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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6058 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the establishment of pilot programs to advance high-definition road mapping in order 

to further the safe deployment of highly automated vehicles. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 8, 2018 

Mr. LOEBSACK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants 

for the establishment of pilot programs to advance highdefinition road mapping in order to further the safe 

deployment of highly automated vehicles. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Auto5 mated Vehicle Safety Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH-DEFINI2 TION ROAD MAPPING PILOT PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 

4 shall make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities 

5 for such entities to establish pilot programs to advance 

6 high-definition road mapping in order to further the safe 

7 deployment of highly automated vehicles. 

8 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may only award a 

9 grant under this section to an eligible entity that— 

10 (1) submits an application at such time, in such 

11 form, and with such information and assurances as 

12 the Secretary may require; 

13 (2) has the ability to— 

14 (A) integrate high-definition road mapping 

15 data into a human-in-the-loop, motion-based 

16 driving simulator that— 

17 (i) has a 360-degree field of view; 

18 (ii) has the ability to simultaneously 

19 perform sustained acceleration and braking 

20 combined with multiple lane changes to re21 alistically recreate the experience of driving 

22 a vehicle; and 

23 (iii) has interchangeable physical vehi24 cle cabs to support testing with light and 

25 heavy vehicles; 


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1 (B) integrate high-definition road mapping 

2 data into highly automated vehicles operated on 

3 public roads or highways; and 

4 (C) use a facility that has been designated 

5 as an Automated Vehicle Proving Ground by 

6 the Secretary; and 

7 (3) has a demonstrated history of working with 

8 the Department of Transportation or a State depart9 ment of transportation on high-definition road map10 ping. 

11 (c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

12 (1) PILOT PROGRAM.—An eligible entity that is 

13 awarded a grant under this section shall use the 

14 grant funds to conduct a pilot program to carry out 

15 high-definition road mapping and to use such map16 ping in the operation of highly automated vehicles in 

17 order to determine the challenges, barriers, and con18 siderations that must be taken into account when 

19 planning for and deploying a nationwide high-defini20 tion road mapping digital infrastructure that enables 

21 the safe operation of highly automated vehicles. 

22 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting a pilot 

23 program under paragraph (1), an eligible entity 

24 shall— 


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1 (A) identify and evaluate minimum data 

2 quality standards and specifications for high3 definition road mapping that are required to 

4 support the safe operation of highly automated 

5 vehicles, based on best practices from across the 

6 United States; 

7 (B) conduct a feasibility analysis of the 

8 high-definition road mapping, and the use of 

9 such mapping in the operation of highly auto10 mated vehicles, proposed to be carried out in 

11 the pilot program; 

12 (C) conduct a simulation to ensure the safe 

13 operation of highly automated vehicles before 

14 operating any such vehicles on public roads or 

15 highways; 

16 (D) ensure consideration of— 

17 (i) the ability to perform accurate 

18 mapping in varied weather conditions; and 

19 (ii) mapping of both rural and urban 

20 roadways and environments (including 

21 gravel roads); and 

22 (E) prepare and submit to the Secretary 

23 the reports required by subsection (g)(1). 


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1 (3) OTHER PERMITTED USES OF FUNDS.—An 

2 eligible entity that is awarded a grant under this 

3 section may use grant funds— 

4 (A) to contract, through a competitive se5 lection process, for the carrying out of any ac6 tivity for which grant funds are required or per7 mitted to be used, including procuring services 

8 from or carrying out activities at a research 

9 center at an institution of higher education (as 

10 defined in sections 101 and 102 of the Higher 

11 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001; 

12 1002)) that has experience with high-definition 

13 road mapping and highly automated vehicles ca14 pable of ingesting high-definition road mapping 

15 data; and 

16 (B) for international travel for purposes of 

17 exchanging information with other institutions 

18 involved in high-definition road mapping and 

19 highly automated vehicle research or operation. 

20 (d) DURATION.—An eligible entity that is awarded 

21 a grant under this section shall complete all activities re22 quired under the grant (except for preparation and sub23 mission of the final report required by subsection 

24 (g)(1)(B)) not later than 3 years after the date on which 

25 such grant is awarded. 


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1 (e) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The Secretary may not 

2 make— 

3 (1) more than 3 grants under this section; or 

4 (2) more than 1 grant under this section to the 

5 same eligible entity. 

6 (f) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of each grant 

7 awarded under this section may not exceed $10,000,000. 

8 (g) REPORTS.— 

9 (1) BY ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO SECRETARY.— 

10 (A) INTERIM REPORTS.—An eligible entity 

11 that is awarded a grant under this section shall 

12 submit to the Secretary, not later than 6 

13 months, 18 months, and 2 years after the date 

14 on which such grant is awarded, an interim re15 port that contains a description of the activities 

16 carried out using grant funds. 

17 (B) FINAL REPORT.—An eligible entity 

18 that is awarded a grant under this section shall 

19 submit to the Secretary, not later than 39 

20 months after the date on which such grant is 

21 awarded, a final report that contains a descrip22 tion of— 

23 (i) the activities carried out using 

24 grant funds; 


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1 (ii) the results of the pilot program 

2 conducted under subsection (c)(1), includ3 ing the challenges, barriers, and consider4 ations determined under such subsection; 

5 and 

6 (iii) the minimum data quality stand7 ards and specifications identified under 

8 subsection (c)(2)(A). 

9 (2) BY SECRETARY TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

10 than 41 months after all grants under this section 

11 have been awarded, the Secretary shall submit to 

12 Congress a report on the activities carried out using 

13 grant funds under this section that summarizes the 

14 information in the reports submitted by eligible enti15 ties under paragraph (1). 

16 (h) DEFINITIONS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 

18 (A) AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM.—The 

19 term ‘‘automated driving system’’ means the 

20 hardware and software that are collectively ca21 pable of performing the entire dynamic driving 

22 task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether 

23 such system is limited to a specific operational 

24 design domain. 


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1 (B) DYNAMIC DRIVING TASK.—The term 

2 ‘‘dynamic driving task’’ means all of the real 

3 time operational and tactical functions required 

4 to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding 

5 the strategic functions such as trip scheduling 

6 and selection of destinations and waypoints, 

7 and including— 

8 (i) lateral vehicle motion control via 

9 steering; 

10 (ii) longitudinal vehicle motion control 

11 via acceleration and deceleration; 

12 (iii) monitoring the driving environ13 ment via object and event detection, rec14 ognition, classification, and response prep15 aration; 

16 (iv) object and event response execu17 tion; 

18 (v) maneuver planning; and 

19 (vi) enhancing conspicuity via light20 ing, signaling, and gesturing. 

21 (C) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible 

22 entity’’ means— 

23 (i) a nonprofit organization; 

24 (ii) a State or political subdivision of 

25 a State; and 


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1 (iii) an institution of higher education 

2 (as defined in sections 101 and 102 of the 

3 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 1001; 1002)). 

5 (D) HIGHLY AUTOMATED VEHICLE.—The 

6 term ‘‘highly automated vehicle’’— 

7 (i) means a motor vehicle equipped 

8 with an automated driving system; and 

9 (ii) does not include a commercial 

10 motor vehicle (as defined in section 31101 

11 of title 49, United States Code). 

12 (E) HIGH-DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘high13 definition’’ means, with respect to road map14 ping, that the mapping involves highly accurate 

15 data that enables a highly automated vehicle to 

16 accurately position and control itself in a lane. 

17 (F) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘motor 

18 vehicle’’ has the meaning given such term in 

19 section 30102(a) of title 49, United States 

20 Code. 

21 (G) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The 

22 term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means any cor23 poration or association, however organized, no 

24 part of the net earnings of which inures to the 

25 benefit of any private shareholder or individual. 


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1 (H) OPERATIONAL DESIGN DOMAIN.—The 

2 term ‘‘operational design domain’’ means the 

3 specific conditions under which a given driving 

4 automation system or feature thereof is de5 signed to function. 

6 (I) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

7 means the Secretary of Transportation. 

8 (J) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means 

9 each of the several States, the District of Co10 lumbia, each commonwealth, territory, or pos11 session of the United States, and each federally 

12 recognized Indian Tribe. 

13 (2) REVISIONS TO CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.— 

14 (A) REVISIONS BY SAE INTERNATIONAL.— 

15 If SAE International (or its successor organiza16 tion) revises the definition of any of the terms 

17 defined in subparagraph (A), (B), or (H) of 

18 paragraph (1) in Recommended Practice Report 

19 J3016, it shall notify the Secretary of the revi20 sion. The Secretary shall publish a notice in the 

21 Federal Register to inform the public of the 

22 new definition unless, within 90 days after re23 ceiving notice of the new definition and after 

24 opening a period for public comment on the 

25 new definition, the Secretary notifies SAE 


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1 International (or its successor organization) 

2 that the Secretary has determined that the new 

3 definition does not meet the need for motor ve4 hicle safety, or is otherwise inconsistent with 

5 the purposes of chapter 301 of title 49, United 

6 States Code. If the Secretary so notifies SAE 

7 International (or its successor organization), 

8 the existing definition in paragraph (1) shall re9 main in effect. 

10 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—If the 

11 Secretary does not reject a definition revised by 

12 SAE International (or its successor organiza13 tion) as described in subparagraph (A), the 

14 Secretary shall promptly make any conforming 

15 amendments to the regulations and standards 

16 of the Secretary that are necessary. The revised 

17 definition shall apply for purposes of this sec18 tion. The requirements of section 553 of title 5, 

19 United States Code, shall not apply to the mak20 ing of any such conforming amendments. 

21 (C) UPDATES BY SECRETARY.—Pursuant 

22 to section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 

23 the Secretary may update any of the definitions 

24 in subparagraph (A), (B), or (H) of paragraph 

25 (1) if the Secretary determines that materially 


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1 changed circumstances regarding highly auto2 mated vehicles have impacted motor vehicle 

3 safety such that the definitions need to be up4 dated to reflect such circumstances. 

5 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

7 $31,500,000, of which not more than 5 percent shall be 

8 available for administrative costs, for fiscal year 2019. 

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