Automated Mobility Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7357
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Labor market
Motor vehicles
Public-private cooperation
Right of privacy
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

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. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 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.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 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.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 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.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 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.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 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.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House