Krishnamoorthi, Gallagher, Colleagues Request Investigation of All PRC LiDAR Technology Companies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent a letter to Secs. Gina Raimondo, Lloyd Austin, and Janet Yellen requesting an investigation of all People’s Republic of China (PRC) Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology companies to determine whether their activities justify inclusion on three U.S. government restricted entities lists: the Defense Department’s Chinese Military Companies List, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security Entity List, and the Treasury Department’s Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List.
In addition to Chairman Gallagher and Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi, the letter was also signed by Reps. Kathy Castor (D-FL), Rob Wittman (R-VA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Jim Banks (R-IN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Trent Kelly (R-MS), Don Bacon (R-NE), Blake Moore (R-UT), Ben Cline (R-VA), and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH).
LiDAR, which is currently not subject to U.S. export controls or government procurement restrictions, is a critical technology used in autonomous systems and robotics. Because the U.S. government currently has no security requirements for the procurement of LiDAR technology, there is significant risk that PRC-made LiDAR technologies are already present in U.S. defense systems and platforms that the U.S. military and its contractors are unaware of. This presents a serious national security risk due to the PRC’s National Security Law, which requires all PRC LiDAR companies to provide any available data collected by their products and systems to the CCP, when requested.
A full copy of the letter can be found here.
克里希纳穆尔蒂、加拉格尔及其众议员要求对所有中国光学雷达技术公司进行调查
华盛顿特区—今天，众议院美国与中国共产党战略竞争众议院特设委员会的资深议员拉贾·克里希纳穆尔蒂 (Raja Krishnamoorthi)(D-IL) 和主席迈克·加拉格尔 (Mike Gallagher)(R-WI) 致信美国部长吉娜·雷蒙多 (Gina Raimondo)、劳埃德·奥斯汀 (Lloyd Austin) 和珍妮特·耶伦 (Janet Yellen) 要求对所有中华人民共和国 (PRC) 光学雷达技术公司进行调查，以确定其活动是否有理由列入三个美国政府限制实体清单：国防部的中国军方企业清单、商务部工业和安全局实体清单以及财政部非SDN-中国军事综合体企业清单。
除了主席加拉格尔和资深议员克里希纳穆尔蒂之外，这封信还由众议员凯西·卡斯特 (Kathy Castor)(D-FL)、罗布·维特曼 (Rob Wittman)(R-VA)、塞斯·穆尔顿 (Seth Moulton)(D-MA)、布莱因·卢克迈尔(Blaine Luetkemeyer)(R-MO)、米基·谢里尔 (Mikie Sherrill)(D-NJ)、丹·纽豪斯 (Dan Newhouse)(R-WA)、约翰·穆罗尔 (John Moolenaar)(R-MI)、比尔·帕斯克雷尔 (Bill Pascrell)(D-NJ)、尼尔·邓恩 (Neal Dunn)(R-FL)、埃莉斯·史蒂芬尼克 (Elise Stefanik)(R-NY)、吉姆·班克斯 (Jim Banks) (R-IN)、达斯蒂·约翰逊 (Dusty Johnson)(R-SD)、卡洛斯·希门尼斯 (Carlos Gimenez)(R-FL)、特伦特·凯利 (Trent Kelly)(R-MS)、唐·培根 (Don Bacon)(R-NE)、布莱克·穆尔 (Blake Moore)(R-UT)、本·克莱恩 (Ben Cline)(R-VA) 和布拉德·文斯特普 (Brad Wenstrup)(R-OH) 签署。
光学雷达是自主系统和机器人技术中使用的关键技术，而目前不受美国出口管制或政府采购限制。由于美国政府目前采购光学雷达技术没有安全要求，中国制造的光学雷达技术有可能已经存在于美国国防系统和平台中，导致美国军方及其承包商未知的重大风险。即由于中华人民共和国的《国家安全法》要求所有中国光学雷达公司应要求向中共提供其产品和系统收集的任何可用数据，对美国构成了严重的国家安全风险。
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