I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6058 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the establish-
ment 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 high- 
definition road mapping in order to further the safe 
deployment of highly automated vehicles. 
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 ‘‘21st Century Auto-
mated Vehicle Safety Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF HIGH-DEFINI-
TION ROAD MAPPING PILOT PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities 
for such entities to establish pilot programs to advance 
high-definition road mapping in order to further the safe 
deployment of highly automated vehicles. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may only award a 
grant under this section to an eligible entity that— 
(1) submits an application at such time, in such 
form, and with such information and assurances as 
the Secretary may require; 
(2) has the ability to— 
(A) integrate high-definition road mapping 
data into a human-in-the-loop, motion-based 
driving simulator that— 
(i) has a 360-degree field of view; 
(ii) has the ability to simultaneously 
perform sustained acceleration and braking 
combined with multiple lane changes to re-
alistically recreate the experience of driving 
a vehicle; and 
(iii) has interchangeable physical vehi-
cle cabs to support testing with light and 
heavy vehicles; 
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(B) integrate high-definition road mapping 
data into highly automated vehicles operated on 
public roads or highways; and 
(C) use a facility that has been designated 
as an Automated Vehicle Proving Ground by 
the Secretary; and 
(3) has a demonstrated history of working with 
the Department of Transportation or a State depart-
ment of transportation on high-definition road map-
ping. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) PILOT PROGRAM.—An eligible entity that is 
awarded a grant under this section shall use the 
grant funds to conduct a pilot program to carry out 
high-definition road mapping and to use such map-
ping in the operation of highly automated vehicles in 
order to determine the challenges, barriers, and con-
siderations that must be taken into account when 
planning for and deploying a nationwide high-defini-
tion road mapping digital infrastructure that enables 
the safe operation of highly automated vehicles. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting a pilot 
program under paragraph (1), an eligible entity 
shall— 
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(A) identify and evaluate minimum data 
quality standards and specifications for high- 
definition road mapping that are required to 
support the safe operation of highly automated 
vehicles, based on best practices from across the 
United States; 
(B) conduct a feasibility analysis of the 
high-definition road mapping, and the use of 
such mapping in the operation of highly auto-
mated vehicles, proposed to be carried out in 
the pilot program; 
(C) conduct a simulation to ensure the safe 
operation of highly automated vehicles before 
operating any such vehicles on public roads or 
highways; 
(D) ensure consideration of— 
(i) the ability to perform accurate 
mapping in varied weather conditions; and 
(ii) mapping of both rural and urban 
roadways and environments (including 
gravel roads); and 
(E) prepare and submit to the Secretary 
the reports required by subsection (g)(1). 
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(3) OTHER PERMITTED USES OF FUNDS.—An 
eligible entity that is awarded a grant under this 
section may use grant funds— 
(A) to contract, through a competitive se-
lection process, for the carrying out of any ac-
tivity for which grant funds are required or per-
mitted to be used, including procuring services 
from or carrying out activities at a research 
center at an institution of higher education (as 
defined in sections 101 and 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001; 
1002)) that has experience with high-definition 
road mapping and highly automated vehicles ca-
pable of ingesting high-definition road mapping 
data; and 
(B) for international travel for purposes of 
exchanging information with other institutions 
involved in high-definition road mapping and 
highly automated vehicle research or operation. 
(d) DURATION.—An eligible entity that is awarded 
a grant under this section shall complete all activities re-
quired under the grant (except for preparation and sub-
mission of the final report required by subsection 
(g)(1)(B)) not later than 3 years after the date on which 
such grant is awarded. 
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(ii) the results of the pilot program 
conducted under subsection (c)(1), includ-
ing the challenges, barriers, and consider-
ations determined under such subsection; 
and 
(iii) the minimum data quality stand-
ards and specifications identified under 
subsection (c)(2)(A). 
(2) BY SECRETARY TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 41 months after all grants under this section 
have been awarded, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the activities carried out using 
grant funds under this section that summarizes the 
information in the reports submitted by eligible enti-
ties under paragraph (1). 
(h) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section: 
(A) AUTOMATED
DRIVING
SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘‘automated driving system’’ means the 
hardware and software that are collectively ca-
pable of performing the entire dynamic driving 
task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether 
such system is limited to a specific operational 
design domain. 
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(B) DYNAMIC DRIVING TASK.—The term 
‘‘dynamic driving task’’ means all of the real 
time operational and tactical functions required 
to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic, excluding 
the strategic functions such as trip scheduling 
and selection of destinations and waypoints, 
and including— 
(i) lateral vehicle motion control via 
steering; 
(ii) longitudinal vehicle motion control 
via acceleration and deceleration; 
(iii) monitoring the driving environ-
ment via object and event detection, rec-
ognition, classification, and response prep-
aration; 
(iv) object and event response execu-
tion; 
(v) maneuver planning; and 
(vi) enhancing conspicuity via light-
ing, signaling, and gesturing. 
(C) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible 
entity’’ means— 
(i) a nonprofit organization; 
(ii) a State or political subdivision of 
a State; and 
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(iii) an institution of higher education 
(as defined in sections 101 and 102 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001; 1002)). 
(D) HIGHLY AUTOMATED VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘‘highly automated vehicle’’— 
(i) means a motor vehicle equipped 
with an automated driving system; and 
(ii) does not include a commercial 
motor vehicle (as defined in section 31101 
of title 49, United States Code). 
(E) HIGH-DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘high- 
definition’’ means, with respect to road map-
ping, that the mapping involves highly accurate 
data that enables a highly automated vehicle to 
accurately position and control itself in a lane. 
(F) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘motor 
vehicle’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 30102(a) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(G) 
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means any cor-
poration or association, however organized, no 
part of the net earnings of which inures to the 
benefit of any private shareholder or individual. 
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(H) OPERATIONAL DESIGN DOMAIN.—The 
term ‘‘operational design domain’’ means the 
specific conditions under which a given driving 
automation system or feature thereof is de-
signed to function. 
(I) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Transportation. 
(J) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means 
each of the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, each commonwealth, territory, or pos-
session of the United States, and each federally 
recognized Indian Tribe. 
(2) REVISIONS TO CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.— 
(A) REVISIONS BY SAE INTERNATIONAL.— 
If SAE International (or its successor organiza-
tion) revises the definition of any of the terms 
defined in subparagraph (A), (B), or (H) of 
paragraph (1) in Recommended Practice Report 
J3016, it shall notify the Secretary of the revi-
sion. The Secretary shall publish a notice in the 
Federal Register to inform the public of the 
new definition unless, within 90 days after re-
ceiving notice of the new definition and after 
opening a period for public comment on the 
new definition, the Secretary notifies SAE 
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International (or its successor organization) 
that the Secretary has determined that the new 
definition does not meet the need for motor ve-
hicle safety, or is otherwise inconsistent with 
the purposes of chapter 301 of title 49, United 
States Code. If the Secretary so notifies SAE 
International (or its successor organization), 
the existing definition in paragraph (1) shall re-
main in effect. 
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—If the 
Secretary does not reject a definition revised by 
SAE International (or its successor organiza-
tion) as described in subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary shall promptly make any conforming 
amendments to the regulations and standards 
of the Secretary that are necessary. The revised 
definition shall apply for purposes of this sec-
tion. The requirements of section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall not apply to the mak-
ing of any such conforming amendments. 
(C) UPDATES BY SECRETARY.—Pursuant 
to section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
the Secretary may update any of the definitions 
in subparagraph (A), (B), or (H) of paragraph 
(1) if the Secretary determines that materially 
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changed circumstances regarding highly auto-
mated vehicles have impacted motor vehicle 
safety such that the definitions need to be up-
dated to reflect such circumstances. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$31,500,000, of which not more than 5 percent shall be 
available for administrative costs, for fiscal year 2019. 
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