Bills Introduced – 07-26-17

Yesterday with both the House and Senate in session there were 58 bills introduced. Of those, nine may be of specific interest to readers of this blog:

HR 3401 To amend chapter 301 of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, to update or provide new motor vehicle safety standards for highly automated vehicles, and for other purposes. Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]

HR 3404 To provide for the establishment in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of a Highly Automated Vehicle Advisory Council. Rep. Cardenas, Tony [D-CA-29]

HR 3405 To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand the exemption from the motor vehicle safety standards for testing or evaluation purposes to cover manufacturers of highly automated vehicles and automated driving system components, and for other purposes. Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45]

HR 3406 To amend section 30113 of title 49, United States Code, to increase the annual number of vehicles that may be exempted for the development of new vehicle safety features, and for other purposes. Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]

HR 3407 To amend chapter 301 of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, to require a cybersecurity plan for highly automated vehicles, and for other purposes. Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]

HR 3408 To amend section 30113 of title 49, United States Code to establish new exemptions for motor vehicle safety standards, and for other purposes. Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]

HR 3411 To establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration an Automated Driving System Cybersecurity Advisory Council to make recommendations regarding cybersecurity for the testing, deployment, and updating of automated driving systems. Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]

HR 3412 To amend section 30103 of title 49, United States Code, to establish sole authority for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over the regulation of highly automated vehicles, and for other purposes. Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]

HR 3435 To prohibit the transportation of certain volatile crude oil by rail. Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]

This block of ‘highly automated vehicles’ legislation (along with a couple of other bills that I don’t expect to be of specific interest here) all come from members of the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. It looks like these bills may have arisen out of a mark-up hearing that was held on July 19^th by that Subcommittee. That marked-up bill has not been introduced.

I will be watching these bills for cybersecurity language.

HR 3435 is probably similar to HR 2379 that was introduced by Lowey in the 114^th Congress. No action was taken on that bill.