The bill would strengthen safety requirements, clarify NHTSA's authority, improve crash data transparency, and promote U.S. leadership in autonomous vehicles innovation.
Advance the SELF DRIVE Act to strengthen autonomous vehicle safety requirements, clarify NHTSA authority, improve crash data transparency, and promote U.S. leadership in autonomous vehicle innovation.
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Evidence
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The House committee substitute for H.R. 3388 adds sections on NHTSA authority and state preemption, updated vehicle safety standards, cybersecurity, exemptions, buyer information, and privacy plans for highly automated vehicles.
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Wired reported that the House passed the SELF DRIVE Act and that the bill would give NHTSA authority over vehicle design and performance, set deadlines for safety rules, and require privacy planning for passenger data.
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Axios reported that Latta was reintroducing the SELF Drive Act in Congress to push autonomous-vehicle legislation, saying the effort was about U.S. leadership and safety while acknowledging the earlier effort had stalled in the Senate.
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This bill has the status Passed House.
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BILL: H.R. 7390, SELF DRIVE Act AMENDMENT: Final Passage DISPOSITION: Agreed to by Roll Call Vote, (12 Yeas to 11 Nays)
Assessments
Latta materially advanced the SELF DRIVE Act in the 115th Congress: the bill text incorporated the claimed safety, NHTSA authority, privacy/transparency, and innovation provisions, and the House passed it in September 2017. It did not become law because the Senate did not act, but the promise was to advance the act rather than to secure final enactment. On that narrower federal legislative standard, committee advancement and House passage count as delivery during the same term.