Automated Mobility Act of 2018

To establish within the Department of Transportation an Assistant Secretary of Automated Mobility and to direct such Assistant Secretary to submit to Congress a report on automated vehicles, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Automated Mobility Act of 2018 2. Establishing the Assistant Secretary of Automated Mobility Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (e)(1)— (A) by striking 6 7 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking and (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (E) an Assistant Secretary for Automated Mobility, who shall be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (i) Assistant Secretary of Automated Mobility The Assistant Secretary of Automated Mobility appointed under subsection (e)(1) shall do the following: (1) Coordinate Federal agency efforts to test and deploy automated vehicles. (2) Develop incident response and investigation capabilities for incidents involving automated vehicles and determine the types of data needed to understand the control systems involved in such incidents. (3) Provide technical assistance to recipients of Federal funding for projects to test and deploy automated vehicles. (4) Coordinate efforts of the Department and the Federal Communications Commission to test and deploy standards and technology for interoperable vehicle-to-vehicle communication. (5) Communicate how Federal agencies protect the privacy of data that is generated by automated vehicles. (6) In coordination with the Department of Labor, promote the development of a workforce with expertise in automation and process management with respect to automated vehicles. (7) Promote a consistent regulatory framework among State and local governments to support the integration of automated vehicles. (8) Submit annually a report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate describing the efforts of the Assistant Secretary under this subsection. . 3. Policy roadmap (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Automated Mobility, shall submit to the Congress a 5-year plan to— (1) adapt Federal vehicle safety standards and infrastructure to accommodate automated vehicles; (2) review Federal funding programs for the interstate highway system and evaluate the readiness of the Federal interstate highway system to accommodate automated vehicles; (3) establish a framework for automated vehicle safety assurance; (4) develop uniform standards for and procedures to test automated vehicles and automated driving software; (5) adapt existing safety oversight authority and enforcement capabilities to accommodate automated vehicles; (6) develop standards for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication; (7) protect the privacy of data of consumers who use automated vehicles; (8) protect automated vehicles and passengers of such vehicles from cybersecurity threats; (9) provide education to the human operators of vehicles; (10) develop an insurance framework for automated vehicles with interstate flexibility; (11) collaborate with the private sector and academia on research and development initiatives related to automated vehicles; (12) support the growth of the automated mobility industry in the United States; (13) coordinate with other Federal agencies to review measures available to promote American industrial leadership in automated vehicle technology; and (14) reduce the negative effects of automated vehicle technology on employment markets in the United States.

Summary: Automated Mobility Act of 2018 This bill establishes within the Department of Transportation (DOT) the position of Assistant Secretary of Automated Mobility with duties that include coordinating federal agency efforts to test and deploy automated vehicles. DOT shall submit to Congress a five-year plan to, among other things: (1) adapt federal vehicle safety standards and infrastructure to accommodate automated vehicles; (2) evaluate the readiness of the federal interstate highway system to accommodate automated vehicles; (3) establish a framework for automated vehicle safety assurance; (4) develop uniform standards for, and procedures to test, automated vehicles and automated driving software; and (5) adapt existing safety oversight authority and enforcement capabilities to accommodate automated vehicles.