S 4429Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026

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This revision fundamentally restructures the Connected Vehicle Security Act by removing virtually all of its operative provisions. The changes eliminate the core prohibition framework that would have banned connected vehicles, covered software, and connected vehicle hardware from covered countries (with staged effective dates from January 1, 2027 through January 1, 2030), along with all implementing mechanisms including the Secretary's rulemaking authority, the authorization and exemption process, congressional notification requirements, and public-facing disclosure obligations such as lists of authorized items and rulings. The deletions also remove key definitions (including what constitutes covered software, connected vehicle hardware, and the communication methods that define connected vehicles), anti-evasion provisions preventing circumvention through renaming or restructuring, and all procedural safeguards including the 60-day congressional disapproval period, binding ruling procedures, and testing/evaluation exceptions. What remains is effectively a skeletal structure stripped of substantive prohibitions and enforcement tools.