Review - HR 8741 Introduced – Vehicle ICTS National Security Review

Back in June, Rep Slotkin (D,MI) introduced HR 8741, the Connected Vehicle National Security Review Act. The bill would codify the establishment of the current Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) within the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). It would provide specific authority to monitor and mitigate risks associated with ICTS related to connected vehicles. No new funding is authorized by this legislation.

Moving Forward

Slotkin is not a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there would not be enough influence to see this bill considered by the Committee. I expect that there would be some level of bipartisan support for this bill were it considered. I suspect that there would be sufficient support for it to be considered under the suspension of the rules process.

Commentary

The OICTS is currently operating under the broad authority of the International Emergency

Economic Powers Act (50 USC 1701 et seq) and four executive orders (EO 13873, EO 13984, EO 14034, and EO 14110). This means that its continued existence could be terminated by a new administration by a relatively simple administrative order. Codifying its existence in statute would make it much more difficult to disband.

 

For more information on the provisions of this bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-8741-introduced - subscription required.