I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3408 
To amend section 30113 of title 49, United States Code to establish new 
exemptions for motor vehicle safety standards, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2017 
Mr. LANCE (for himself and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend section 30113 of title 49, United States Code 
to establish new exemptions for motor vehicle safety 
standards, 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 ‘‘Expanding Exemptions 
to Enable More Public Trust Act’’ or the ‘‘EXEMPT 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GENERAL EXEMPTIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 30113 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3)(B)— 
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(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) the exemption would make easier 
the development or field evaluation of— 
‘‘(I) a feature of a highly auto-
mated vehicle providing a safety level 
at least equal to the safety level of the 
standard for which exemption is 
sought; or 
‘‘(II) a highly automated vehicle 
providing an overall safety level at 
least equal to the overall safety level 
of nonexempt vehicles.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) if the application is made under subsection 
(b)(3)(B)(v) of this section— 
‘‘(A) such development, testing, and other 
data necessary to demonstrate that the motor 
vehicle is a highly automated vehicle; and 
‘‘(B) a detailed analysis that includes sup-
porting test data, including both on-road and 
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validation and testing data showing (as applica-
ble) that— 
‘‘(i) the safety level of the feature at 
least equals the safety level of the standard 
for which exemption is sought; or 
‘‘(ii) the vehicle provides an overall 
safety level at least equal to the overall 
safety level of nonexempt vehicles.’’. 
(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: 
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‘‘(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 
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-
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mation system or feature thereof is designed to func-
tion.’’; 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-
retary shall promptly make any conforming amend-
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