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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1566 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ensure consumers have access to data relating to motor vehicles of the |
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| 6 | 6 | | consumers and critical repair information and tools for such motor vehi- |
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| 7 | 7 | | cles, to provide such consumers with choices for the maintenance, service, |
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| 8 | 8 | | and repair of such vehicles, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY25, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. D |
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| 12 | 12 | | UNNof Florida (for himself, Ms. PEREZ, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. BOYLE |
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| 13 | 13 | | of Pennsylvania, Mrs. H |
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| 14 | 14 | | ARSHBARGER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. NUNNof Iowa, |
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| 15 | 15 | | Mr. M |
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| 16 | 16 | | ULLIN, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | A |
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| 18 | 18 | | MODEIof Nevada, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. BOST, Ms. NORTON, Mr. |
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| 19 | 19 | | R |
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| 20 | 20 | | OSE, and Mr. KHANNA) introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 21 | 21 | | to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 22 | 22 | | A BILL |
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| 23 | 23 | | To ensure consumers have access to data relating to motor |
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| 24 | 24 | | vehicles of the consumers and critical repair information |
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| 25 | 25 | | and tools for such motor vehicles, to provide such con- |
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| 26 | 26 | | sumers with choices for the maintenance, service, and |
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| 27 | 27 | | repair of such vehicles, and for other purposes. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Right to Equitable and 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Professional Auto Industry Repair Act’’ or the ‘‘REPAIR 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act’’. 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SEC. 2. MAINTAINING COMPETITION AND DATA PRIVACY 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | AFTER CONSUMERS PURCHASE MOTOR VEHI-6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | CLES. 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a) I |
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| 41 | 41 | | NGENERAL.— 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) P |
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| 43 | 43 | | ROHIBITION ON MOTOR VEHICLE MANU -9 |
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| 44 | 44 | | FACTURERS WITHHOLDING VEHICLE -GENERATED 10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | DATA, CRITICAL REPAIR INFORMATION , AND 11 |
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| 46 | 46 | | TOOLS.—A motor vehicle manufacturer may not em-12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ploy any technological barrier or specified legal bar-13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | rier that impairs the ability of— 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (A) a motor vehicle owner (or a designee 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of a motor vehicle owner) to access vehicle-gen-16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | erated data pursuant to paragraph (2); 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (B) a motor vehicle owner (or a designee 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | of a motor vehicle owner), an aftermarket parts 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | manufacturer, a diagnostic tool manufacturer, a 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | manufacturer of motor vehicle equipment, an 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | aftermarket parts remanufacturer, or a motor 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | vehicle repair facility (or a distributor or service 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | provider of a motor vehicle repair facility) to ac-24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | cess critical repair information and tools; 25 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (C) a motor vehicle owner (or a designee of 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | a motor vehicle owner) to use a motor vehicle 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | towing or service provider chosen by such owner 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (or such designee); 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (D) an aftermarket parts manufacturer, a 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | motor vehicle equipment manufacturer, an 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | aftermarket parts remanufacturer, or a motor 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | vehicle repair facility (or a distributor or service 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | provider of a motor vehicle repair facility) to 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | produce or offer compatible aftermarket parts; 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | or 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (E) a motor vehicle owner (or a designee 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | of a motor vehicle owner) to diagnose, repair, 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | and maintain a motor vehicle in the same man-14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ner as any motor vehicle manufacturer or motor 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | vehicle dealer. 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (2) R |
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| 80 | 80 | | EQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE VEHICLE -GEN-17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ERATED DATA TO MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS .—A 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | motor vehicle manufacturer shall— 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (A) provide for a motor vehicle owner (or 20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | a designee of a motor vehicle owner), without 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | restriction or limitation, in or at the same man-22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ner, time, method, cost (less discounts and re-23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | bates), data content set, and subject to the 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | same cryptographic or technological protections 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | as any motor vehicle manufacturer, motor vehi-1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | cle dealer, authorized motor vehicle service pro-2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | vider, or any other third party to whom such 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | manufacturer provides vehicle-generated data, 4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | to have access to vehicle-generated data— 5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (i) through and including the interface 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ports of the motor vehicle (including OBD 7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | port and J–1939); and 8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (ii) to the extent such vehicle is 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | equipped for wireless transmission of such 10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | data, over wireless technology via any 11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | telematics system; and 12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (B) make available to motor vehicle owners 13 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (or designees of motor vehicle owners), 14 |
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| 106 | 106 | | aftermarket parts manufacturers, aftermarket 15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | parts remanufacturers, diagnostic tool manufac-16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | turers, and motor vehicle repair facilities (and 17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | the distributors and service providers of such 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | facilities) without restriction or limitation, in or 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | at the same manner, time, method, cost (less 20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | discounts and rebates), data content set, and 21 |
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| 113 | 113 | | subject to the same cryptographic or techno-22 |
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| 114 | 114 | | logical protections, as any motor vehicle manu-23 |
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| 115 | 115 | | facturer, motor vehicle dealer, authorized motor 24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | vehicle service provider, or any other third 25 |
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| 120 | 120 | | party to whom such manufacturer provides ve-1 |
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| 121 | 121 | | hicle-generated data, any critical repair infor-2 |
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| 122 | 122 | | mation and tools related to the motor vehicles 3 |
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| 123 | 123 | | such manufacturer manufactures. 4 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (3) P |
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| 125 | 125 | | ROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MANDATES RE -5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | LATED TO REPAIRS.—Except for recall and warranty 6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | repairs, repair or maintenance service procedures, 7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | recommendations, service bulletins, repair manuals, 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | position statements, or other similar repair or main-9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | tenance guides that are distributed to consumers or 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | to professional repairers, a motor vehicle manufac-11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | turer may not— 12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (A) mandate or imply a mandate to use 13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | any particular brand or manufacturer of parts, 14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | tools, or motor vehicle equipment; or 15 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (B) recommend the use of any particular 16 |
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| 137 | 137 | | brand or manufacturer of parts, tools, or motor 17 |
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| 138 | 138 | | vehicle equipment without a prominent notice 18 |
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| 139 | 139 | | immediately following the recommendation, in 19 |
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| 140 | 140 | | the same font as the recommendation and in a 20 |
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| 141 | 141 | | font size no smaller than the font size used in 21 |
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| 142 | 142 | | the recommendation, stating that: ‘‘Vehicle 22 |
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| 143 | 143 | | owners can choose which repair parts, tools, 23 |
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| 144 | 144 | | and motor vehicle equipment to purchase and 24 |
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| 145 | 145 | | should carefully consider their options.’’. 25 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (4) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN LIMITATIONS .— 1 |
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| 150 | 150 | | Motor vehicle manufacturers may not limit the num-2 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ber or types of persons who a motor vehicle owner 3 |
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| 152 | 152 | | may designate as simultaneous designees under this 4 |
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| 153 | 153 | | subsection. 5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (5) L |
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| 155 | 155 | | IMITATION.—A motor vehicle manufac-6 |
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| 156 | 156 | | turer, including any affiliate of such manufacturer 7 |
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| 157 | 157 | | and any person working on behalf of such manufac-8 |
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| 158 | 158 | | turer, may not be considered or treated in the same 9 |
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| 159 | 159 | | way as the motor vehicle owner (or a designee of the 10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | motor vehicle owner) for any purpose, except for in-11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | clusion in notifications of persistent access to vehi-12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | cle-generated data. 13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (6) R |
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| 164 | 164 | | ULES OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | this Act may be construed to— 15 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (A) limit or expand any law or right relat-16 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ing to intellectual property; 17 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (B) require a motor vehicle manufacturer 18 |
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| 169 | 169 | | to divulge any trade secret (as defined in sec-19 |
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| 170 | 170 | | tion 1839 of title 18, United States Code) that 20 |
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| 171 | 171 | | is not made available to motor vehicle owners 21 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (or designees of motor vehicle owners), 22 |
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| 173 | 173 | | aftermarket parts manufacturers, aftermarket 23 |
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| 174 | 174 | | parts remanufacturers, diagnostic tool manufac-24 |
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| 175 | 175 | | turers, and motor vehicle repair facilities (and 25 |
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| 179 | 179 | | the distributors and service providers of such 1 |
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| 180 | 180 | | facilities) pursuant to paragraph (2)(B); or 2 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (C) preclude a motor vehicle manufacturer 3 |
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| 182 | 182 | | from employing cryptographic or technological 4 |
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| 183 | 183 | | protections necessary to secure vehicle-gen-5 |
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| 184 | 184 | | erated data, safety critical vehicle systems, and 6 |
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| 185 | 185 | | motor vehicles. 7 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (7) R |
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| 187 | 187 | | EQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS RECEIVING 8 |
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| 188 | 188 | | VEHICLE-GENERATED DATA.— 9 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (A) R |
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| 190 | 190 | | EVOCATION OF DESIGNATION .—A 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | motor vehicle owner may revoke the designation 11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | of a designee of such owner in the same manner 12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | that such designee is designated and without 13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | any unreasonable or deceptive burden or barrier 14 |
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| 195 | 195 | | on such owner. 15 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (B) R |
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| 197 | 197 | | EQUEST TO DELETE DATA .—Except 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | as provided in subparagraph (D), a person who 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | accesses vehicle-generated data shall delete such 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | data not later than 72 hours after the relevant 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | motor vehicle owner requests (digitally or in 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | writing) the person to do so, with the exception 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | of such data that is necessary to retain for 22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | motor vehicle maintenance record-keeping, ac-23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | counting, and safety purposes. 24 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (C) USE OF DATA.—Except as provided in 1 |
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| 210 | 210 | | subparagraph (D), a person who accesses or 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | stores vehicle-generated data— 3 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (i) may not use such data for any 4 |
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| 213 | 213 | | purpose unrelated to the diagnostics, re-5 |
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| 214 | 214 | | pair, service, wear, and calibration or re-6 |
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| 215 | 215 | | calibration of parts and systems of the 7 |
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| 216 | 216 | | motor vehicle as such services are re-8 |
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| 217 | 217 | | quested by the motor vehicle owner; and 9 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (ii) may not sell, license, or transfer 10 |
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| 219 | 219 | | such data to any other person, except as 11 |
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| 220 | 220 | | requested or consented to by the motor ve-12 |
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| 221 | 221 | | hicle owner for the purpose of diagnostics, 13 |
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| 222 | 222 | | repair, service, wear, and calibration or re-14 |
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| 223 | 223 | | calibration of parts and systems of the 15 |
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| 224 | 224 | | motor vehicle. 16 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (D) R |
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| 226 | 226 | | ESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EX -17 |
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| 227 | 227 | | CEPTION.— 18 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (i) R |
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| 229 | 229 | | ESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT .— 19 |
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| 230 | 230 | | Notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) and 20 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (C), a manufacturer of motor vehicles, 21 |
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| 232 | 232 | | parts, or tools may use and retain vehicle- 22 |
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| 233 | 233 | | generated data in a de-identified form for 23 |
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| 234 | 234 | | purposes of research and development re-24 |
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| 238 | 238 | | lated to the manufacture or service of such 1 |
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| 239 | 239 | | motor vehicles, parts, or tools. 2 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (ii) D |
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| 241 | 241 | | ATA IN A DE-IDENTIFIED FORM 3 |
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| 242 | 242 | | DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term 4 |
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| 243 | 243 | | ‘‘data in a de-identified form’’ means infor-5 |
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| 244 | 244 | | mation that does not identify and is not 6 |
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| 245 | 245 | | linked or reasonably linkable to a distinct 7 |
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| 246 | 246 | | individual or motor vehicle, regardless of 8 |
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| 247 | 247 | | whether the information is aggregated, and 9 |
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| 248 | 248 | | with respect to which the manufacturer of 10 |
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| 249 | 249 | | the motor vehicle, parts, or tools— 11 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (I) takes reasonable technical 12 |
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| 251 | 251 | | measures to ensure that the informa-13 |
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| 252 | 252 | | tion cannot, at any point, be used to 14 |
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| 253 | 253 | | re-identify an individual or device that 15 |
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| 254 | 254 | | identifies or is linked or reasonably 16 |
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| 255 | 255 | | linkable to an individual; 17 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (II) publicly commits in a clear 18 |
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| 257 | 257 | | and conspicuous manner— 19 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (aa) to process and transfer 20 |
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| 259 | 259 | | the information solely in a de- 21 |
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| 260 | 260 | | identified form without any rea-22 |
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| 261 | 261 | | sonable means for re-identifica-23 |
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| 262 | 262 | | tion; and 24 |
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| 266 | 266 | | (bb) to not attempt to re- 1 |
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| 267 | 267 | | identify the information with any 2 |
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| 268 | 268 | | individual or any device that 3 |
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| 269 | 269 | | identifies or is linked or reason-4 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ably linkable to an individual; 5 |
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| 271 | 271 | | and 6 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (III) contractually obligates any 7 |
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| 273 | 273 | | person or entity who receives the in-8 |
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| 274 | 274 | | formation from such manufacturer— 9 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (aa) to comply with each 10 |
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| 276 | 276 | | provision of this clause with re-11 |
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| 277 | 277 | | spect to the information; and 12 |
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| 278 | 278 | | (bb) to require that such ob-13 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ligation is included contractually 14 |
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| 280 | 280 | | in any subsequent instance in 15 |
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| 281 | 281 | | which the information may be re-16 |
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| 282 | 282 | | ceived by such person or entity. 17 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (b) N |
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| 284 | 284 | | ULLIFICATION OF ATTEMPTSTORESTRICT 18 |
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| 285 | 285 | | C |
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| 286 | 286 | | OMPETITION AND CONSUMERRIGHTS.—Any provision 19 |
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| 287 | 287 | | in a contract executed on or after the date of the enact-20 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ment of this Act by or on behalf of a motor vehicle manu-21 |
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| 289 | 289 | | facturer that purports to violate subsection (a) shall be 22 |
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| 290 | 290 | | null and void to the extent that such provision would allow 23 |
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| 291 | 291 | | the motor vehicle manufacturer to avoid the prohibitions 24 |
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| 292 | 292 | | and requirements described in subsection (a). 25 |
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| 296 | 296 | | SEC. 3. FAIR COMPETITION AFTER VEHICLES ARE SOLD 1 |
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| 297 | 297 | | ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 2 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (a) E |
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| 299 | 299 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 3 |
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| 300 | 300 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 4 |
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| 301 | 301 | | shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the 5 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ‘‘Fair Competition After Vehicles Are Sold Advisory Com-6 |
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| 303 | 303 | | mittee’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Advisory Com-7 |
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| 304 | 304 | | mittee’’). 8 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (b) C |
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| 306 | 306 | | HAIR.—The Chair of the Commission (or a des-9 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ignee of the Chair) shall serve as the head of the Advisory 10 |
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| 308 | 308 | | Committee. 11 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (c) M |
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| 310 | 310 | | EMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee shall be 12 |
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| 311 | 311 | | composed of the following members: 13 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (1) The Director of the Bureau of Competition 14 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (or a designee of the Director). 15 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (2) The Administrator of the National Highway 16 |
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| 315 | 315 | | Traffic Safety Administration (or a designee of the 17 |
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| 316 | 316 | | Administrator). 18 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (3) 11 individuals, appointed by the Chair of 19 |
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| 318 | 318 | | the Commission, to be comprised of 1 individual 20 |
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| 319 | 319 | | from each of the following: 21 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (A) Independent motor vehicle repair facili-22 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ties. 23 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (B) Motor vehicle parts retailers. 24 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (C) Motor vehicle parts distributors. 25 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (D) Original motor vehicle equipment parts 1 |
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| 328 | 328 | | manufacturers. 2 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (E) Aftermarket parts manufacturers. 3 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (F) Aftermarket tools manufacturers. 4 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (G) Motor vehicle manufacturers. 5 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (H) Motor vehicle dealership service cen-6 |
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| 333 | 333 | | ters. 7 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (I) Consumer rights organizations. 8 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (J) Automobile insurers. 9 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (K) Trucking companies. 10 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (d) F |
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| 338 | 338 | | UNCTION.—The Advisory Committee shall pro-11 |
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| 339 | 339 | | vide recommendations to the Commission on— 12 |
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| 340 | 340 | | (1) the implementation of this Act; 13 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (2) competition issues after motor vehicles are 14 |
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| 342 | 342 | | sold, including such issues facing the motor vehicle 15 |
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| 343 | 343 | | repair industry (especially existing and emerging 16 |
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| 344 | 344 | | barriers related to motor vehicle repair); and 17 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (3) how to ensure motor vehicle owners main-18 |
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| 346 | 346 | | tain control over the vehicle-generated data of the 19 |
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| 347 | 347 | | motor vehicles of such owners. 20 |
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| 348 | 348 | | (e) D |
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| 349 | 349 | | UTIES.—In carrying out the function described 21 |
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| 350 | 350 | | in subsection (c), the Advisory Committee shall— 22 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (1) foster industry collaboration in a clear and 23 |
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| 352 | 352 | | transparent manner; 24 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (A) independent motor vehicle repair facili-3 |
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| 359 | 359 | | ties; 4 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (B) motor vehicle parts retailers; 5 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (C) motor vehicle parts distributors; 6 |
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| 362 | 362 | | (D) original motor vehicle equipment parts 7 |
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| 363 | 363 | | manufacturers; 8 |
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| 364 | 364 | | (E) aftermarket parts manufacturers; 9 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (F) aftermarket tools manufacturers; 10 |
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| 366 | 366 | | (G) motor vehicle manufacturers; 11 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (H) motor vehicle dealership service cen-12 |
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| 368 | 368 | | ters; 13 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (I) consumer rights organizations; 14 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (J) automobile insurers; 15 |
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| 371 | 371 | | (K) trucking companies; 16 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (L) members of the public; and 17 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (M) other interested parties; and 18 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (3) assess existing and emerging barriers to 19 |
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| 375 | 375 | | competitive motor vehicle repair. 20 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (f) M |
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| 377 | 377 | | EETINGS.—The Advisory Committee shall meet 21 |
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| 378 | 378 | | not fewer than 3 times per year at the call of the head. 22 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (g) R |
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| 380 | 380 | | EPORTS.— 23 |
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| 384 | 384 | | (1) CONTENTS.—On at least an annual basis, 1 |
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| 385 | 385 | | the Advisory Committee shall issue a report to the 2 |
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| 386 | 386 | | Commission that includes— 3 |
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| 387 | 387 | | (A) a description of efforts by the indus-4 |
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| 388 | 388 | | tries represented within the Advisory Com-5 |
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| 389 | 389 | | mittee to comply with this Act; and 6 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (B) an assessment of existing and emerg-7 |
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| 391 | 391 | | ing barriers to motor vehicle repair and control 8 |
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| 392 | 392 | | of motor vehicle owners over the vehicle-gen-9 |
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| 393 | 393 | | erated data of the motor vehicles of such own-10 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ers, including whether additional types of data 11 |
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| 395 | 395 | | should be included in the definition of vehicle- 12 |
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| 396 | 396 | | generated data. 13 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (2) S |
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| 398 | 398 | | UBMISSION.—Not later than 30 days after 14 |
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| 399 | 399 | | the date on which the Commission receives a report 15 |
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| 400 | 400 | | issued pursuant to paragraph (1), the Commission 16 |
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| 401 | 401 | | shall submit a copy of the report to the Committee 17 |
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| 402 | 402 | | on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-18 |
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| 403 | 403 | | resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, 19 |
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| 404 | 404 | | Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 20 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (h) T |
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| 406 | 406 | | ERMINATION.— 21 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (1) P |
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| 408 | 408 | | ROCESS.—The Advisory Committee shall 22 |
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| 409 | 409 | | terminate upon an agreement of a majority of the 23 |
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| 410 | 410 | | membership. 24 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (2) NOTICE.—Not later than 30 days prior to 1 |
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| 415 | 415 | | the date on which the Advisory Committee termi-2 |
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| 416 | 416 | | nates, the Advisory Committee shall provide notice 3 |
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| 417 | 417 | | of and a basis for the termination to the Committee 4 |
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| 418 | 418 | | on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-5 |
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| 419 | 419 | | resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, 6 |
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| 420 | 420 | | Science, and Transportation of the Senate. 7 |
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| 421 | 421 | | SEC. 4. RULEMAKING. 8 |
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| 422 | 422 | | Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-9 |
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| 423 | 423 | | ment of this Act, the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-10 |
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| 424 | 424 | | ministration, in consultation with the Commission, shall 11 |
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| 425 | 425 | | promulgate, under section 553 of title 5, United States 12 |
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| 426 | 426 | | Code, regulations to require motor vehicle manufacturers 13 |
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| 427 | 427 | | and motor vehicle dealers to inform motor vehicle owners 14 |
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| 428 | 428 | | about the rights of such owners under this Act at the point 15 |
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| 429 | 429 | | of purchase of a motor vehicle. 16 |
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| 430 | 430 | | SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. 17 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (a) U |
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| 432 | 432 | | NFAIR ORDECEPTIVEACTS ORPRACTICES.— 18 |
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| 433 | 433 | | A violation of this Act or a regulation promulgated under 19 |
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| 434 | 434 | | this Act shall be treated as a violation of a regulation 20 |
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| 435 | 435 | | under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commis-21 |
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| 436 | 436 | | sion Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or de-22 |
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| 437 | 437 | | ceptive acts or practices. 23 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (b) P |
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| 439 | 439 | | OWERS OF COMMISSION.—The Commission 24 |
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| 440 | 440 | | shall enforce this Act and any regulation promulgated 25 |
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| 444 | 444 | | under this Act in the same manner, by the same means, 1 |
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| 445 | 445 | | and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as 2 |
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| 446 | 446 | | though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal 3 |
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| 447 | 447 | | Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incor-4 |
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| 448 | 448 | | porated into and made a part of this Act, and any person 5 |
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| 449 | 449 | | who violates this Act or a regulation promulgated under 6 |
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| 450 | 450 | | this Act shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to 7 |
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| 451 | 451 | | the privileges and immunities provided in the Federal 8 |
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| 452 | 452 | | Trade Commission Act. 9 |
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| 453 | 453 | | (c) C |
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| 454 | 454 | | OMPLAINTPROCESS.— 10 |
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| 455 | 455 | | (1) F |
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| 456 | 456 | | ILING BY COMPLAINANT .—Any person al-11 |
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| 457 | 457 | | leging any action taken or refused to be taken by 12 |
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| 458 | 458 | | any party subject to this Act in violation of this Act 13 |
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| 459 | 459 | | may file a complaint with the Commission briefly 14 |
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| 460 | 460 | | stating the facts of such allegation. 15 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (2) N |
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| 462 | 462 | | OTIFICATION AND RESPONSE .—Upon re-16 |
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| 463 | 463 | | ceiving a complaint filed pursuant to paragraph (1), 17 |
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| 464 | 464 | | the Commission shall forward the complaint to the 18 |
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| 465 | 465 | | party named in the complaint and request that such 19 |
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| 466 | 466 | | party answer such complaint in writing within a rea-20 |
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| 467 | 467 | | sonable time determined by the Commission. 21 |
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| 468 | 468 | | (3) F |
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| 469 | 469 | | URTHER ACTION.— 22 |
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| 470 | 470 | | (A) R |
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| 471 | 471 | | ELIEF OF LIABILITY.—If the party 23 |
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| 472 | 472 | | named in the complaint ceases the conduct al-24 |
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| 473 | 473 | | leged in such complaint and otherwise makes 25 |
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| 477 | 477 | | reparation for any harm or injury alleged to 1 |
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| 478 | 478 | | have been caused within the time determined 2 |
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| 479 | 479 | | pursuant to paragraph (2), the party shall be 3 |
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| 480 | 480 | | relieved of liability to the complainant only for 4 |
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| 481 | 481 | | such allegation. 5 |
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| 482 | 482 | | (B) A |
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| 483 | 483 | | DDITIONAL INVESTIGATION .—If the 6 |
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| 484 | 484 | | party named in the complaint does not satisfy 7 |
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| 485 | 485 | | the complaint as described in subparagraph (A) 8 |
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| 486 | 486 | | within the time determined pursuant to para-9 |
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| 487 | 487 | | graph (2) or if there is any reasonable ground 10 |
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| 488 | 488 | | for continuing to investigate such complaint, 11 |
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| 489 | 489 | | the Commission shall investigate the allegation 12 |
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| 490 | 490 | | described in such complaint in such manner 13 |
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| 491 | 491 | | and by such means as the Commission deter-14 |
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| 492 | 492 | | mines proper. 15 |
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| 493 | 493 | | (C) C |
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| 494 | 494 | | LARIFICATION.—A complaint may 16 |
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| 495 | 495 | | not be dismissed because of the absence of di-17 |
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| 496 | 496 | | rect damage to the complainant. 18 |
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| 497 | 497 | | (4) O |
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| 498 | 498 | | RDERS BY COMMISSION.— 19 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (A) D |
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| 500 | 500 | | EADLINE.—The Commission, with 20 |
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| 501 | 501 | | respect to any investigation of a complaint filed 21 |
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| 502 | 502 | | pursuant to paragraph (1), shall issue an order 22 |
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| 503 | 503 | | concluding such investigation not later 5 23 |
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| 504 | 504 | | months after the date on which the complaint 24 |
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| 505 | 505 | | was filed. 25 |
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| 509 | 509 | | (B) APPELLATE PROCESS .—Any order 1 |
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| 510 | 510 | | concluding an investigation pursuant to sub-2 |
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| 511 | 511 | | paragraph (A) shall be a final order and may 3 |
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| 512 | 512 | | be appealed to the United States District Court 4 |
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| 513 | 513 | | for the District Court of Columbia. 5 |
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| 514 | 514 | | SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 515 | 515 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 516 | 516 | | (1) A |
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| 517 | 517 | | FTERMARKET PART .— 8 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (A) I |
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| 519 | 519 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘aftermarket 9 |
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| 520 | 520 | | part’’ means any part offered for sale or for in-10 |
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| 521 | 521 | | stallation in or on a motor vehicle after such ve-11 |
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| 522 | 522 | | hicle has left the production line of the motor 12 |
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| 523 | 523 | | vehicle manufacturer. 13 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (B) E |
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| 525 | 525 | | XCLUSIONS.—Such term does not in-14 |
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| 526 | 526 | | clude any original motor vehicle equipment or 15 |
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| 527 | 527 | | part manufactured for a motor vehicle manu-16 |
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| 528 | 528 | | facturer. 17 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (2) A |
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| 530 | 530 | | GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 18 |
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| 531 | 531 | | meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 19 |
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| 532 | 532 | | United States Code. 20 |
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| 533 | 533 | | (3) A |
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| 534 | 534 | | UTHORIZED MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE 21 |
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| 535 | 535 | | PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘authorized motor vehicle 22 |
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| 536 | 536 | | service provider’’ means a person who— 23 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (A) has an arrangement with a motor vehi-24 |
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| 538 | 538 | | cle manufacturer under which the motor vehicle 25 |
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| 543 | 543 | | ness a license to use a trade name, service 2 |
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| 544 | 544 | | mark, or other proprietary identifier for the 3 |
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| 545 | 545 | | purpose of offering the service of diagnosis, 4 |
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| 546 | 546 | | maintenance, or repair of a motor vehicle under 5 |
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| 547 | 547 | | the name of the motor vehicle manufacturer; or 6 |
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| 548 | 548 | | (B) has another arrangement with the 7 |
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| 549 | 549 | | motor vehicle manufacturer to offer such serv-8 |
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| 550 | 550 | | ices on behalf of the motor vehicle manufac-9 |
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| 551 | 551 | | turer. 10 |
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| 552 | 552 | | (4) A |
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| 553 | 553 | | UTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM .— 11 |
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| 554 | 554 | | (A) I |
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| 555 | 555 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘automated 12 |
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| 556 | 556 | | driving system’’ means the hardware and soft-13 |
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| 557 | 557 | | ware that collectively are capable of performing 14 |
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| 558 | 558 | | the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained 15 |
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| 559 | 559 | | basis, regardless of whether such hardware and 16 |
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| 560 | 560 | | software are limited to a specific operational de-17 |
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| 561 | 561 | | sign domain. 18 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (B) I |
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| 563 | 563 | | NCLUSIONS.—Such term includes 19 |
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| 564 | 564 | | motor vehicles designed to be operated exclu-20 |
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| 565 | 565 | | sively by a Level 4 or 5 automated driving sys-21 |
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| 566 | 566 | | tem (as defined by the SAE International 22 |
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| 567 | 567 | | standard J3016, published on April 30, 2021, 23 |
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| 568 | 568 | | or subsequently adopted by the Secretary) for 24 |
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| 569 | 569 | | all trips. 25 |
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| 573 | 573 | | (C) EXCLUSIONS.—Such term does not in-1 |
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| 574 | 574 | | clude motor vehicle components not specifically 2 |
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| 575 | 575 | | and solely related to a dynamic driving task. 3 |
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| 576 | 576 | | (5) B |
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| 577 | 577 | | ARRIER.—The term ‘‘barrier’’ means a re-4 |
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| 578 | 578 | | striction that prohibits, makes more difficult, or 5 |
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| 579 | 579 | | tends to make more difficult the ability of a person 6 |
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| 580 | 580 | | to exercise rights under this Act. 7 |
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| 581 | 581 | | (6) C |
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| 582 | 582 | | HAIR.—The term ‘‘Chair’’ means the 8 |
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| 583 | 583 | | Chair of the Commission. 9 |
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| 584 | 584 | | (7) C |
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| 585 | 585 | | OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 10 |
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| 586 | 586 | | means the Federal Trade Commission. 11 |
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| 587 | 587 | | (8) C |
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| 588 | 588 | | RITICAL REPAIR INFORMATION AND 12 |
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| 589 | 589 | | TOOLS.—The term ‘‘critical repair information and 13 |
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| 590 | 590 | | tools’’ means all of the technical and compatibility 14 |
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| 591 | 591 | | information, tools, equipment, wiring diagrams, 15 |
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| 592 | 592 | | parts nomenclature and descriptions, parts catalogs, 16 |
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| 593 | 593 | | repair procedures, training materials, software, and 17 |
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| 594 | 594 | | technology, including information related to 18 |
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| 595 | 595 | | diagnostics, repair, service, and calibration or re-19 |
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| 596 | 596 | | calibration of parts and systems, necessary to return 20 |
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| 597 | 597 | | a motor vehicle to operational specifications. 21 |
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| 598 | 598 | | (9) D |
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| 599 | 599 | | YNAMIC DRIVING TASK.— 22 |
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| 600 | 600 | | (A) I |
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| 601 | 601 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘dynamic 23 |
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| 602 | 602 | | driving task’’ means all of the real-time oper-24 |
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| 607 | 607 | | ate a motor vehicle in on-road traffic. 2 |
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| 608 | 608 | | (B) E |
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| 609 | 609 | | XCLUSIONS.—Such term does not in-3 |
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| 610 | 610 | | clude strategic functions, such as the scheduling 4 |
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| 611 | 611 | | of trips and the selection of destinations and 5 |
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| 612 | 612 | | waypoints. 6 |
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| 613 | 613 | | (10) I |
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| 614 | 614 | | NSURER.—The term ‘‘insurer’’ has the 7 |
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| 615 | 615 | | meaning given that term in section 313(r) of title 8 |
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| 616 | 616 | | 31, United States Code. 9 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (11) M |
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| 618 | 618 | | OTOR VEHICLE.— 10 |
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| 619 | 619 | | (A) I |
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| 620 | 620 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘motor vehi-11 |
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| 621 | 621 | | cle’’ has the meaning— 12 |
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| 622 | 622 | | (i) given that term in section 13 |
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| 623 | 623 | | 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code; 14 |
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| 624 | 624 | | and 15 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (ii) given the term ‘‘trailer’’ in section 16 |
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| 626 | 626 | | 390 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-17 |
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| 627 | 627 | | tions. 18 |
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| 628 | 628 | | (B) E |
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| 629 | 629 | | XCLUSION.—Such term does not in-19 |
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| 630 | 630 | | clude a vehicle equipped with an automated 20 |
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| 631 | 631 | | driving system. 21 |
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| 632 | 632 | | (12) M |
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| 633 | 633 | | OTOR VEHICLE DEALER .—The term 22 |
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| 634 | 634 | | ‘‘motor vehicle dealer’’ means a dealer (as defined in 23 |
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| 635 | 635 | | section 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code) 24 |
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| 636 | 636 | | who has an agreement with a motor vehicle manu-25 |
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| 641 | 641 | | of a motor vehicle. 2 |
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| 642 | 642 | | (13) M |
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| 643 | 643 | | OTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT .—The term 3 |
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| 644 | 644 | | ‘‘motor vehicle equipment’’ has the meaning given 4 |
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| 645 | 645 | | that term in section 30102(a) of title 49, United 5 |
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| 646 | 646 | | States Code. 6 |
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| 647 | 647 | | (14) M |
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| 648 | 648 | | OTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER .—The 7 |
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| 649 | 649 | | term ‘‘motor vehicle manufacturer’’ means an entity 8 |
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| 650 | 650 | | that manufactures a motor vehicle (as defined in 9 |
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| 651 | 651 | | section 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code). 10 |
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| 652 | 652 | | (15) M |
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| 653 | 653 | | OTOR VEHICLE OWNER .— 11 |
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| 654 | 654 | | (A) I |
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| 655 | 655 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘motor vehi-12 |
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| 656 | 656 | | cle owner’’ means a person with a present pos-13 |
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| 657 | 657 | | sessive ownership right in a motor vehicle. 14 |
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| 658 | 658 | | (B) E |
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| 659 | 659 | | XCLUSIONS.—Such term does not in-15 |
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| 660 | 660 | | clude— 16 |
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| 661 | 661 | | (i) a motor vehicle manufacturer; or 17 |
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| 662 | 662 | | (ii) a person operating on behalf of— 18 |
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| 663 | 663 | | (I) a motor vehicle manufacturer; 19 |
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| 664 | 664 | | (II) a motor vehicle financing 20 |
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| 665 | 665 | | company; 21 |
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| 666 | 666 | | (III) a motor vehicle dealer; or 22 |
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| 667 | 667 | | (IV) a motor vehicle lessor. 23 |
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| 668 | 668 | | (16) M |
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| 669 | 669 | | OTOR VEHICLE REPAIR FACILITY .—The 24 |
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| 670 | 670 | | term ‘‘motor vehicle repair facility’’ means any per-25 |
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| 675 | 675 | | gaged in the business of diagnosis, service, mainte-2 |
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| 676 | 676 | | nance, repair, or calibration or recalibration of 3 |
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| 677 | 677 | | motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment. 4 |
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| 678 | 678 | | (17) P |
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| 679 | 679 | | ERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an 5 |
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| 680 | 680 | | individual, trust, estate, partnership, association, 6 |
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| 681 | 681 | | company, or corporation. 7 |
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| 683 | 683 | | EMANUFACTURER .—The term ‘‘remanu-8 |
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| 684 | 684 | | facturer’’ means a person who uses a standardized 9 |
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| 685 | 685 | | industrial process by which previously sold, worn, or 10 |
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| 686 | 686 | | non-functional products are returned to same-as-new 11 |
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| 687 | 687 | | (or better) condition and performance in a process 12 |
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| 688 | 688 | | that is in line with specific technical specifications 13 |
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| 689 | 689 | | (including engineering, quality, and testing stand-14 |
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| 690 | 690 | | ards) and yields fully warranted products. 15 |
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| 691 | 691 | | (19) S |
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| 692 | 692 | | ERVICE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘service 16 |
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| 693 | 693 | | provider’’ means any designee of a motor vehicle 17 |
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| 694 | 694 | | owner or motor vehicle repair facility employed by 18 |
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| 695 | 695 | | such motor vehicle owner or motor vehicle repair fa-19 |
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| 696 | 696 | | cility to assist with the diagnosis and repair of a 20 |
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| 697 | 697 | | motor vehicle, including the diagnosis and repair of 21 |
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| 698 | 698 | | wireless and remote technologies or any other wire-22 |
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| 699 | 699 | | less and remote services comparable to such pro-23 |
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| 700 | 700 | | vided by a motor vehicle manufacturer. 24 |
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| 704 | 704 | | (20) SPECIFIED LEGAL BARRIER .—The term 1 |
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| 705 | 705 | | ‘‘specified legal barrier’’ means— 2 |
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| 706 | 706 | | (A) a request for a waiver of the right of 3 |
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| 707 | 707 | | a motor vehicle owner under this Act to use a 4 |
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| 708 | 708 | | motor vehicle repair facility of the choosing of 5 |
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| 709 | 709 | | such owner; 6 |
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| 710 | 710 | | (B) a requirement for such a waiver as a 7 |
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| 711 | 711 | | condition for purchasing, leasing, operating, or 8 |
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| 712 | 712 | | obtaining warranty repairs for a motor vehicle; 9 |
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| 713 | 713 | | or 10 |
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| 714 | 714 | | (C) an offer for such owner to receive any 11 |
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| 715 | 715 | | compensation or other incentive for such a 12 |
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| 716 | 716 | | waiver. 13 |
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| 717 | 717 | | (21) T |
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| 718 | 718 | | ECHNOLOGICAL BARRIER .—The term 14 |
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| 719 | 719 | | ‘‘technological barrier’’ means any technological re-15 |
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| 720 | 720 | | striction that prohibits, makes more difficult, or 16 |
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| 721 | 721 | | tends to make more difficult the ability of a person 17 |
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| 722 | 722 | | to exercise rights under this Act. 18 |
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| 723 | 723 | | (22) T |
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| 724 | 724 | | ELEMATICS SYSTEM .—The term 19 |
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| 725 | 725 | | ‘‘telematics system’’ means any system in a motor 20 |
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| 726 | 726 | | vehicle that collects vehicle-generated data and 21 |
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| 727 | 727 | | transmits such data using wireless communications 22 |
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| 728 | 728 | | to a remote receiving point where such data is 23 |
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| 729 | 729 | | stored. 24 |
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| 730 | 730 | | (23) V |
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| 731 | 731 | | EHICLE-GENERATED DATA.— 25 |
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| 735 | 735 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘vehicle-gen-1 |
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| 736 | 736 | | erated data’’ means any direct, real-time, in-ve-2 |
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| 737 | 737 | | hicle data generated, or generated and retained, 3 |
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| 738 | 738 | | by the operation of a motor vehicle related to 4 |
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| 739 | 739 | | diagnostics, repair, service, wear, and calibra-5 |
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| 740 | 740 | | tion or recalibration of parts and systems re-6 |
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| 741 | 741 | | quired to return such vehicle to operational 7 |
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| 742 | 742 | | specifications in compliance with Federal motor 8 |
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| 743 | 743 | | vehicle safety and emissions laws, regulations, 9 |
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| 744 | 744 | | and standards. 10 |
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| 745 | 745 | | (B) E |
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| 746 | 746 | | XCLUSIONS.—The term vehicle-gen-11 |
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| 747 | 747 | | erated data does not include— 12 |
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| 748 | 748 | | (i) diagnostics, repair, service, wear, 13 |
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| 749 | 749 | | and calibration or recalibration of parts 14 |
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| 750 | 750 | | and systems required to return an auto-15 |
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| 751 | 751 | | mated driving system to operational speci-16 |
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| 752 | 752 | | fications; or 17 |
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| 753 | 753 | | (ii) any personally identifiable infor-18 |
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| 754 | 754 | | mation. 19 |
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| 755 | 755 | | SEC. 7. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 20 |
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| 756 | 756 | | Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-21 |
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| 757 | 757 | | ment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Com-22 |
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| 758 | 758 | | mission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 23 |
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| 759 | 759 | | Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Com-24 |
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| 763 | 763 | | mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 1 |
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| 764 | 764 | | Senate a report that includes— 2 |
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| 765 | 765 | | (1) a summary of investigations conducted and 3 |
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| 766 | 766 | | orders issued pursuant to section 5(c), including de-4 |
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| 767 | 767 | | scriptions of unfair practices relating to repair and 5 |
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| 768 | 768 | | data access restrictions and a summary of best prac-6 |
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| 769 | 769 | | tices from stakeholders; 7 |
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| 770 | 770 | | (2) actions by the Commission to adapt to 8 |
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| 771 | 771 | | changes and advances in motor vehicle technology to 9 |
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| 772 | 772 | | maintain competition in the motor vehicle 10 |
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| 773 | 773 | | aftermarket and to ensure motor vehicle owners 11 |
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| 774 | 774 | | maintain control over the vehicle-generated data of 12 |
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| 775 | 775 | | the motor vehicles of such owners; and 13 |
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| 776 | 776 | | (3) any recommendations by the Commission 14 |
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| 777 | 777 | | for legislation that would improve the ability of the 15 |
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| 778 | 778 | | Commission and other relevant agencies to further 16 |
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| 779 | 779 | | protect consumers from unfair acts limiting competi-17 |
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| 780 | 780 | | tion in motor vehicle repair and strengthen con-18 |
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| 781 | 781 | | sumer control over vehicle-generated data. 19 |
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| 782 | 782 | | SEC. 8. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAWS. 20 |
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| 783 | 783 | | A State, or political subdivision of a State, may not 21 |
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| 784 | 784 | | maintain, enforce, prescribe, or continue in effect any law, 22 |
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| 785 | 785 | | rule, regulation, requirement, standard, or other provision 23 |
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| 786 | 786 | | having the force and effect of a law of the State, or polit-24 |
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| 787 | 787 | | ical subdivision of the State, that is covered by any provi-25 |
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| 791 | 791 | | sion of this Act or any regulation promulgated pursuant 1 |
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| 792 | 792 | | to this Act. 2 |
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| 793 | 793 | | SEC. 9. SEVERABILITY. 3 |
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| 794 | 794 | | If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof 4 |
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| 795 | 795 | | to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remain-5 |
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| 796 | 796 | | der of this Act, and the application of such provision to 6 |
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| 797 | 797 | | other persons not similarly situated or to other cir-7 |
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| 798 | 798 | | cumstances, shall not be affected by the invalidation. 8 |
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