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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10473 
To prevent covered vehicle manufacturers from accessing, selling, or otherwise 
selling certain covered vehicle data, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Mr. BURLISON (for himself and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prevent covered vehicle manufacturers from accessing, 
selling, or otherwise selling certain covered vehicle data, 
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 ‘‘Auto Data Privacy 
and Autonomy Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
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(2) COVERED VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘covered ve-
hicle’’ means a motor vehicle or a vehicle primarily 
used for farming or construction. 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology. 
(4) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘motor vehi-
cle’’ has the same meaning given such term in sec-
tion 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code, and 
includes a motor vehicle trailer. 
(5) OPERATOR
DATA.—The term ‘‘operator 
data’’ means— 
(A) all electronic data generated or proc-
essed onboard a covered vehicle, such as data 
generated by sensors, receivers, computer proc-
essing units, or other vehicle components; and 
(B) data stored in a covered vehicle gen-
erated by the user of such covered vehicle. 
(6) 
PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’’ means information that— 
(A) directly identifies an individual such as 
the name, address, social security number or 
other identifying number or code, telephone 
number, or email address of an individual; 
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(B) indirectly identifies an individual such 
as the gender, race, or date of birth of an indi-
vidual; or 
(C) reveals the physical location or internet 
activity of an individual. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
(8) SECURE.—The term ‘‘secure’’ means, with 
respect to the interface for access and control of op-
erator data described in section 4(c), designed to 
prevent malicious or unauthorized use or access of 
such data. 
(9) TECHNOLOGY-NEUTRAL.—The term ‘‘tech-
nology-neutral’’ means, with respect to the interface 
for access and control of operator data described in 
section 4(c), designed without preference or preju-
dice towards any technology or service used to access 
and control such data by a covered vehicle owner, 
and not contingent on ownership or licensing of pro-
prietary technologies by a covered vehicle owner or 
manufacturer. 
(10) USER
PREFERENCE.—The term ‘‘user 
preference’’ means any choice with respect to a 
configurable setting of a covered vehicle made by or 
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for the benefit of the owner or user of such covered 
vehicle. 
SEC. 3. OPERATOR DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON MANUFACTURERS.—A manu-
facturer of a covered vehicle may not, with respect to the 
covered vehicle of a covered vehicle owner that is manufac-
tured by such manufacturer— 
(1) access operator data, unless— 
(A) the covered vehicle owner affirmatively 
consents to such manufacturer accessing such 
data and such consent— 
(i) is freely given; 
(ii) is informed, specific, and unam-
biguous; 
(iii) is in writing; and 
(iv) may be easily withdrawn; or 
(B) such data is accessed solely to improve 
covered vehicle performance or safety; 
(2) sell, lease, or otherwise share operator data, 
unless— 
(A) required to do so— 
(i) pursuant to a lawfully executed 
warrant; 
(ii) pursuant to a court order that 
provides the covered vehicle owner notice 
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