,i #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ehhd ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,december #aa1 #bjad ,mr4 ,stockman introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition to the ,committees on ,ways and ,means and ,transportation and ,infrastructure1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to prohibit the replacement of the gasoline excise tax with a ,,gps1 location or distance-based tax and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,don't ,track ,me ,act4 #b4 ,findings and purpose 7a7 ,findings ,congress finds as follows3 7#a7 ,tracking the location of vehicles and the identities of owners for the purpose of taxation1 fines or fees has the potential to be misused1 and such collected data could be hacked or used for privacy-invading purposes4 7#b7 ,government and corporate websites are frequently hacked1 and driver-tracking databases may be no more invulnerable to hacking2 to the advantage of criminals1 stalkers1 and identity thieves4 7#c7 ,,gps tracking enables the technology for automatic speeding1 parking and other traffic tickets1 charging variable tax rates due to the time of day or other factors1 including characterizing driving behavior from acceleration and braking speed1 evasive maneuvers such as swerving to avoid a child or deer in the road1 or driving in what the ,government may believe is a fuel-wasting manner4 7#d7 ,,gps tracking schemes may require vehicle owners to maintain bank accounts for the debiting of resultant fees4 ,this may be a hardship for many low-income vehicle owners1 as well as opening new hacking vulnerabilities for bank accounts of vehicle owners4 7#e7 ,the existing gas tax is a rare example of a user fee1 whereby vehicle owners pay for the roads they use when purchasing fuel4 ,the tax has successfully provided necessary funding for many decades4 7#f7 ,there are far less intrusive ways than location-based tracking to get electric vehicle and hybrid owners to pay for their road usage4 7#g7 ,vehicle owners must not be required to surrender their ,fourth ,amendment rights and be tracked everywhere as a condition of driving on public roads4 7#h7 ,amendment ,,iv of the ,united ,states ,constitution states ,the right of the people to be secure in their persons1 houses1 papers1 and effects1 against unreasonable searches and seizures1 shall not be violated1 and no warrants shall issue1 but upon probable cause1 supported by oath or affirmation1 and particularly describing the place to be searched1 and the persons or things to be seized44 7b7 ,purpose ,it is the purpose of this ,act to prohibit the replacement or supplementation of the ,federal gasoline excise tax with any tax or fee based upon vehicle location or distance traveled1 whether determined by global positioning satellite 7,,gps71 license plate reading cameras or any other method of determining owner registration or identity information1 and vehicle location or distance traveled4 #c4 ,prohibition of a ,,gps1 location or mileage based tax 7a7 ,in general ,it is contrary to the public policy of the ,united ,states to require the placement or use of any ,,gps1 location1 distance tracking system1 or any other system to collect identities of vehicle owners by any remote means such as license plate reading cameras1 radio frequency identification 7,,rfid7 devices or by any other means4 7b7 ,the ,federal gasoline excise tax may not be replaced or supplemented with any tax1 fee or fine based upon vehicle location or distance traveled1 whether determined by global positioning satellite 7,,gps71 cameras that read license plates or any other method of determining vehicle location1 distance traveled or registration and identity data4 7c7 ,no motor vehicle may be required to have any device on board the vehicle or to transmit data to any off board device which tracks or records1 collects1 stores1 transmits and location1 distance1 or registration or driver identity information4 #d4 ,limitations on vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications 7a7 ,no public funds may be used to study or implement or require the use of any method of tracking or reporting vehicle movement or location for the purpose of taxes1 user fees1 traffic fines1 accident investigation1 or to communicate with other vehicles or infrastructure4 7b7 ,vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication systems for the purposes of recording or transmitting or storing for later retrieval location1 registration1 identity1 or speed data are prohibited1 except for those vehicles owned or leased by ,federal ,government agencies in question4 7c7 ,any such transmissions may only be used for momentary accident avoidance or completely anonymized traffic reporting4 #e4 ,black box data recorders ,no motor vehicle shall be required by any ,federal agency to have installed and operational any black box accident data recorder that records any vehicle data for a period longer than the last five minutes of vehicle operation1 and such devices may never be capable of recording audio1 images1 or video from inside the vehicle4 ,any such device may not broadcast or transmit any data in any way1 except by a direct cable connection to a computer4 #f4 ,vehicle owners exempted ,no provisions of this ,act shall prohibit the use by vehicle owners of ,,gps or other technologies for tracking the location of their own vehicle4 #g4 ,reporting requirement ,the ,secretary of the ,department of ,transportation shall submit to ,congress1 not later than #ij days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 a report describing the actions taken to ensure permanent compliance with this ,act4