EMMA EKMAN

FY 2025 community project funding request; H.R. 9028 - FY 2025 Transportation-HUD Appropriations.

National Park Service staffing.

Reconnecting Communities grant; Active Community Transportation Infrastructure Program; PROTECT grant.

Development, testing, deployment and regulation of autonomous vehicles; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulation of automated driving systems; accessibility for autonomous vehicles for people with disabilities; drivers license requirements for occupants in automated vehicles; AV Accessibility Act; electric vehicle charging stations; national security issues regarding autonomous vehicles; Department of Commerce rulemaking regarding Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) supply chain for connected vehicles (CVs); artificial intelligence legislation and regulation; surface transportation reauthorization; trade and tariff issues.

Issues pertaining to the national security, homeland security, import and export of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors; federal spending on LiDAR sensors that have been determined to be a national security or homeland security risk; Securing Infrastructure from Adversaries Act; LiDAR language in the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce-Justice Science Appropriation bill and the Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill.

National security issues pertaining to light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors; LiDAR provisions in the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.