REPAIR Act.
Latest action · Feb 3, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair Act or the REPAIR Act
This bill requires a motor vehicle manufacturer to provide to a vehicle's owner certain direct, real-time, in-vehicle data generated by the operation of the vehicle that is related to diagnostics, repair, service, wear, and calibration or recalibration of parts and systems of the vehicle.
Specifically, a vehicle manufacturer may not impair an owner's access to such vehicle-generated data or impair an aftermarket parts manufacturer from producing or offering compatible aftermarket parts. A manufacturer also must make available to the vehicle's owner, and designees, vehicle-generated data through a standardized access platform. Outside of a recall, a manufacturer may not mandate or recommend the use of a particular brand or manufacturer of parts, tools, or equipment.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration must issue standards for access to vehicle data through the standardized access platform.
The Federal Trade Commission must establish an advisory committee to assess and report on existing and emerging barriers to vehicle repair and vehicle owners' control over their vehicle-generated data.
This bill provides authority for the commission to enforce these requirements.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2022 to Oct 28, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | May 3, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | May 3, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | May 10, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Jun 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jul 13, 2022 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Jul 26, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Oct 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Oct 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Oct 28, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Oct 28, 2022 |
Committees 1
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 Feb 2, 2022 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Feb 3, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- Feb 2, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 2, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 21, February 2, 2022, page H917.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for the maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- REPAIR Act.
- Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2022Introduced 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.