New bill seeks ‘phase-out’ of LiDAR tech tied to foreign adversaries

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, September 4, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

New legislation from the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party would “phase-out the use” of Light Detection and Ranging — or LiDAR — technologies across the federal government and within critical infrastructure services if they are made by companies linked to adversarial nations, including China. 

LiDAR, a remote-sensing technology that uses pulsed laser light to map terrain, is used in autonomous vehicles, geographic information systems and other advanced capabilities. Chinese manufacturers, in particular, have secured a major foothold in the technology’s global supply chain, which has raised cybersecurity and national security concerns.

The measure, introduced on Wednesday by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., would prohibit U.S. companies from making new purchases of LiDAR products from foreign ...