# Lawmakers Race To Make Chinese Car Ban Permanent Before Congress Runs Out Of Time

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/lawmakers-race-to-make-chinese-car-ban-permanent-before-congress-runs-out-of-time/
- Published: 2026-11-07T11:10:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T15:52:48+00:00
- Original publisher: The Daily Caller (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://dailycaller.com/2026/11/07/connected-vehicle-security-act-chinese-cars-ban-bernie-moreno-elissa-slotkin-lame-duck
- Topics: Asia, Europe, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- A bipartisan vehicle security bill awaits a full Senate vote.
- It has 57 Senate co-sponsors.
- If it misses the deadline, sponsors must restart in 2027.

## Summary

A bipartisan bill to restrict Chinese and other foreign-made connected vehicles has cleared a Senate committee, but has not yet received a full Senate vote. Supporters are pressing lawmakers to pass it before the current Congress ends, arguing that connected vehicles could pose national security risks and that the measure would protect US manufacturing.

The bill is sponsored by Republican Bernie Moreno and Democrat Elissa Slotkin, and has 57 Senate co-sponsors: 36 Republicans and 21 Democrats. If it does not pass by 3 January 2027, sponsors would need to restart the process in a new Congress; the current proposal would phase in restrictions on vehicles linked to China, North Korea, Russia or Iran, with software rules beginning in 2027 and hardware restrictions in 2030, subject to possible Commerce Department exceptions.

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