,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gceg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #bj1       
#bjah,mr4 ,lipinski introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committees on ,energy and ,commerce1   
,education and the ,workforce1          
,financial ,services1 and ,science1     
,space1 and ,technology1 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 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 vehicles1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,automated     
,mobility ,act of #bjah4  #b4           
,establishing the ,assistant ,secretary 

of ,automated ,mobility ,section #ajb of
 title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7e77#a7-- 
7,a7 by striking #f and inserting #g2   
7,b7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking  
and2  7,c7 in subparagraph 7,d71 by     
striking the period and inserting 2 and2
 and  7,d7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7,e7 an ,assistant          
,secretary for ,automated ,mobility1 who
 shall be appointed by the ,president1  
with the advice and consent of the      
,senate4  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the  
end the following3  7i7 ,assistant      
,secretary of ,automated ,mobility ,the 
,assistant ,secretary of ,automated     
,mobility appointed under subsection    
7e77#a7 shall do the following3  7#a7   
,coordinate ,federal agency efforts to  
test and deploy automated vehicles4     
7#b7 ,develop incident response and     
investigation capabilities for incidents
 involving automated vehicles and       
determine the types of data needed to   
understand the control systems involved 

in such incidents4  7#c7 ,provide       
technical assistance to recipients of   
,federal funding for projects to test   
and deploy automated vehicles4  7#d7    
,coordinate efforts of the ,department  
and the ,federal ,communications        
,commission to test and deploy standards
 and technology for interoperable       
vehicle-to-vehicle communication4  7#e7 
,communicate how ,federal agencies      
protect the privacy of data that is     
generated by automated vehicles4  7#f7  
,in coordination with the ,department of
 ,labor1 promote the development of a   
workforce with expertise in automation  
and process management with respect to  
automated vehicles4  7#g7 ,promote a    
consistent regulatory framework among   
,state and local governments to support 
the integration of automated vehicles4  
7#h7 ,submit annually a report to the   
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation

 of the ,senate describing the efforts  
of the ,assistant ,secretary under this 
subsection4  4  #c4 ,policy roadmap  7a7
 ,in general ,not later than #ahj days  
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,transportation1
 in consultation with the ,assistant    
,secretary of ,automated ,mobility1     
shall submit to the ,congress a #e-year 
plan to--  7#a7 adapt ,federal vehicle  
safety standards and infrastructure to  
accommodate automated vehicles2  7#b7   
review ,federal funding programs for the
 interstate highway system and evaluate 
the readiness of the ,federal interstate
 highway system to accommodate automated
 vehicles2  7#c7 establish a framework  
for automated vehicle safety assurance2 
7#d7 develop uniform standards for and  
procedures to test automated vehicles   
and automated driving software2  7#e7   
adapt existing safety oversight         
authority and enforcement capabilities  
to accommodate automated vehicles2  7#f7
 develop standards for                  

vehicle-to-vehicle and                  
vehicle-to-infrastructure communication2
  7#g7 protect the privacy of data of   
consumers who use automated vehicles2   
7#h7 protect automated vehicles and     
passengers of such vehicles from        
cybersecurity threats2  7#i7 provide    
education to the human operators of     
vehicles2  7#aj7 develop an insurance   
framework for automated vehicles with   
interstate flexibility2  7#aa7          
collaborate with the private sector and 
academia on research and development    
initiatives related to automated        
vehicles2  7#ab7 support the growth of  
the automated mobility industry in the  
,united ,states2  7#ac7 coordinate with 
other ,federal agencies to review       
measures available to promote ,american 
industrial leadership in automated      
vehicle technology2 and  7#ad7 reduce   
the negative effects of automated       
vehicle technology on employment markets
 in the ,united ,states4