I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7377 
To inform consumers about the capabilities and limitations of partially 
automated vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2026 
Ms. SCHRIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To inform consumers about the capabilities and limitations 
of partially automated vehicles, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Know Before You 
Drive Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSUMER EDUCATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION
ON MISLEADING CLAIMS.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, a manufacturer may not make any representa-
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tion that implies or would otherwise lead a reasonable per-
son to believe that— 
(1) a partially automated driving system, or a 
feature or component of a partially automated driv-
ing system, is an automated driving system or a fea-
ture or component of an automated driving system; 
or 
(2) a partially automated driving system, fea-
ture, or component— 
(A) can function as an automated driving 
system; or 
(B) otherwise has capabilities beyond what 
the system, feature, or component is able to 
perform. 
(b) NOTIFICATION UPON FIRST SALE.— 
(1) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, a manu-
facturer or dealer may not sell a partially automated 
vehicle or partially automated driving system with-
out providing a clear and conspicuous notice to the 
purchaser that describes the following: 
(A) That the vehicle is equipped with a 
partially automated driving system. 
(B) The features of the partially auto-
mated driving system. 
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(B) MANUFACTURER.—A manufacturer is 
not in violation of this section if the manufac-
turer complies with paragraph (2), but the deal-
er does not provide the notice required in para-
graph (1) to a purchaser of a partially auto-
mated vehicle. 
(c) UPDATES.—Beginning 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and upon the proffer to an 
owner, lessee, or driver of a partially automated vehicle 
of a software update that materially affects the perform-
ance of the dynamic driving task, including an over-the- 
air update, a manufacturer shall provide a clear and con-
spicuous notice to such owner, lessee, or driver that de-
scribes each material change to the capabilities and limita-
tions of the partially automated driving system with which 
the vehicle is equipped. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) 
ENFORCEMENT
BY
NHTSA.—Section 
30165(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘31137,’’ the following: 
‘‘subsections (a), (b), or (c) of section 2 of the Know 
Before You Drive Act,’’. 
(2) ENFORCEMENT BY COMMISSION.— 
(A) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of subsections (a), (b), or 
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(c) shall be treated as a violation of a rule de-
fining an unfair or deceptive act or practice 
prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the 
Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
57a(a)(1)(B)). 
(B) POWERS OF COMMISSION.—The Com-
mission shall enforce subsections (a), (b), and 
(c) in the same manner, by the same means, 
and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and du-
ties as though all applicable terms and provi-
sions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and 
made a part of such subsections. Any person 
who violates such subsections shall be subject to 
the penalties and entitled to the privileges and 
immunities provided in the Federal Trade Com-
mission Act. 
(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this Act may be construed to limit the authority 
of the Commission to enforce any other provi-
sion of law. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT BY STATES.— 
(A) CIVIL ACTION.—In any case in which 
the attorney general of a State has reason to 
believe that an interest of the residents of such 
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State has been, may be, or is adversely affected 
by an act or practice in violation of subsection 
(a), (b), or (c), the attorney general may bring 
a civil action in the name of the State, or as 
parens patriae on behalf of the residents of the 
State, in an appropriate district court of the 
United States to— 
(i) enjoin such act or practice; 
(ii) enforce compliance with this Act; 
(iii) obtain damages, civil penalties, 
restitution, or other compensation on be-
half of the residents of the State; 
(iv) obtain reasonable attorneys’ fees 
and other litigation costs reasonably in-
curred; or 
(v) obtain such other legal and equi-
table relief as the court may consider to be 
appropriate. 
(B) NOTICE.—Before filing an action 
under this paragraph, the attorney general of 
the State involved shall provide to the Commis-
sion a written notice of such action and a copy 
of the complaint for such action. If the attorney 
general determines that it is not feasible to pro-
vide the notice described in this subparagraph 
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before the filing of the action, the attorney gen-
eral shall provide written notice of the action 
and a copy of the complaint to the Commission 
immediately upon the filing of the action. 
(C) AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—On receiving notice 
under subparagraph (B) of an action 
under this paragraph, the Commission 
shall have the right— 
(I) to intervene in the action; and 
(II) upon so intervening— 
(aa) to be heard on all mat-
ters arising therein; and 
(bb) to file petitions for ap-
peal. 
(ii) LIMITATION
ON
STATE
ACTION 
WHILE FEDERAL ACTION IS PENDING.—If 
the Commission or the Attorney General of 
the United States has instituted a civil ac-
tion for violation of subsection (a), (b), or 
(c) (referred to in this subparagraph as the 
‘‘Federal action’’), no State attorney gen-
eral may bring an action under this para-
graph during the pendency of the Federal 
action against any defendant named in the 
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complaint in the Federal action for any 
violation of subsection (a), (b), or (c) al-
leged in such complaint. 
(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this Act may be construed to prevent the attor-
ney general of a State from exercising the pow-
ers conferred on the attorney general by the 
laws of such State to conduct investigations, to 
administer oaths or affirmations, or to compel 
the attendance of witnesses or the production of 
documentary and other evidence. 
(e) AMENDMENT
OF AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION 
DISCLOSURE ACT.— 
(1) SAFETY LABELING REQUIREMENT.—Section 
3 of the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (15 
U.S.C. 1232) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (g)(4)(B), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) subsection (h), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) if such automobile is equipped with a partially 
automated driving system or an automated driving system, 
information (in plain language or graphic icons that allows 
a purchaser to easily compare between automobiles 
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