Title: Automated Mobility Act of 2018
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Automated Mobility Act of 2018
This bill establishes within the Department of Transportation (DOT) the position of Assistant Secretary of Automated Mobility with duties that include coordinating federal agency efforts to test and deploy automated vehicles.
DOT shall submit to Congress a five-year plan to, among other things: (1) adapt federal vehicle safety standards and infrastructure to accommodate automated vehicles; (2) evaluate the readiness of the federal interstate highway system to accommodate automated vehicles; (3) establish a framework for automated vehicle safety assurance; (4) develop uniform standards for, and procedures to test, automated vehicles and automated driving software; and (5) adapt existing safety oversight authority and enforcement capabilities to accommodate automated vehicles.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7357 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7357

   To establish within the Department of Transportation an Assistant 
Secretary of Automated Mobility and to direct such Assistant Secretary 
  to submit to Congress a report on automated vehicles, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 2018

 Mr. Lipinski introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
    Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and the Workforce, 
Financial Services, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish within the Department of Transportation an Assistant 
Secretary of Automated Mobility and to direct such Assistant Secretary 
  to submit to Congress a report on automated vehicles, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Automated Mobility Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF AUTOMATED MOBILITY.

    Section 102 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``6'' and inserting ``7'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) an Assistant Secretary for Automated 
                Mobility, who shall be appointed by the President, with 
                the advice and consent of the Senate.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Assistant Secretary of Automated Mobility.--The Assistant 
Secretary of Automated Mobility appointed under subsection (e)(1) shall 
do the following:
            ``(1) Coordinate Federal agency efforts to test and deploy 
        automated vehicles.
            ``(2) Develop incident response and investigation 
        capabilities for incidents involving automated vehicles and 
        determine the types of data needed to understand the control 
        systems involved in such incidents.
            ``(3) Provide technical assistance to recipients of Federal 
        funding for projects to test and deploy automated vehicles.
            ``(4) Coordinate efforts of the Department and the Federal 
        Communications Commission to test and deploy standards and 
        technology for interoperable vehicle-to-vehicle communication.
            ``(5) Communicate how Federal agencies protect the privacy 
        of data that is generated by automated vehicles.
            ``(6) In coordination with the Department of Labor, promote 
        the development of a workforce with expertise in automation and 
        process management with respect to automated vehicles.
            ``(7) Promote a consistent regulatory framework among State 
        and local governments to support the integration of automated 
        vehicles.
            ``(8) Submit annually a report to the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate describing the efforts of the 
        Assistant Secretary under this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. POLICY ROADMAP.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 
with the Assistant Secretary of Automated Mobility, shall submit to the 
Congress a 5-year plan to--
            (1) adapt Federal vehicle safety standards and 
        infrastructure to accommodate automated vehicles;
            (2) review Federal funding programs for the interstate 
        highway system and evaluate the readiness of the Federal 
        interstate highway system to accommodate automated vehicles;
            (3) establish a framework for automated vehicle safety 
        assurance;
            (4) develop uniform standards for and procedures to test 
        automated vehicles and automated driving software;
            (5) adapt existing safety oversight authority and 
        enforcement capabilities to accommodate automated vehicles;
            (6) develop standards for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-
        to-infrastructure communication;
            (7) protect the privacy of data of consumers who use 
        automated vehicles;
            (8) protect automated vehicles and passengers of such 
        vehicles from cybersecurity threats;
            (9) provide education to the human operators of vehicles;
            (10) develop an insurance framework for automated vehicles 
        with interstate flexibility;
            (11) collaborate with the private sector and academia on 
        research and development initiatives related to automated 
        vehicles;
            (12) support the growth of the automated mobility industry 
        in the United States;
            (13) coordinate with other Federal agencies to review 
        measures available to promote American industrial leadership in 
        automated vehicle technology; and
            (14) reduce the negative effects of automated vehicle 
        technology on employment markets in the United States.
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