I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 736 
To require automobile manufacturers to disclose to consumers the presence 
of event data recorders, or ‘‘black boxes’’, on new automobiles, and 
to require manufacturers to provide the consumer with the option to 
enable and disable such devices on future automobiles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2017 
Mr. CAPUANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require automobile manufacturers to disclose to con-
sumers the presence of event data recorders, or ‘‘black 
boxes’’, on new automobiles, and to require manufactur-
ers to provide the consumer with the option to enable 
and disable such devices on future automobiles. 
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 ‘‘Black Box Privacy 
Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Consumers have the right to know that 
event data recorders are installed in their vehicles, 
that they are capable of collecting data recorded in 
automobile accidents, and how such data may be 
used. 
(2) From the standpoint of consumer privacy 
rights, most consumers are not aware that their ve-
hicles are recording data that not only may be used 
to aid traffic safety analyses, but has the potential 
of being used against them in a civil or criminal pro-
ceeding, or by their insurer to increase rates. 
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF EVENT DATA RECORDERS ON 
AUTOMOBILES AND MOTORCYCLES. 
(a) LABELING DISCLOSURE FOR AUTOMOBILES.— 
Section 3 of the Automobile Information Disclosure Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1232) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)(4)(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subsection (h), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i)(1) the presence and location of an event 
data recorder; 
‘‘(2) the type of information recorded by the event 
data recorder and how such information is recorded; and 
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‘‘(3) that the information recorded by the event data 
recorder also may be used in a law enforcement pro-
ceeding.’’. 
(b) LABELING DISCLOSURE FOR MOTORCYCLES.— 
The Automobile Information Disclosure Act is further 
amended by adding after section 3 the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 3A. DISCLOSURE OF EVENT DATA RECORDERS ON 
MOTORCYCLES. 
‘‘Every manufacturer of new motorcycles distributed 
in commerce shall, prior to the delivery of any new motor-
cycle to any dealer, or at or prior to the introduction date 
of new models delivered to a dealer prior to such introduc-
tion date, securely affix to the new motorcycle a label on 
which such manufacturer shall disclose— 
‘‘(1) the presence and location of an event data 
recorder; 
‘‘(2) the type of information recorded by the 
event data recorder and how such information is re-
corded; and 
‘‘(3) that the information recorded by the event 
data recorder also may be used in a law enforcement 
proceeding.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
1231) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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