{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-safeguards-us-infrastructure-chinese-spy-technology", "Johnson Safeguards U.S. Infrastructure from Chinese Spy Technology", "2025-07-30", "2025", "2025-07", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Dusty Johnson", "J000301", "dustyjohnson.house.gov", "dustyjohnson", "https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, re-introduced his legislation to prohibit the Department of Transportation from using foreign adversary digital 3-D mapping technology, LiDAR. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology creates 3-D maps with millimeter-level data of surrounding environments.\n\n\u201cLiDAR technology creates incredibly detailed maps of its surroundings. Allowing our adversaries like China to have access to these maps of critical infrastructure like ports, railways, airports, roads, and bridges could allow them to disrupt our supply chains and cause a national security crisis,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cMy bill ensures our nation\u2019s critical infrastructure is protected from the malign interests of the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d\n\n\u201cTaxpayer dollars should never be used to fund technology from our adversaries,\u201d said Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI). \u201cThis bill makes America\u2019s critical infrastructure more secure from foreign surveillance and influence by ensuring the Department of Transportation is not supporting the growing market share of Chinese-made LiDAR equipment. It\u2019s a common-sense step to put American security first.\u201d\n\n\u201cLiDAR is essential to modern infrastructure, but when it\u2019s controlled by companies linked to the Chinese Communist Party, it becomes a security risk,\u201d said Select Committee on China Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL). \u201cWe can\u2019t allow adversaries to gather sensitive data or disrupt our systems. This bill takes a necessary step to keep our infrastructure secure and our technology supply chains trusted.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhile LiDAR technology is widely employed in our nation\u2019s transit infrastructure, including in airports, autonomous vehicles, and traffic control systems, it is increasingly being produced by Chinese companies that are required to hand over any data collected by their equipment to the Chinese government upon request,\u201d said Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA). \u201cThis raises serious concerns that China could not only access sensitive data mapping U.S. infrastructure, but also use it to disrupt the systems that rely on their technology. That is why I am joining Rep. Johnson to introduce legislation prohibiting the Department of Transportation from using LiDAR technology sourced from foreign adversaries. Now more than ever, we must remain vigilant and proactive in safeguarding the infrastructure that Americans depend on every day.\u201d\n\n\u201cTrucks reach every corner of the country and routinely access some of our nation\u2019s most sensitive sites\u2014such as ports, border crossings, and military installations. That is why supply chain and infrastructure security are very important to our industry. The American Trucking Associations commends Reps. Johnson, Brownley, Moolenaar, and Krishnamoorthi for taking this issue seriously by working to block potential national security threats from foreign-owned LiDAR technology,\u201d said Henry Hanscom, Senior Vice President of Legislative Affairs at the American Trucking Associations.\n\n\u201cThis legislation marks an important step forward in strengthening the security of America\u2019s transportation systems and critical infrastructure. As LiDAR technology becomes increasingly central to the future of transportation, including autonomous systems, it\u2019s essential that the technology used to build and operate our national infrastructure is safe, secure, and protected against adversarial interference,\u201d said Michael Robbins, President and CEO of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International.\n\nThe Securing Infrastructure from Adversaries Act is cosponsored by Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Representative Julia Brownley (D-CA).", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:40:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-safeguards-us-infrastructure-chinese-spy-technology"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2640330716967583, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}