House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Securing American Future from Exploitative Communist Autonomous Research Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4761.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 124, July 19, 2023, Page H3859):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To improve the safety and national security of the United States by restricting autonomous vehicles made by companies controlled by the People's Republic of China from testing or operating in the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 19, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 319 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Walberg.
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- H.R. 3277 (118th) Energy Emergency Leadership Act
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- H.R. 1377 (118th) Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2023
- H.R. 618 (118th) Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act
- H.R. 7890 (118th) Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.