Bill bans cars and parts from China, Russia, North Korea, Iran.
S. 4429 — Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 · Filed by Bernie Moreno (R-OH) · 43 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 29, 2026 · Reported out
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What it does
The bill stops the import and sale of connected vehicles and their parts. It bans them if they come from China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran. It also bans them if foreign adversaries own 15 to 25 percent of the maker. The Secretary of Commerce can allow some items. Congress has 60 days to review.
Who it affects
Car makers, parts suppliers, and people who buy cars are affected. The bill aims to stop foreign countries from spying on drivers. It may make cars cost more and harder to find.
One thing to notice
The rule about foreign ownership is broad. It could catch US companies that have a small foreign partner.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
43 cosponsors: 28 Republicans, 15 Democrats.
- Apr 29, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Apr 29, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
45 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 45 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $19,494,551 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 7 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 99% of bills with any report.
Bernie Moreno, who sponsored the bill, received $281,500 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- General Motors Company — $3,460,000 in 1 report
- Toyota Motor North America Inc (tma) — $1,930,500 in 1 report
- Sk Americas, Inc. — $1,560,000 in 1 report
- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. — $1,477,000 in 1 report
- National Automobile Dealers Association — $1,191,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- connected vehicles — Cars that use the internet or wireless signals to send and get information.
- foreign adversaries — Countries or groups that work against the United States.
- Secretary of Commerce — A top US government official who handles trade and business rules.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (23,663 characters) on Jun 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 22, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-17.
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