119-hr4376

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4376 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4376

 To improve incident reporting with respect to certain autonomous 
 vehicles, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 14, 2025

 Mr. Mullin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To improve incident reporting with respect to certain autonomous 
 vehicles, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``AV Safety Data Act''.

SEC. 2. INCIDENT REPORTING WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.

    (a) Reporting to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.--
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
shall promulgate regulations to require each covered entity to submit 
to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration--

    (1) information as required by the Third Amended Standing 
 General Order 2021-01; and

    (2) a monthly report that includes, with respect to the 
 preceding month--
        (A) the number of miles traveled on public roads by 
 covered vehicles manufactured or operated by such 
 covered entity, disaggregated by make, model, model 
 year, major software version, road type (freeway or 
 non-freeway), location (including State and county), 
 and whether an occupant was present in the vehicle;
        (B) information on any event during which a 
 collision with a covered vehicle manufactured or 
 operated by such covered entity resulted in an injury 
 to a vulnerable road user or an occupant of a vehicle 
 other than such covered vehicle; and
            (C) information on any unplanned stoppage event 
 that involved a covered vehicle manufactured or 
 operated by such covered entity, including--
            (i) the license plate number and vehicle 
 identification number of such vehicle;
            (ii) the make, model, model year, and major 
 software version of such vehicle;
            (iii) the date, time, and location 
 (including State, county, and latitude and 
 longitude) with respect to such event;
            (iv) the type of road (freeway or non-
 freeway) on which such event occurred;
            (v) a description of such event;
            (vi) information about any environmental 
 conditions (including geography and weather) 
 affecting the operation of such vehicle with 
 respect to such event;
            (vii) information about any involvement of 
 law enforcement, first responders, or public 
 transit authorities with respect to such event;
            (viii) information about the impact of such 
 event on passengers, vulnerable road users, or 
 other vehicles;
            (ix) information about the resolution of 
 such event;
            (x) information about any intervention by 
 such covered entity with respect to such event; 
 and
            (xi) the amount of time in seconds between 
 the beginning and resolution of such event and, 
 if such covered entity intervened in such 
 event, the amount of time in seconds between 
 the beginning of such event and the 
 intervention by such covered entity.

    (b) Scope of Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System Reporting.--
With respect to the monthly report required under subsection

    (a)

    (2) , a 
covered entity may only submit data from a covered vehicle with a Level 
2 Advanced Driver Assistance System if such data--

    (1) was collected while such System was engaged or during 
 the 30-second period preceding an unplanned stoppage event; and

    (2) does not contain personally identifiable information 
 about a human driver of such vehicle.
            (c) Public Availability.--Beginning on the date that is 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall make publicly 
available on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, in a machine-readable format that includes datasets, 
any information and reports submitted pursuant to subsection

    (a) .
            (d) Amendment of Regulations.--

    (1) In general.--Beginning on the date that is 10 years 
 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not before 
 such date, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic 
 Safety Administration may rescind the regulations required by 
 subsection

    (a) or amend such regulations so as to reduce the 
 frequency and scope of information required to be submitted 
 pursuant to such subsection.

    (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in paragraph

    (1) may be 
 construed to prevent the Administrator of the National Highway 
 Traffic Safety Administration, at any time, from amending the 
 regulations required by subsection

    (a) in a manner consistent 
 with such subsection.

    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means a 
 manufacturer or operator that is subject to the requirements of 
 the Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01.

    (2) Covered vehicle.--The term ``covered vehicle'' means a 
 vehicle with an Automated Driving System or a Level 2 Advanced 
 Driver Assistance System.

    (3) Third amended standing general order 2021-01.--The term 
 ``Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01'' means the 
 Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01 (relating to 
 Incident Reporting for Automated Driving Systems

    (ADS) and 
 Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

    (ADAS) ) of the 
 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with an 
 effective date of June 16, 2025.

    (4) Unplanned stoppage event.--The term ``unplanned 
 stoppage event'' means an event, other than a collision or an 
 incident intentionally caused by a human driver, during which, 
 as a result of an Automated Driving System or Level 2 Advanced 
 Driver Assistance System (or if such a System was engaged or an 
 attempt was made to engage such a System during the 30-second 
 period preceding such event), a covered vehicle--
        (A) stops on a public road in a travel lane and is 
 unable to proceed without retrieval, manual 
 intervention, or the assistance of a remote operator;
        (B) interferes with the normal functioning of 
 public transit or public transit vehicles, including 
 light rail;
            (C) interferes with the activities of law 
 enforcement or first responders; or
            (D) interferes with a construction or work zone.

    (5) Vulnerable road user.--The term ``vulnerable road 
 user'' has the meaning given such term in 

section 148

    (a) of 
 title 23, United States Code.

    (6) Terms defined in third amended standing general order 
 2021-01.--The terms ``Advanced Driver Assistance System'', 
 ``Automated Driving System'', ``Level 2'', ``manufacturer'', 
 and ``operator'' have the meaning given such terms in the Third 
 Amended Standing General Order 2021-01.
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