,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adgd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,young7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to codify  
the ,,parts program of the ,department  
of ,transportation1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,vehicle ,safety    
,research ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,,parts   
program  7a7 ,definitions ,in this      
section3 7#a7 ,external organization    
,the term external organization means a 
nonprofit organization or institution of
 higher education with experience       
fulfilling contracts with ,federal      
agencies-- 7,a7 to carry out independent
 research2 or  7,b7 to administer       
federally-funded research and           
development centers4  7#b7 ,,parts      
program ,the term ,,parts program means 
the ,partnership for ,analytics         

,research in ,traffic ,safety 7,,parts7 
program established by subsection 7b74  
7#c7 ,,parts program participant ,the   
term ,,parts program participant means  
an entity that has-- 7,a7 voluntarily   
chosen to participate in the ,,parts    
program2 and  7,b7 been accepted as a   
participant in the ,,parts program under
 the charter developed pursuant to      
subsection 7b74  7#d7 ,secretary ,the   
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
,transportation4  7b7 ,establishment    
,there is established in the ,department
 of ,transportation a program1 to be    
known as the ,partnership for ,analytics
 ,research in ,traffic ,safety 7,,parts7
 program1 which shall be a continuation 
of the ,partnership for ,analytics      
,research in ,traffic ,safety 7,,parts7 
program of the ,national ,highway       
,traffic ,safety ,administration 7as in 
effect on the day before the date of    
enactment of this ,act74  7c7           
,governance ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of enactment of this     

,act1 the ,secretary1 in consultation   
with ,,parts program participants and   
any external organization that enters   
into a contract with the ,secretary     
under subsection 7d71 shall develop a   
charter that shall govern the ,,parts   
program4  7d7 ,,parts program research  
,the ,secretary shall enter into a      
contract with an external organization  
to conduct research to gather1 analyze1 
and share certain traffic safety data   
and information pursuant to the ,,parts 
program4  7e7 ,information used for     
research pursuant to the parts program  
,data submitted by ,,parts program      
participants under the ,,parts program  
shall be submitted in accordance with   
the charter developed under subsection  
7c71 which shall1 at minimum-- 7#a7     
ensure that all data-- 7,a7 remains     
under the ownership and control of the  
applicable ,,parts program participant2 
and  7,b7 except as provided in         
paragraph 7#b71 is not accessible by any
 other entity other than an external    

organization that enters into a contract
 with the ,secretary under subsection   
7d72  7#b7 prevent ,,parts program      
participant data or data analysis from  
being shared with any other ,,parts     
program participant without express     
permission granted through a process    
agreed to pursuant to-- 7,a7 the charter
 developed under subsection 7c72 or     
7,b7 a cooperative agreement entered    
into between a ,,parts program          
participant and an external             
organization2  7#c7 institute safeguards
 in data gathering and handling by an   
external organization pursuant to this  
subsection2  7#d7 prevent reverse       
engineering aggregate data analysis     
results or other attempts to derive the 
identity of ,,parts program participants
 from data analysis results2  7#e7      
outline the intended use of data        
analysis results1 which shall only      
include-- 7,a7 the development1         
deployment1 safety assessment1 and      
regulation of safety technology2 and    

7,b7 the development of safety          
countermeasures2 and  7#f7 clarify that 
the participation of a ,,parts program  
participant in the ,,parts program does 
not affect or satisfy any other existing
 ,federal regulatory requirements1      
including reporting requirements        
mandated by the ,national ,highway      
,traffic ,safety ,administration4  7f7  
,confidentiality ,pursuant to section   
#eeb7;b77#c77;,b7 of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 any report1 data1        
communications between1 work product1 or
 other information voluntarily submitted
 to the ,secretary or an external       
organization that enters into a contract
 with the ,secretary under subsection   
7d7 for purposes relating to conducting 
research pursuant to the ,,parts program
 shall not be disclosed to the public4  
7g7 ,applicability of ,paperwork        
,reduction ,act ,subchapter ,i of       
chapter #ce of title #dd1 ,united       
,states ,code 7commonly known as the    
,paperwork ,reduction ,act71 shall not  

apply to any report1 data1              
communication1 work product1 or other   
information gathered under the ,,parts  
program4  7h7 ,no regulations required  
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary shall not be        
required to promulgate any regulations  
to carry out the ,,parts program4  7i7  
,savings provision ,this section shall  
not apply to any report1 data1          
communication1 work product1 or other   
information-- 7#a7 required to be       
submitted to the ,secretary under any   
other provision of law2 or  7#b7        
otherwise available to the ,secretary4  
7j7 ,authorization of appropriations    
,there are authorized to be appropriated
 to carry out the ,,parts program-- 7#a7
 for fiscal year #bjbf1 #d1jjj1jjj2     
7#b7 for fiscal year #bjbg1 #f1jjj1jjj2 
7#c7 for fiscal year #bjbh1 #g1jjj1jjj2 
7#d7 for fiscal year #bjbi1 #h1jjj1jjj2 
and  7#e7 for fiscal year #bjcj1        
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