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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3405 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand the exemption from 
the motor vehicle safety standards for testing or evaluation purposes 
to cover manufacturers of highly automated vehicles and automated driv-
ing system components, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2017 
Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California (for herself and Ms. MATSUI) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand the exemp-
tion from the motor vehicle safety standards for testing 
or evaluation purposes to cover manufacturers of highly 
automated vehicles and automated driving system compo-
nents, 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 ‘‘Maximizing Opportuni-
ties for Research and the Enhancement of Automated Ve-
hicles Act’’ or the ‘‘MORE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE TESTING OR EVALUATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30112(b)(10) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘that prior to the date of enact-
ment of this paragraph’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘motor ve-
hicles into the United States that are certified’’ and 
inserting ‘‘into the United States motor vehicles that 
are certified, or motor vehicle equipment utilized in 
a motor vehicle that is certified,’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(4) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 
(C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and 
moving their margins 2 ems to the right; 
(5) by striking ‘‘evaluation by a manufacturer 
that agrees not to sell or offer for sale’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘evaluation by— 
‘‘(A) a manufacturer that agrees not to sell 
or lease or offer for sale or lease’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) a manufacturer of highly automated 
vehicles, automated driving systems, or compo-
nents of automated driving systems that agrees 
not to sell or lease or offer for sale or lease the 
highly automated vehicle, automated driving 
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system, or components of the automated driving 
system at the conclusion of the testing or eval-
uation and— 
‘‘(i) has submitted to the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) the name of the individual, 
partnership, corporation, or institu-
tion of higher education and a point 
of contact; 
‘‘(II) the residence address of the 
individual, partnership, corporation, 
or institution of higher education and 
State of incorporation if applicable; 
‘‘(III) a description of each type 
of motor vehicle used during develop-
ment of highly automated vehicles, 
automated driving systems, or compo-
nents of automated driving systems 
manufactured by the individual, part-
nership, corporation, or institution of 
higher education; and 
‘‘(IV) proof of insurance for any 
State in which the individual, partner-
ship, corporation, or institution of 
higher education intends to test or 
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evaluate highly automated vehicles; 
and 
‘‘(ii) if applicable, has identified an 
agent for service of process in accordance 
with part 551 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 30102 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (13) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), 
(8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (15), (16), and 
(17), 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 after paragraph (5) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(6) ‘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. 
‘‘(7) ‘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).’’; and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (13) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(14) ‘operational design domain’ means the 
specific conditions under which a given driving auto-
mation system or feature thereof is designed to func-
tion.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(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-
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-
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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.’’. 
Æ 
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