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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3413 
To establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration an Advi-
sory Council on Improving Mobility Access for Underserved Populations 
and Senior Citizens. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2017 
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-
istration an Advisory Council on Improving Mobility Ac-
cess for Underserved Populations and Senior Citizens. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Addressing Community 
Challenges Emerging From Self-Driving Systems’’ or the 
‘‘ACCESS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON IMPROVING MOBILITY AC-
CESS FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS AND 
SENIOR CITIZENS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration an Advisory Council on Improving Mobility 
Access for Underserved Populations and Senior Citizens 
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Council’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the Council shall in-
clude a diverse group representative of business, academia 
and independent researchers, State and local authorities, 
safety and consumer advocates, engineers, labor organiza-
tions, environmental experts, a representative of the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and other 
members determined to be appropriate by the Secretary. 
The Council shall be composed of not less than 15 and 
not more than 30 members appointed by the Secretary. 
(c) TERMS.—Members of the Council shall be ap-
pointed by the Secretary of Transportation and shall serve 
for a term of three years. 
(d) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy occurring in the mem-
bership of the Council shall be filled in the same manner 
as the original appointment for the position being vacated. 
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The vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining 
members to execute the duties of the Council. 
(e) DUTIES.—The Council shall undertake informa-
tion gathering activities, develop technical advice, and 
present best practices or recommendations to the Sec-
retary regarding mobility access for senior citizens and 
populations underserved by traditional public transpor-
tation services and educational outreach efforts with re-
spect to the testing and distribution of highly automated 
vehicles in commerce. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The recommendations 
of the Council shall also be reported to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
(g) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The es-
tablishment and operation of the Council shall conform to 
the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.). 
(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—On request of the 
Council, the Secretary shall provide such technical assist-
ance to the Council as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary to carry out the Council’s duties. 
(i) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—On the re-
quest of the Council, the Secretary may detail, with or 
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without reimbursement, any of the personnel of the De-
partment of Transportation to the Council to assist the 
Council in carrying out its duties. Any detail shall not in-
terrupt or otherwise affect the civil service status or privi-
leges of the Federal employee. 
(j) PAYMENT
AND EXPENSES.—Members of the 
Council shall serve without pay, except travel and per diem 
will be paid each member for meetings called by the Sec-
retary. 
(k) TERMINATION.—The Council shall terminate 6 
years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(l) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section— 
(A) the term ‘‘automated driving system’’ 
means the hardware and software that are col-
lectively capable of performing the entire dy-
namic driving task on a sustained basis, regard-
less of whether such system is limited to a spe-
cific operational design domain; 
(B) the term ‘‘dynamic driving task’’ 
means all of the real time operational and tac-
tical functions required to operate a vehicle in 
on-road traffic, excluding the strategic func-
tions such as trip scheduling and selection of 
destinations and waypoints, and including— 
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