Introduced in House — H.R. 4376

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4376

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 14, 2025

Mr. Mullin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To improve incident reporting with respect to certain autonomous vehicles, and for other purposes.

Section 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the AV Safety Data Act.

Sec. 2. Incident reporting with respect to certain autonomous vehicles

(a) Reporting to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall promulgate regulations to require each covered entity to submit to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—

(1)

information as required by the Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01; and

(2)

a monthly report that includes, with respect to the preceding month—

(A)

the number of miles traveled on public roads by covered vehicles manufactured or operated by such covered entity, disaggregated by make, model, model year, major software version, road type (freeway or non-freeway), location (including State and county), and whether an occupant was present in the vehicle;

(B)

information on any event during which a collision with a covered vehicle manufactured or operated by such covered entity resulted in an injury to a vulnerable road user or an occupant of a vehicle other than such covered vehicle; and

(C)

information on any unplanned stoppage event that involved a covered vehicle manufactured or operated by such covered entity, including—

(i)

the license plate number and vehicle identification number of such vehicle;

(ii)

the make, model, model year, and major software version of such vehicle;

(iii)

the date, time, and location (including State, county, and latitude and longitude) with respect to such event;

(iv)

the type of road (freeway or non-freeway) on which such event occurred;

(v)

a description of such event;

(vi)

information about any environmental conditions (including geography and weather) affecting the operation of such vehicle with respect to such event;

(vii)

information about any involvement of law enforcement, first responders, or public transit authorities with respect to such event;

(viii)

information about the impact of such event on passengers, vulnerable road users, or other vehicles;

(ix)

information about the resolution of such event;

(x)

information about any intervention by such covered entity with respect to such event; and

(xi)

the amount of time in seconds between the beginning and resolution of such event and, if such covered entity intervened in such event, the amount of time in seconds between the beginning of such event and the intervention by such covered entity.

(b) Scope of Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System reporting

With respect to the monthly report required under subsection (a)(2), a covered entity may only submit data from a covered vehicle with a Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System if such data—

(1)

was collected while such System was engaged or during the 30-second period preceding an unplanned stoppage event; and

(2)

does not contain personally identifiable information about a human driver of such vehicle.

(c) Public availability

Beginning on the date that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall make publicly available on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a machine-readable format that includes datasets, any information and reports submitted pursuant to subsection (a).

(d) Amendment of regulations

(1) In general

Beginning on the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not before such date, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may rescind the regulations required by subsection (a) or amend such regulations so as to reduce the frequency and scope of information required to be submitted pursuant to such subsection.

(2) Rule of construction

Nothing in paragraph (1) may be construed to prevent the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, at any time, from amending the regulations required by subsection (a) in a manner consistent with such subsection.

(e) Definitions

In this section:

(1) Covered entity

The term covered entity means a manufacturer or operator that is subject to the requirements of the Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01.

(2) Covered vehicle

The term covered vehicle means a vehicle with an Automated Driving System or a Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System.

(3) Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01

The term Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01 means the Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01 (relating to Incident Reporting for Automated Driving Systems (ADS) and Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with an effective date of June 16, 2025.

(4) Unplanned stoppage event

The term unplanned stoppage event means an event, other than a collision or an incident intentionally caused by a human driver, during which, as a result of an Automated Driving System or Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System (or if such a System was engaged or an attempt was made to engage such a System during the 30-second period preceding such event), a covered vehicle—

(A)

stops on a public road in a travel lane and is unable to proceed without retrieval, manual intervention, or the assistance of a remote operator;

(B)

interferes with the normal functioning of public transit or public transit vehicles, including light rail;

(C)

interferes with the activities of law enforcement or first responders; or

(D)

interferes with a construction or work zone.

(5) Vulnerable road user

The term vulnerable road user has the meaning given such term in section 148(a) of title 23, United States Code.

(6) Terms defined in Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01

The terms Advanced Driver Assistance System, Automated Driving System, Level 2, manufacturer, and operator have the meaning given such terms in the Third Amended Standing General Order 2021-01.