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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from 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 | |
| R-MS | Gregg Harper | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Mimi Walters | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Sep 5, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 5, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2017Markup Jul 27, 2017Reported Sep 5, 2017 |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Sep 7, 2017 |
Actions 13
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, 2017Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 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, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6667-6671)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1189 | Randy Hultgren R-IL | Sep 8, 2017 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1174 | Daniel Lipinski D-IL | Sep 7, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6667–H6677Text printed H6667–H6671 | Anna G. Eshoo D-CA, Daniel Lipinski D-IL, Debbie Dingell D-MI, Doris O. Matsui D-CA, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Fred Upton R-MI, Greg Walden R-OR, Gregg Harper R-MS, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL, Jerry McNerney D-CA, Larry Bucshon R-IN, Leonard Lance R-NJ, Markwayne Mullin R-OK, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Mimi Walters R-CA, Robert E. Latta R-OH, Ryan A. Costello R-PA, Tim Ryan D-OH, Yvette D. Clarke D-NY | Sep 6, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 1, 2017H.R. 3388, SELF DRIVE ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 27, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 125, July 25, 2017, page H6298.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-125 | SHARING THE ROAD: POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ELECTRIC AND CONVENTIONAL VEHICLES IN THE YEARS AHEAD137 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 8, 2018 |
| S. Hrg. 115-434 | TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION: AUTOMATED TRUCKS AND OUR NATION'S HIGHWAYS93 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Sep 13, 2017 |
CRS reports 6
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 6
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48605 | Safety Considerations for Automated Passenger Vehicles | Report | Jul 15, 2026 |
| R45985 | Issues in Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Deployment Archived | Report | Apr 23, 2021 |
| R46398 | Motor Vehicle Safety: Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Jan 26, 2021 |
| R45462 | Freight Issues in Surface Transportation Reauthorization Archived | Report | Jan 16, 2019 |
| R44940 | Issues in Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Archived | Report | May 17, 2018 |
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 |
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for information on highly automated driving systems to be made available to prospective buyers.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend title 49, United States Code, regarding the authority of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over highly automated vehicles, to provide safety measures for such vehicles, and for other purposes
- Short Titles as Introduced
- DECAL Act
- Designating Each Car's Automation Level Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- SELF DRIVE Act
- Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- SELF DRIVE Act
- Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution Act
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
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
