Transition mitigation

(a) Assistance to Customers and Users (1) Program Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish and thereafter maintain a program to— (A) conduct outreach to stakeholders to facilitate compliance with this Act; (B) issue guidance on compliance, and incorporate feedback from end users impacted by the Act into such guidance; and (C) establish procedures for entities to seek waivers or clarifications under this Act. (2) Autonomous vehicle and robotics expertise The Secretary of Commerce shall designate not less than two individuals, one of whom must have substantial expertise in autonomous driving systems and one of whom must have substantial expertise in robotics, responsible for accepting and reviewing petitions by customers or users of covered foreign adversary light detection and ranging technology that develop products that incorporate such technology who contend that their development or production of such product is dependent on continued access to the prohibited technology, and to— (A) determine whether such contentions are supported by technical evidence, and if so proven, whether a waiver of such prohibition would be in the national interest of the United States; and (B) suggest technical benchmarks or other indicators that would warrant a recission or extension of such a waiver. (b) Advisory Opinions Upon petition of a customer or user likely to be impacted by this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall issue advisory opinions regarding whether their continued use of covered foreign adversary light detection and ranging technology is likely to warrant a waiver under this Act, which shall be provided to such a customer or user not later than 180 days after the submission of such a request. (c) National Security Task Force (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and thereafter maintain a task force to address the national security risks associated with covered foreign adversary light detection and ranging technology— (A) that remains in use following the effective dates of prohibitions under this Act, whether by means of waiver, exemption, extension, or violation; or (B) that is in use during the period of time following the date of enactment and the relevant effective dates of prohibitions under this Act. (2) Mandate The task force shall— (A) engage with customers and users of covered foreign adversary light detection and ranging technology regarding national security risks and potential partial mitigation measures; and (B) work with appropriate elements of the Intelligence Community and law enforcement to, in appropriate instances, share information with such customers and users regarding national security risks associated with their use of foreign adversary light detection and ranging technology.