(k) TERMINATION.—The Council and any sub-
committees of the Council shall terminate 6 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 10. REAR SEAT OCCUPANT ALERT SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 301 of subtitle VI of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 30130 (as added by section 5) the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘§ 30131. Rear seat occupant alert system 
‘‘(a) RULEMAKING REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall issue a final rule requiring all new passenger 
motor vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds gross ve-
hicle weight to be equipped with an alarm system to alert 
the operator to check rear designated seating positions 
after the vehicle motor or engine is deactivated by the op-
erator. 
‘‘(b) PHASE-IN.—The rule issued pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall require full compliance with the rule be-
ginning on September 1st of the calendar year that begins 
2 years after the date on which the final rule is issued. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘passenger motor vehicle’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 32101; and 
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‘‘(2) the term ‘rear designated seating position’ 
means any designated seating position that is rear-
ward of the front seat.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 301 of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
30130 (as added by section 5) the following new item: 
‘‘30131. Rear seat occupant alert system.’’. 
SEC. 11. HEADLAMPS. 
(a) SAFETY RESEARCH INITIATIVE.—Not later than 
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall complete research into the 
development of updated motor vehicle safety standards or 
performance requirements for motor vehicle headlamps 
that would improve the performance of headlamps and im-
prove overall safety. 
(b) RULEMAKING OR REPORT.— 
(1) RULEMAKING.—After the completion of the 
research required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to revise the 
motor vehicle safety standards regarding headlamps 
if the Secretary determines that a revision of the 
standards meets the requirements and consider-
ations set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 
30111 of title 49, United States Code. 
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(2) REPORT.—If the Secretary determines that 
a revision to the standard described in paragraph 
(1) does not meet the requirements and consider-
ations set forth in such subsections, the Secretary 
shall submit a report describing the reasons for not 
revising the standard to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate. 
SEC. 12. PRIVACY PLAN REQUIRED FOR HIGHLY AUTO-
MATED VEHICLES. 
(a) PRIVACY PLAN.—A manufacturer may not sell, 
offer for sale, introduce or deliver for introduction in inter-
state commerce, or import into the United States, any 
highly automated vehicle, vehicle that performs partial 
driving automation, or automated driving system unless 
the manufacturer has developed a privacy plan that in-
cludes the following: 
(1) A written privacy plan with respect to the 
collection, use, sharing, and storage of information 
about vehicle owners or occupants collected by a 
highly automated vehicle, vehicle that performs par-
tial driving automation, or automated driving sys-
tem. Such policy shall include the following: 
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(A) The practices of the manufacturer with 
respect to the way that information about vehi-
cle owners or occupants is collected, used, 
shared, or stored. 
(B) The practices of the manufacturer 
with respect to the choices offered to vehicle 
owners or occupants regarding the collection, 
use, sharing, and storage of such information. 
(C) The practices of the manufacturer with 
respect to the data minimization, de-identifica-
tion, and retention of information about vehicle 
owners or occupants. 
(D) The practices of the manufacturer 
with respect to extending its privacy plan to the 
entities it shares such information with. 
(2) A method for providing notice to vehicle 
owners or occupants about the privacy policy. 
(3) If information about vehicle owners or occu-
pants is altered or combined so that the information 
can no longer reasonably be linked to the highly 
automated vehicle, vehicle that performs partial driv-
ing automation, or automated driving system from 
which the information is retrieved, the vehicle owner, 
or occupants, the manufacturer is not required to in-
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clude the process or practices regarding that infor-
mation in the privacy policy. 
(4) If information about an occupant is 
anonymized or encrypted the manufacturer is not re-
quired to include the process or practices regarding 
that information in the privacy policy. 
(b) STUDY.—The Federal Trade Commission shall 
conduct a study and submit a report to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate on the highly automated vehicle mar-
ketplace, including an examination of the following issues: 
(1) Which entities in the ecosystem have access 
to vehicle owner or occupant data. 
(2) Which entities in the highly automated vehi-
cle marketplace have privacy plans. 
(3) What are the terms and disclosures made in 
such privacy plans, including regarding the collec-
tion, use, sharing, and storage of vehicle owner or 
occupant data. 
(4) What disclosures are made to consumers 
about such privacy plans. 
(5) What methods are available to enable dele-
tion of information about vehicle owners or occu-
pants from any data storage system within the vehi-
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cle (other than a system that is critical to the safety 
or operation of the vehicle) before the vehicle is sold, 
leased, or rented, or otherwise occupied by a new 
owner or occupant. 
(c) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT.— 
A violation of subsection (a) shall be treated as a an unfair 
or deceptive act or practice within the meaning of section 
5(a)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
45(a)(1)). The Federal Trade Commission shall enforce 
this section in the same manner, by the same means, and 
with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though 
all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part 
of this Act. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
180 days after the date of enactment of this section and 
shall only apply to highly automated vehicles, vehicles that 
perform partial driving automation, or automated driving 
systems first introduced after the effective date of this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 13. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 49, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Section 30102 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (13) as paragraphs (2), (4), (5), (6), 
(9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (16), (17), and 
(18), respectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(1) ‘automated driving system’ means the 
hardware and software that are collectively capable 
of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a 
sustained basis, regardless of whether such system is 
limited to a specific operational design domain.’’; 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (3) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(3) ‘‘dedicated highly automated vehicle’’ 
means a highly automated vehicle designed to be op-
erated exclusively by a Level 4 or 5 automated driv-
ing system (as defined by the SAE International 
standard J3016, published on September 30, 2016, 
or subsequently adopted by the Secretary) for all 
trips.’’; 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(7) ‘dynamic driving task’ means all of the 
real time operational and tactical functions required 
to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding the 
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strategic functions such as trip scheduling and selec-
tion of destinations and waypoints, and including— 
‘‘(A) lateral vehicle motion control via 
steering; 
‘‘(B) longitudinal vehicle motion control 
via acceleration and deceleration; 
‘‘(C) monitoring the driving environment 
via object and event detection, recognition, clas-
sification, and response preparation; 
‘‘(D) object and event response execution; 
‘‘(E) maneuver planning; and 
‘‘(F) enhancing conspicuity via lighting, 
signaling, and gesturing; 
‘‘(8) ‘highly automated vehicle’— 
‘‘(A) means a motor vehicle equipped with 
an automated driving system; and 
‘‘(B) does not include a commercial motor 
vehicle (as defined in section 31101).’’; 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (13) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(15) ‘operational design domain’ means the 
specific conditions under which a given driving auto-
mation system or feature thereof is designed to func-
tion.’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(19) ‘vehicle that performs partial driving au-
tomation’ does not include a commercial motor vehi-
cle (as defined in section 31101).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) REVISIONS TO CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) If SAE International (or its successor or-
ganization) revises the definition of any of the terms 
defined in paragraph (1), (6), or (14) of subsection 
(a) in Recommended Practice Report J3016, it shall 
notify the Secretary of the revision. The Secretary 
shall publish a notice in the Federal Register to in-
form the public of the new definition unless, within 
90 days after receiving notice of the new definition 
and after opening a period for public comment on 
the new definition, the Secretary notifies SAE Inter-
national (or its successor organization) that the Sec-
retary has determined that the new definition does 
not meet the need for motor vehicle safety, or is oth-
erwise inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter. 
If the Secretary so notifies SAE International (or its 
successor organization), the existing definition in 
subsection (a) shall remain in effect. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary does not reject a defini-
tion revised by SAE International (or its successor 
organization) as described in paragraph (1), the Sec-
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retary shall promptly make any conforming amend-
ments to the regulations and standards of the Sec-
retary that are necessary. The revised definition 
shall apply for purposes of this chapter. The require-
ments of section 553 of title 5 shall not apply to the 
making of any such conforming amendments. 
‘‘(3) Pursuant to section 553 of title 5, the Sec-
retary may update any of the definitions in para-
graph (1), (6), or (14) of subsection (a) if the Sec-
retary determines that materially changed cir-
cumstances regarding highly automated vehicles 
have impacted motor vehicle safety such that the 
definitions need to be updated to reflect such cir-
cumstances.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS IN THIS ACT.—As used in this 
Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘automated driving system’’ has 
the meaning given such term in subsection (a) of 
section 30102 of title 49, United States Code, sub-
ject to any revisions made to the definition of such 
term pursuant to subsection (c) of such section; 
(2) the term ‘‘highly automated vehicle’’ has the 
meaning given such term in subsection (a) of section 
30102 of title 49, United States Code, not subject 
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to any revision under subsection (c) of such section; 
and 
(3) the term ‘‘vehicle that performs partial driv-
ing automation’’ has the meaning given such term in 
subsection (a) of section 30102 of title 49, United 
States Code, not subject to any revision under sub-
section (c) of such section. 
Æ 
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