSECURITY CENTER IN 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity Center in the Department of Defense. 
Such Center shall be designed to enable cost savings and rapid 
demonstrations by leveraging commercial investments in automotive cyber 
security technology research, development, testing, and manufacturing 
scale for passenger automobile, truck, and Department of Defense ground 
combat and tactical vehicle applications.
    (b) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress an annual report on the implementation of subsection (a), 
which shall include progress milestones on the establishment of the 
Center, research, development, testing, and evaluation projects, and 
Federal agency use.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $12,000,000.
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