Cybersecurity Policy Report, Automotive, Tech Groups Oppose FCC’s Incorporation of BIS Rule in ‘Covered List’, (Sep 8, 2025)

By Lynn Stanton

Nine automative and technology industry associations have urged the FCC not to update its “covered list” of equipment and services deemed to be a national security risk to communications networks to reflect the information and communications technologies covered by the final rule of the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on connected vehicles.

“The BIS rule includes critically important and balanced implementation timelines and built-in flexibilities in the form of general authorizations, specific authorizations, and advisory opinions that do not easily transfer to the structure and rigidity of the Commission’s Covered List. Any divergence at all between BIS and the Commission on either applicability or timing is problematic,” the automative and tech groups said in a letter to the FCC and BIS dated Sept. 4.

They added that they “do not believe that the Commission is required to take any Covered List action following the BIS final rule. In this instance, BIS did not make a ‘specific determination’ identifying a particular entity or a particular product that would trigger the Commission’s Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act Covered List obligation.”

The signatories to the letter were the 5G Automotive Association, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association, Autos Drive America, the Consumer Technology Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, and MEMA, the Vehicle Suppliers Association.

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