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.
United States115th CongressHR-7357House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 21, 2018
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.
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Introduced in House
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.
House of Representatives
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
House of Representatives
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