SELF DRIVE Act
Latest action · Sep 7, 2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2017
- Passed HouseSep 6, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution Act or the SELF DRIVE Act
This bill establishes the federal role in ensuring the safety of highly automated vehicles by encouraging the testing and deployment of such vehicles. A "highly automated vehicle" is a motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor vehicle, that is equipped with an automated driving system capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis.
The bill preempts states from enacting laws regarding the design, construction, or performance of highly automated vehicles or automated driving systems unless such laws enact standards identical to federal standards.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) must require safety assessment certifications for the development of a highly automated vehicle or an automated driving system.
Manufacturers of highly automated vehicles must develop written cybersecurity and privacy plans for such vehicles prior to offering them for sale.
The bill applies certain safety exemptions and testing standards to highly automated vehicles.
DOT must: (1) inform prospective buyers of highly automated vehicles of the capabilities and limitations of such vehicles; (2) establish the Highly Automated Vehicle Advisory Council to, among other things, develop guidance regarding mobility access for the disabled, elderly, and underserved populations; (3) require all new passenger motor vehicles less than 10,000 pounds to be equipped with a rear seat occupant alert system; and (4) research updated safety standards for motor vehicle headlamps.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2017 to Sep 5, 2017, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 25, 2017 |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-NY | Chris Collins | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Sep 5, 2017 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Sep 6, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6660-6667, H6677-6678)
- Sep 6, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3388.
- Sep 6, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 6, 2017Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Related bills 13
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Related bill | Jul 28, 2017 |
| HR 3404 | To provide for the establishment in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of a Highly Automated Vehicle Advisory Council. | Related bill | Jul 28, 2017 |
| HR 3405 | MORE Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2017 |
| HR 3406 | PAVE Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2017 |
| 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. | Related bill | Jul 28, 2017 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Air quality
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Transportation
- Disability and paralysis
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal preemption
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Lighting and heating
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Manufacturing
- Motor vehicles
- Product safety and quality
- Public transit
- Research and development
- Right of privacy
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
- Technology assessment
- Trade restrictions
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation employees
- Transportation safety and security
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2017Referred in Senate
- Sep 6, 2017Engrossed in House
- Sep 5, 2017Reported in House
- Jul 25, 2017Introduced in House
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