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Ex Input:
TITLE I--MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO DRAWBACK CLAIMS

SEC. 101. MERCHANDISE NOT CONFORMING TO SAMPLE OR SPECIFICATIONS.

    Section 313(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(c)), is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Merchandise Not Conforming to Sample or Specifications.--
            ``(1) Conditions for drawback.--Upon the exportation or 
        destruction under the supervision of the Customs Service of 
        articles or merchandise--
                    ``(A) upon which the duties have been paid,
                    ``(B) which has been entered or withdrawn for 
                consumption,
                    ``(C) which is--
                            ``(i) not conforming to sample or 
                        specifications, shipped without the consent of 
                        the consignee, or determined to be defective as 
                        of the time of importation, or
                            ``(ii) ultimately sold at retail and for 
                        any reason returned to and accepted by the 
                        importer or the claimant under the provisions 
                        of the importer's or claimant's merchandise 
                        warranty provision, and
                    ``(D) which, within 3 years after the date of 
                importation or withdrawal, as applicable, has been 
                exported or destroyed under the supervision of the 
                Customs Service,
        the full amount of the duties paid upon such merchandise, less 
        1 percent, shall be refunded as drawback.
            ``(2) Designation of import entries.--Notwithstanding 
        paragraph (1), for purposes of paragraph (1)(C)(ii), drawback 
        may be claimed by designating any entry of merchandise that was 
        imported within 1 year before the date of exportation or 
        destruction of the merchandise described in paragraph (1) under 
        the supervision of the Customs Service. The returned 
        merchandise, at the time of its importation, must be 
        commercially interchangeable with the merchandise designated 
        for drawback.
            ``(3) When drawback certificates not required.--For 
        purposes of this subsection, drawback certificates are not 
        required if the drawback claimant and the importer are the same 
        party, or if the drawback claimant is a drawback successor to 
        the importer as defined in subsection (s)(3).''.

SEC. 102. TIME LIMITATION ON EXPORTATION OR DESTRUCTION.

    Section 313(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(j)), is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``No'' and inserting ``Unless otherwise 
        provided for in this section, no''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, or destroyed under the supervision of 
        the Customs Service,'' after ``exported''.

SEC. 103. USE OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE ACQUIRED IN EXCHANGE FOR IMPORTED 
              MERCHANDISE OF SAME KIND AND QUALITY.

    Section 313(k) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(k)), is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(k)'' and inserting ``(k)(1)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) For purposes of subsections (a) and (b), the use of 
        any domestic merchandise acquired in exchange for a drawback 
        product of the same kind and quality shall be treated as the 
        use of such drawback product if no certificate of delivery or 
        certificate of manufacture and delivery pertaining to such 
        drawback product is issued, other than that which documents the 
        product's manufacture and delivery. As used in this paragraph, 
        the term `drawback product' means any domestically produced 
        product manufactured with imported merchandise that is subject 
        to drawback.''

SEC. 104. PACKAGING MATERIAL.

    Section 313(q) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(q)), is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(q) Packaging Material.--
            ``(1) Packaging material under subsections (c) and (j).--
        Packaging material, whether imported and duty paid, and claimed 
        for drawback under either subsection (c) or (j)(1), or imported 
        and duty paid, or substituted, and claimed for drawback under 
        subsection (j)(2), shall be eligible for drawback, upon 
        exportation or destruction, of 99 percent of any duty, tax, or 
        fee imposed under Federal law on such imported material.
            ``(2) Packaging material under subsections (a) and (b).--
        Packaging material that is manufactured or produced under 
        subsection (a) or (b) shall be eligible for drawback, upon 
        exportation or destruction, of 99 percent of any duty, tax, or 
        fee imposed under Federal law on the imported or substituted 
        merchandise used to manufacture or produce such material.
            ``(3) Contents.--Packaging material described in paragraphs 
        (1) and (2) shall be eligible for drawback whether or not they 
        contain articles or merchandise, and whether or not any 
        articles or merchandise they contain are eligible for drawback.
            ``(4) Employing packaging material for its intended purpose 
        prior to exportation.--The use of any packaging material for 
        its intended purpose prior to exportation or destruction shall 
        not be treated as a use of such material prior to exportation 
        or destruction for purposes of applying subsection (a), (b), or 
        (c), or paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(C)(i) or subsection (j).''.

SEC. 105. LIMITATION ON LIQUIDATION.

    Section 504 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1504) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(a) Liquidation.--
            ``(1) Entries for consumption.--Unless an entry of 
        merchandise for consumption is extended by statute or court 
        order, except as provided in section 751(a)(3), an entry of 
        merchandise for consumption not liquidated within 1 year from--
                    ``(A) the date of entry of such merchandise,
                    ``(B) the date of the final withdrawal of all such 
                merchandise covered by a warehouse entry,
                    ``(C) the date of withdrawal from warehouse of such 
                merchandise for consumption if, pursuant to regulations 
                issued under section 505(a), duties may be deposited 
                after the filing of any entry or withdrawal from 
                warehouse, or
                    ``(D) if a reconciliation is filed, or should have 
                been filed, the date of the filing under section 484 or 
                the date the reconciliation should have been filed,
        shall be deemed liquidated at the rate of duty, value, 
        quantity, and amount of duties asserted at the time of entry by 
        the importer of record. Notwithstanding section 500(e), notice 
        of liquidation need not be given of an entry deemed liquidated.
            ``(2) Entries or claims for drawback.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), unless an entry or claim for drawback 
                is extended under subsection (b) or suspended as 
                required by statute or court order, an entry or claim 
                for drawback not liquidated within 1 year from the date 
                of entry or claim shall be deemed liquidated at the 
                drawback amount asserted by the claimant at the time of 
                entry or claim. Notwithstanding section 500(c), notice 
                of liquidation need not be given of an entry deemed 
                liquidated.
                    ``(B) Exception.--An entry or claim for drawback 
                filed before the date of the enactment of this 
                paragraph, the liquidation of which is not final as of 
                the date of the enactment of this paragraph, shall be 
                deemed liquidated on the date that is 1 year after the 
                date of the enactment of this paragraph at the drawback 
                amount asserted by the claimant at the time of the 
                entry or claim.
            ``(3) Payments or refunds.--Payment or refund of duties 
        owed pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall be made to the 
        importer of record or drawback claimant, as the case may be, 
        not later than 90 days after liquidation.
    ``(b) Extension.--The Secretary may extend the period in which to 
liquidate an entry if--
            ``(1) the information needed for the proper appraisement or 
        classification of the imported or withdrawn merchandise, or for 
        determining the correct drawback amount, or for ensuring 
        compliance with applicable law, is not available to the Customs 
        Service; or
            ``(2) the importer of record or drawback claimant, as the 
        case may be, requests such extension and shows good cause 
        therefor.
The Secretary shall give notice of an extension under this subsection 
to the importer of record or drawback claimant, as the case may be, and 
the surety of such importer of record or drawback claimant. Notice 
shall be in such form and manner (which may include electronic 
transmittal) as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. Any entry 
the liquidation of which is extended under this subsection shall be 
treated as having been liquidated at the rate of duty, value, quantity, 
and amount of duty asserted at the time of entry by the importer of 
record, or the drawback amount asserted at the time of entry by the 
drawback claimant, at the expiration of 4 years from the applicable 
date specified in subsection (a).'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or drawback claimant, as the 
                case may be,'' after ``to the importer of record''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or drawback claimant'' after 
                ``of such importer of record''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``or (in the case of a drawback entry or claim) 
        at the drawback amount asserted at the time of entry by the 
        drawback claimant.''.

SEC. 106. PENALTIES FOR FALSE DRAWBACK CLAIMS.

    Section 593A(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1593a(h)) is 
amended by striking ``subsection (g)'' and inserting ``subsections (c) 
and (g)''.

SEC. 107. EFFECTIVE DATE.

  (a) Sections 101, 102, 103, 104, and 106.--The amendments made by 
sections 101, 102, 103, 104, and 106 shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to--
          (1) any drawback entry filed on and after such date of 
        enactment; and
          (2) any drawback entry filed before such date of enactment if 
        the liquidation of the entry is not final on such date of 
        enactment.
  (b) Section 105.--The amendments made by section 105 shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to--
          (1) any entry of merchandise for consumption or entry or 
        claim for drawback filed on and after such date of enactment; 
        and
          (2) any entry or claim for drawback filed before such date of 
        enactment if the liquidation of the entry or claim is not final 
        on such date of enactment.

       TITLE II--LIQUIDATION OR RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES

SEC. 201. LIQUIDATION OR RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES.

  (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, and subject to 
subsection (b), the United States Customs Service shall, not later than 
180 days after the receipt of the request described in subsection (b), 
liquidate or reliquidate each entry described in subsection (d) by 
applying the column 1 general rate of duty of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States to each entry that is liquidated or 
reliquidated, regardless of whether the entry was made under the column 
1 special rate of duty of such schedule.
  (b) Requests.--Liquidation or reliquidation may be made under 
subsection (a) with respect to an entry described in subsection (d) 
only upon a request therefor is filed with the Customs Service.
  (c) Payment of Amounts Due.--Any amounts due to the United States 
pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry under 
subsection (a) shall be paid not later than 180 days after the date of 
such liquidation or reliquidation.
  (d) Affected Entries.--The entries referred to in subsection (a), 
filed at the ports of Laredo, Texas (designated as port of entry 2304), 
Hidalgo, Texas (designated as port of entry 2305), and Wilmington, 
Delaware (designated as port of entry 1103), are as follows:

      

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      T8500084462                  2305                  10/22/95
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Ex Output:
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise provisions requiring a refund of duties (drawback) on articles or merchandise which has been exported or destroyed under the supervision of the Customs Service within three years after importation or withdrawal, and which, among other things, is ultimately sold at retail and for any reason returned to and accepted by the importer or the claimant under the provisions of the importer's or claimant's merchandise warranty provision. Authorizes a drawback to be claimed by designating any entry of such merchandise that was imported within one year before its exportation or destruction. Prohibits the allowance of a drawback unless the completed article is exported or destroyed under the supervision of the Customs Service within five years after its importation.Sets forth drawback requirements with regard to: (1) use of domestic merchandise acquired in exchange for imported merchandise of same kind and quality; (2) packaging material; and (3) liquidation of entries.Sets forth penalties for false drawback claims.Provides for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries filed at the ports of Laredo, Texas, Hidalgo, Texas, and Wilmington, Delaware.


Ex Input:
SECTION 1. EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN MINERAL INTERESTS IN BILLINGS COUNTY, 
              NORTH DAKOTA.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to consolidate certain 
mineral interests in the Little Missouri National Grasslands in 
Billings County, North Dakota, through the exchange of Federal and 
private mineral interests in order to enhance land management 
capability and environmental and wildlife protection.
    (b) Exchange.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) if, not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
        of this Act, Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company (referred 
        to in this section as ``Burlington'' and formerly known as 
        Meridian Oil Inc.), conveys title acceptable to the Secretary 
        of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 
        ``Secretary'') to rights and interests identified on the map 
        entitled ``Billings County, North Dakota, Consolidated Mineral 
        Exchange--November 1995'', by quitclaim deed acceptable to the 
        Secretary, the Secretary shall convey to Burlington, subject to 
        valid existing rights, by quit-claim deed, all Federal rights 
        and interests identified on that map; and
            (2) if Burlington makes the conveyance under paragraph (1) 
        and, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, the owners of the remaining non-oil gas mineral 
        interests identified on that map convey title acceptable to the 
        Secretary to all rights, title, and interests in the interests 
        held by them, by quitclaim deed acceptable to the Secretary, 
        the Secretary shall convey to those owners, subject to valid 
        existing rights, by exchange deed, all Federal rights, title, 
        and interests in National Forest System lands and National 
        Grasslands in the State of North Dakota as are agreed to by the 
        Secretary and the owners of those interests.
    (c) Leasehold Interests.--As a condition precedent to the 
conveyance of interests by the Secretary to Burlington under this 
section, all leasehold and contractual interests in the oil and gas 
interests to be conveyed by Burlington to the United States under this 
section shall be released, to the satisfaction of the Secretary.
    (d) Approximate Equal Value of Exchanges With Other Interest 
Owners.--The values of the interests to be exchanged under subsection 
(b)(2) shall be approximately equal, as determined by the Secretary.
    (e) Land Use.--
            (1) Exploration and development.--The Secretary shall grant 
        to Burlington, and its successors and assigns, the use of 
        Federally-owned surface lands to explore for and develop 
        interests conveyed to Burlington under this Act, subject to 
        applicable Federal and State laws.
            (2) Surface occupancy and use.--Rights to surface occupancy 
        and use that Burlington would have absent the exchange under 
        this Act on its interests conveyed under this Act shall apply 
        to the same extent on the federally owned surface estate 
        overlying oil and gas rights conveyed to Burlington under this 
        Act.
    (f) Environmental Protection for Environmentally Sensitive Lands.--
All activities of Burlington, and its successors and assigns, relating 
to exploration and development on environmentally sensitive National 
Forest System lands, as described in the ``Memorandum of Understanding 
Concerning Certain Severed Mineral Estates, Billings County, North 
Dakota'', executed by the Forest Service and Burlington and dated 
November 2, 1995, shall be subject to the terms of the memorandum.
    (g) Map.--The map referred to in subsection (b) shall be provided 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives, kept on file in 
the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, and made available for 
public inspection in the office of the Forest Supervisor of the Custer 
National Forest within 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (h) Other Laws.--The exchange under subsection (b)(1) shall be 
deemed to meet the requirements of all other Federal laws, including 
all land exchange laws, environmental laws, and cultural laws (such as 
the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.)), and no 
further compliance with any other law shall be required in order to 
implement the exchanges.
    (i) Continuation of Multiple Use.--Nothing in this Act, shall 
limit, restrict, or otherwise affect the application of the principle 
of multiple use (including outdoor recreation, range, timber, 
watershed, and fish and wildlife purposes) in any area of the Little 
Missouri National Grasslands. Federal grazing permits or privileges in 
areas designated on the map entitled ``Billings County, North Dakota, 
Consolidated Mineral Exchange--November 1995'' or those lands described 
in the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Certain Severed Mineral 
Estates, Billings County, North Dakota'', shall not be curtailed or 
otherwise limited as a result of the exchange authorized by this Act.

Ex Output:
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company (formerly known as Meridian Oil Inc.) all Federal rights and interests identified on a map entitled the "Billings County, North Dakota, Consolidated Mineral Exchange--November 1995," contingent on Burlington's conveyance to the Secretary of title to its own rights and interests identified on the same map. 
Directs the Secretary to convey to owners of the remaining non-oil gas mineral interests identified on the map all Federal rights, title, and interests in the National Forest System lands and National Grasslands in the State of North Dakota, contingent on the owners' conveyance to the Secretary, after Burlington's conveyance, of all their rights, title, and interests. 
Directs the Secretary to grant to Burlington the use of federally-owned surface lands to explore for and develop interests conveyed to Burlington under this Act.


Ex Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vehicle Event History Information 
Capturing Leads to Engineering Safety Improvements Act of 2010'' or the 
``VEHICLE Safety Improvements Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) In August 2001, the National Highway Traffic Safety 
        Administration Research and Development Event Data Recorder 
        Working Group published the following findings:
                    (A) ``EDRs [event data recorders] have the 
                potential to greatly improve highway safety, for 
                example, by improving occupant protection systems and 
                improving the accuracy of crash reconstructions.''.
                    (B) ``EDR technology has potential safety 
                applications for all classes of motor vehicles.''.
                    (C) ``A wide range of crash related and other data 
                elements have been identified which might usefully be 
                captured by future EDR systems.''.
                    (D) ``NHTSA has incorporated EDR data collection in 
                its motor vehicle research databases.''.
                    (E) ``Open access to EDR data (minus personal 
                identifiers) will benefit researchers, crash 
                investigators, and manufacturers in improving safety on 
                the highways.''.
                    (F) ``Studies of EDRs in Europe and the U.S. have 
                shown that driver and employee awareness of an on-board 
                EDR reduces the number and severity of drivers' 
                crashes.''.
                    (G) ``Given the differing nature of cars, vans, 
                SUVs, and other lightweight vehicles, compared to heavy 
                trucks, school buses, and motorcoaches, different EDR 
                systems may be required to meet the needs of each 
                vehicle class.''.
                    (H) ``Most systems utilize proprietary technology 
                and require the manufacturer to download and analyze 
                the data.''.
            (2) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
        (NHTSA) issued an event data recorder rule on August 28, 2006 
        (71 Fed. Reg. 50998), that--
                    (A) included a number of technical requirements for 
                event data recorders if they were provided in the motor 
                vehicle, including standardized data required to be 
                collected, the data format, and requirements for the 
                event data recorder to be readable following severe 
                crashes; and
                    (B) did not require the installation of event data 
                recorders in any motor vehicle.
            (3) Recent NHTSA investigations have highlighted the 
        importance of event data recorders in determining the nature 
        and cause of motor vehicle crashes and malfunctions.

SEC. 3. EVENT DATA RECORDERS.

    Section 30166 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Model year.--The term `model year' means--
                    ``(A) the annual production period of a 
                manufacturer that begins on September 1 of the year 
                preceding the calendar year for which the model year is 
                named; and
                    ``(B) the calendar year for which the model year is 
                named, if the manufacturer has no annual production 
                period.
            ``(2) Motor vehicle crash.--The term `motor vehicle crash' 
        means an occurrence associated with the maintenance or 
        operation of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment 
        resulting in personal injury, death, or property damage.
            ``(3) Owner.--The term `owner' means a person who--
                    ``(A) has all the incidents of ownership of a motor 
                vehicle, including legal title, regardless of whether 
                the person lends, rents, or creates a security interest 
                in the vehicle; or
                    ``(B) is entitled to possession of a motor vehicle 
                as--
                            ``(i) a purchaser under a security 
                        agreement; or
                            ``(ii) a lessee under a written lease 
                        agreement for a period of at least 3 months.
            ``(4) Recording device.--The term `recording device' means 
        a feature that--
                    ``(A) is installed by the manufacturer in a motor 
                vehicle; and
                    ``(B) complies with part 563 of title 49, Code of 
                Federal Regulations, for the purpose of retrieving 
                information from the motor vehicle after an event 
                involving the motor vehicle.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``accident'' and 
        inserting ``crash'';
            (3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``accident'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``crash''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Event Data Recorders.--
            ``(1) Installation requirement.--
                    ``(A) Light-duty motor vehicles.--Beginning not 
                later than the September 1 that is between 1 and 2 
                years after the date on which regulations are 
                promulgated under section 4(a) of the VEHICLE Safety 
                Improvements Act of 2010--
                            ``(i) each new motor vehicle with a gross 
                        vehicle weight rating of not more than 8,500 
                        pounds that manufactured for sale or lease in 
                        the United States shall be equipped with a 
                        recording device that complies with part 563 of 
                        title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
                        successor regulation); and
                            ``(ii) the data stored on any recording 
                        device installed in any such new motor vehicle 
                        shall be accessible and retrievable by a 
                        commercially available universal data reader.
                    ``(B) Medium- and heavy-duty motor vehicles.--
                Beginning not later than the September 1 that is 
                between 3 and 4 years after the date on which 
                regulations are promulgated under section 4(b) of the 
                VEHICLE Safety Improvements Act of 2010--
                            ``(i) each new motor vehicle with a gross 
                        vehicle weight rating of more than 8,500 pounds 
                        that is manufactured for sale or lease in the 
                        United States shall be equipped with a 
                        recording device that complies with part 563 of 
                        title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
                        successor regulation); and
                            ``(ii) the data stored on any recording 
                        device installed in any such new motor vehicle 
                        shall be accessible and retrievable by a 
                        commercially available universal data reader.
            ``(2) Disclosure.--The owner's manual of each new motor 
        vehicle sold or leased in the United States that is equipped 
        with a recording device shall clearly indicate the presence of 
        such a recording device, in accordance with section 563.11 of 
        title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
        regulation).
            ``(3) Privacy protection.--Information recorded or 
        transmitted by a recording device may not be retrieved by a 
        person other than the owner of the motor vehicle in which the 
        recording device is installed unless--
                    ``(A) a court authorizes retrieval of such 
                information in furtherance of a legal proceeding;
                    ``(B) the owner consents to such retrieval for any 
                purpose, including diagnosing, servicing, or repairing 
                the motor vehicle; or
                    ``(C)(i) the information is retrieved by a 
                government motor vehicle safety agency for the purpose 
                of improving motor vehicle safety; and
                    ``(ii) the personally identifiable information of 
                the owner or driver of the vehicle or the vehicle 
                identification number is not disclosed in connection 
                with the retrieved information.''.

SEC. 4. RULEMAKING.

    (a) Light-Duty Motor Vehicles.--Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of section 
30166(o) of title 49, United States Code, relating to light-duty motor 
vehicles.
    (b) Medium- and Heavy-Duty Motor Vehicles.--Not later than 3 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions 
of section 30166(o) of title 49, United States Code, relating to 
medium- and heavy-duty motor vehicles.

Ex Output:

Vehicle Event History Information Capturing Leads to Engineering Safety Improvements Act of 2010 or VEHICLE Safety Improvements Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to promulgate regulations to require: (1) each new light-, medium-, and heavy-duty motor vehicle manufactured for sale or lease in the United States to be equipped with an event data recorder (EDR) meeting certain requirements; and (2) any data stored in the EDR of such vehicles to be accessible and retrievable by a commercially available universal data reader.

Requires the owner's manual of new motor vehicles to indicate clearly the presence of EDRs.

Prohibits the retrieval of information recorded or transmitted by an EDR by any person other than the owner of the motor vehicle in which such device is installed, unless: (1) a court authorizes it, the owner consents, or the information is retrieved by a government motor vehicle safety agency; and (2) neither the personally identifiable information of the vehicle owner or driver nor the vehicle identification number (VIN) is disclosed in the retrieval of information.