,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ag1         
#bjae,mr4 ,hoeven 7for himself and ,ms4 
,klobuchar7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to limit the retrieval of data from  
vehicle event data recorders1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,driver        
,privacy ,act of #bjae4  #b4            
,limitations on data retrieval from     
vehicle event data recorders  7a7       
,ownership of data ,any data retained by
 an event data recorder 7as defined in  
section #efc4e of title #di1 ,code of   
,federal ,regulations71 regardless of   
when the motor vehicle in which it is   
installed was manufactured1 is the      
property of the owner1 or1 in the case  
of a leased vehicle1 the lessee of the  
motor vehicle in which the event data   
recorder is installed4  7b7 ,privacy    

,data recorded or transmitted by an     
event data recorder described in        
subsection 7a7 may not be accessed by a 
person other than an owner or a lessee  
of the motor vehicle in which the event 
data recorder is installed unless--     
7#a7 a court or other judicial or       
administrative authority having         
jurisdiction-- 7,a7 authorizes the      
retrieval of the data2 and  7,b7 to the 
extent that there is retrieved data1 the
 data is subject to the standards for   
admission into evidence required by that
 court or other administrative          
authority2  7#b7 an owner or a lessee of
 the motor vehicle provides written1    
electronic1 or recorded audio consent to
 the retrieval of the data for any      
purpose1 including the purpose of       
diagnosing1 servicing1 or repairing the 
motor vehicle1 or by agreeing to a      
subscription that describes how data    
will be retrieved and used2  7#c7 the   
data is retrieved pursuant to an        
investigation or inspection authorized  

under section #aaca7;a7 or #cjaff of    
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 and   
the personally identifiable information 
of an owner or a lessee of the vehicle  
and the vehicle identification number is
 not disclosed in connection with the   
retrieved data1 except that the vehicle 
identification number may be disclosed  
to the certifying manufacturer2  7#d7   
the data is retrieved for the purpose of
 determining the need for1 or           
facilitating1 emergency medical response
 in response to a motor vehicle crash2  
or  7#e7 the data is retrieved for      
traffic safety research1 and the        
personally identifiable information of  
an owner or a lessee of the vehicle and 
the vehicle identification number is not
 disclosed in connection with the       
retrieved data4  #c4 ,vehicle event data
 recorder study  7a7 ,in general ,not   
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 the            
,administrator of the ,national ,highway
 ,traffic ,safety ,administration shall 

submit to ,congress a report that       
contains the results of a study         
conducted by the ,administrator to      
determine the amount of time event data 
recorders installed in passenger motor  
vehicles should capture and record for  
retrieval vehicle-related data in       
conjunction with an event in order to   
provide sufficient information to       
investigate the cause of motor vehicle  
crashes4  7b7 ,rulemaking ,not later    
than #b years after submitting the      
report required under subsection 7a71   
the ,administrator shall promulgate     
regulations to establish the appropriate
 period during which event data         
recorders installed in passenger motor  
vehicles may capture and record for     
retrieval vehicle-related data to the   
time necessary to provide accident      
investigators with vehicle-related      
information pertinent to crashes        
involving such motor vehicles4