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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2110 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a process for survivors to request the termination or disabling |
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| 6 | 6 | | of connected vehicle services that abusers misuse, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH14, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. D |
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| 10 | 10 | | INGELL(for herself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MIN, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. |
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| 11 | 11 | | R |
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| 12 | 12 | | OSS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms. TITUS, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. G |
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| 14 | 14 | | OTTHEIMER, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. NORTON, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and Ms. S |
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| 16 | 16 | | TEVENS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 17 | 17 | | the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To establish a process for survivors to request the termi- |
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| 20 | 20 | | nation or disabling of connected vehicle services that |
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| 21 | 21 | | abusers misuse, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Vehicle Access 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | for Survivors Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) ABUSER.—The term ‘‘abuser’’ means an in-1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | dividual identified by a survivor, pursuant to section 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4, who has committed or allegedly committed a cov-3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ered act against a survivor making a connected vehi-4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | cle services request. 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) A |
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| 38 | 38 | | CCOUNT HOLDER .—The term ‘‘account 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | holder’’ means an individual who is— 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) a party to a contract with a covered 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | provider that involves a connected vehicle serv-9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ice; or 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (B) a subscriber, customer, or registered 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | user of a connected vehicle service. 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) C |
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| 46 | 46 | | ONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE .—The term 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘connected vehicle service’’ means any capability 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | provided by or on behalf of a motor vehicle manufac-15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | turer or affiliate that enables a person to remotely 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | obtain data from or send commands to a covered ve-17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | hicle, which may be accomplished through a software 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | application that is designed to be operated on a mo-19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | bile device or computer. 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (4) C |
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| 55 | 55 | | ONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE REQUEST .— 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | The term ‘‘connected vehicle service request’’ means 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | a request by a survivor to terminate or disable an 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | abuser’s access to a connected vehicle service. 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (5) C |
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| 60 | 60 | | OVERED ACT.— 25 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered act’’ 1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | means conduct that constitutes— 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (i) a crime described in section 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), includ-5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ing domestic violence, dating violence, sex-6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking; 7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (ii) an act or practice described in 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | paragraph (11) or (12) of section 103 of 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102) (relating to severe 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | forms of trafficking in persons and sex 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | trafficking, respectively); or 13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (iii) an act under State law, Tribal 14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | law, or the Uniform Code of Military Jus-15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | tice that is similar to an offense described 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | in clause (i) or (ii). 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (B) C |
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| 82 | 82 | | ONVICTION NOT REQUIRED .—Noth-18 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to re-19 |
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| 84 | 84 | | quire a criminal conviction or any other deter-20 |
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| 85 | 85 | | mination of a court in order for conduct to con-21 |
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| 86 | 86 | | stitute a covered act. 22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (6) C |
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| 88 | 88 | | OVERED CONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE 23 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘covered connected vehicle 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | services account’’ means an account or other means 25 |
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| 93 | 93 | | •HR 2110 IH |
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| 94 | 94 | | by which a person enrolls in or obtains access to a 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | connected vehicle service. 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (7) C |
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| 97 | 97 | | OVERED PROVIDER .—The term ‘‘covered 3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | provider’’ means a motor vehicle manufacturer, affil-4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | iate, or an entity acting on behalf of the motor vehi-5 |
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| 100 | 100 | | cle manufacturer that provides a connected vehicle 6 |
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| 101 | 101 | | service. 7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (8) C |
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| 103 | 103 | | OVERED VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘covered ve-8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | hicle’’ means a motor vehicle that is the subject of 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | a connected vehicle request and identified by a sur-10 |
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| 106 | 106 | | vivor pursuant to section 4. 11 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (9) E |
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| 108 | 108 | | MERGENCY SITUATION .—The term ‘‘emer-12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | gency situation’’ means a situation that if allowed to 13 |
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| 110 | 110 | | continue poses an imminent threat of serious bodily 14 |
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| 111 | 111 | | harm or death to an individual. 15 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (10) I |
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| 113 | 113 | | N-VEHICLE INTERFACE .—The term ‘‘in- 16 |
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| 114 | 114 | | vehicle interface’’ means a feature or mechanism in-17 |
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| 115 | 115 | | stalled in a vehicle that allows a person within the 18 |
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| 116 | 116 | | vehicle to terminate or disconnect connected vehicle 19 |
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| 117 | 117 | | services. 20 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (11) S |
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| 119 | 119 | | URVIVOR.—The term ‘‘survivor’’ means 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | an individual who is not less than 18 years old and 22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | against whom a covered act has been committed or 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | allegedly committed. 24 |
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| 125 | 125 | | •HR 2110 IH |
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| 126 | 126 | | (12) AFFILIATE.—The term ‘‘affiliate’’ means 1 |
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| 127 | 127 | | any company that controls, is controlled by, or is 2 |
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| 128 | 128 | | under common control with another company. 3 |
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| 129 | 129 | | SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF SURVIVORS. 4 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (a) I |
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| 131 | 131 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding an abuser being 5 |
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| 132 | 132 | | an account holder, not later than 2 business days after 6 |
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| 133 | 133 | | receiving a connected vehicle service request from a sur-7 |
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| 134 | 134 | | vivor pursuant to section 4, a covered provider shall take 8 |
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| 135 | 135 | | 1 or more of the following actions— 9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (1) terminate or disable a covered connected ve-10 |
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| 137 | 137 | | hicle service account associated with an abuser iden-11 |
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| 138 | 138 | | tified in the connected vehicle service request pursu-12 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ant to section 4; 13 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (2) terminate or disable a covered connected ve-14 |
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| 141 | 141 | | hicle service account associated with the covered ve-15 |
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| 142 | 142 | | hicle, including by resetting or deleting any data or 16 |
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| 143 | 143 | | wireless connection with respect to the covered vehi-17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | cle, and provide instructions to the survivor on how 18 |
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| 145 | 145 | | to re-establish a connected vehicle service account 19 |
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| 146 | 146 | | that does not include access by the abuser; 20 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (3) terminate or disable covered connected vehi-21 |
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| 148 | 148 | | cle services for the covered vehicle, including by re-22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | setting or deleting any data or wireless connection 23 |
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| 150 | 150 | | with respect to the covered vehicle, and provide in-24 |
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| 153 | 153 | | •HR 2110 IH |
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| 154 | 154 | | structions to the survivor on how to re-establish con-1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | nected vehicle services; or 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (4) if the vehicle has an in-vehicle interface, 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | provide information to the survivor about the avail-4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ability of the in-vehicle interface and how to termi-5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | nate or disable connected vehicle services using the 6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | in-vehicle interface. 7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (b) A |
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| 162 | 162 | | CCESS TOACCOUNTDATA.—If a covered pro-8 |
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| 163 | 163 | | vider takes action under subsection (a) in response to a 9 |
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| 164 | 164 | | connected vehicle service request, the covered provider 10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | shall deny a request from the abuser to obtain any data 11 |
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| 166 | 166 | | connected to the connected vehicle service maintained by 12 |
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| 167 | 167 | | the covered provider that was generated after the abuser’s 13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | access to the connected vehicle services was terminated or 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | disabled following a connected vehicle service request. 15 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (c) L |
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| 171 | 171 | | IMITATIONS ONPENALTIES, FEES, ANDOTHER 16 |
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| 172 | 172 | | R |
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| 173 | 173 | | EQUIREMENTS.—A covered provider may not make any 17 |
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| 174 | 174 | | action undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) contingent 18 |
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| 175 | 175 | | on any requirement other than the requirements under 19 |
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| 176 | 176 | | section 4, including— 20 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (1) payment of a fee, penalty, or other charge; 21 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (2) maintaining or extending the term of a con-22 |
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| 179 | 179 | | nected vehicle service account; 23 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (3) approval of the change by the account hold-24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | er, if the account holder is not the survivor; or 25 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (4) an increase in the rate charged for the con-1 |
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| 186 | 186 | | nected vehicle service. 2 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (d) N |
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| 188 | 188 | | OTICE TOSURVIVOR.— 3 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (1) I |
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| 190 | 190 | | N GENERAL.—If a covered provider intends 4 |
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| 191 | 191 | | to provide any formal notice to the abuser regarding 5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | any action undertaken pursuant to subsection (a), 6 |
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| 193 | 193 | | the covered provider shall notify the survivor of the 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | date on which the covered provider intends to give 8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | such notice to the abuser. 9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (2) T |
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| 197 | 197 | | IMING.—A covered provider shall take rea-10 |
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| 198 | 198 | | sonable steps to provide any formal notice to an 11 |
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| 199 | 199 | | abuser pursuant to paragraph (1)— 12 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (A) no less than 3 days after the survivor 13 |
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| 201 | 201 | | has been notified; and 14 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (B) only after the abuser’s access to the 15 |
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| 203 | 203 | | connected vehicle service has been terminated 16 |
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| 204 | 204 | | or disabled. 17 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (3) M |
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| 206 | 206 | | ANNER OF CONTACT.—When completing a 18 |
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| 207 | 207 | | connected vehicle service request, a covered provider 19 |
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| 208 | 208 | | shall allow the survivor to elect the manner in which 20 |
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| 209 | 209 | | the covered provider may— 21 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (A) contact the survivor in response to the 22 |
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| 211 | 211 | | request, if necessary; or 23 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (B) notify the survivor of the inability of 1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | the covered provider to complete the connected 2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | vehicle service request. 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (e) T |
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| 219 | 219 | | ECHNICALINFEASIBILITY.— 4 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (1) I |
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| 221 | 221 | | N GENERAL.—The requirement to effec-5 |
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| 222 | 222 | | tuate the requested action in subsection (a) shall not 6 |
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| 223 | 223 | | apply to a covered provider if the covered provider 7 |
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| 224 | 224 | | cannot operationally or technically effectuate the re-8 |
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| 225 | 225 | | quest. 9 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (2) N |
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| 227 | 227 | | OTIFICATION.—If a covered provider can-10 |
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| 228 | 228 | | not operationally or technically effectuate the re-11 |
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| 229 | 229 | | quest as described in paragraph (1), the covered pro-12 |
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| 230 | 230 | | vider shall— 13 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (A) promptly notify the survivor who sub-14 |
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| 232 | 232 | | mitted the connected vehicle service request of 15 |
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| 233 | 233 | | that infeasibility; and 16 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (B) provide the survivor with information 17 |
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| 235 | 235 | | about whether the operational or technical in-18 |
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| 236 | 236 | | feasibility can be remedied and, if so, any steps 19 |
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| 237 | 237 | | the survivor can take to assist in remedying 20 |
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| 238 | 238 | | such infeasibility. 21 |
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| 239 | 239 | | SEC. 4. CONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE REQUESTS. 22 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (a) I |
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| 241 | 241 | | NGENERAL.—When making a connected vehicle 23 |
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| 242 | 242 | | service request under this Act, the survivor shall provide— 24 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (1) the vehicle identification number of the cov-1 |
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| 247 | 247 | | ered vehicle; 2 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (2) the name of the abuser subject to the con-3 |
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| 249 | 249 | | nected vehicle service request; and 4 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (3) either— 5 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (A) proof of sole ownership of the covered 6 |
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| 252 | 252 | | vehicle; or 7 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (B) in the case of a vehicle that is not sole-8 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ly owned by the survivor— 9 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (i) proof of exclusive legal possession 10 |
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| 256 | 256 | | of the vehicle, which may take the form of 11 |
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| 257 | 257 | | a court order awarding possession of the 12 |
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| 258 | 258 | | vehicle to the survivor; or 13 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (ii) in the case of a vehicle that is 14 |
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| 260 | 260 | | owned in whole or in part by the abuser, 15 |
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| 261 | 261 | | a dissolution decree, temporary order, or 16 |
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| 262 | 262 | | domestic violence restraining order naming 17 |
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| 263 | 263 | | the abuser if the decree or order grants 18 |
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| 264 | 264 | | possession of the covered vehicle to the 19 |
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| 265 | 265 | | survivor or restricts the abuser’s use of a 20 |
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| 266 | 266 | | connected vehicle service against the sur-21 |
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| 267 | 267 | | vivor. 22 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (b) C |
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| 269 | 269 | | ONFIDENTIAL AND SECURETREATMENT OF 23 |
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| 270 | 270 | | P |
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| 275 | 275 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—A covered provider and any 1 |
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| 276 | 276 | | officer, director, employee, vendor, or agent thereof 2 |
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| 277 | 277 | | shall treat any information submitted by a survivor 3 |
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| 278 | 278 | | under subsection (a) as confidential and securely 4 |
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| 279 | 279 | | dispose of the information not later than 90 days 5 |
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| 280 | 280 | | after receiving the information. 6 |
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| 281 | 281 | | (2) P |
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| 282 | 282 | | ROHIBITION ON SHARING .—A covered pro-7 |
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| 283 | 283 | | vider is prohibited from sharing information sub-8 |
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| 284 | 284 | | mitted by a survivor under subsection (a) with any 9 |
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| 285 | 285 | | third party without the affirmative consent of the 10 |
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| 286 | 286 | | survivor unless such sharing is required to effectuate 11 |
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| 287 | 287 | | a connected vehicle service request under subsection 12 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (a). 13 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (3) I |
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| 290 | 290 | | NFORMATION PROVIDED BY SURVIVOR .—A 14 |
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| 291 | 291 | | covered provider shall not require a survivor to pro-15 |
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| 292 | 292 | | vide any information other than what is required in 16 |
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| 293 | 293 | | subdivision (a) to establish the ability to terminate 17 |
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| 294 | 294 | | an abuser’s access to connected vehicle services. 18 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (4) R |
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| 296 | 296 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .— 19 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (A) I |
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| 298 | 298 | | N GENERAL.—Nothing in paragraph 20 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (1) shall be construed to prohibit a covered pro-21 |
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| 300 | 300 | | vider from maintaining, for longer than the pe-22 |
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| 301 | 301 | | riod specified in that paragraph, a record that 23 |
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| 302 | 302 | | verifies that a survivor fulfilled the conditions of 24 |
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| 305 | 305 | | •HR 2110 IH |
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| 308 | 308 | | (B) D |
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| 309 | 309 | | ATA MINIMIZATION.—The data main-3 |
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| 310 | 310 | | tained under subparagraph (A) shall be limited 4 |
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| 311 | 311 | | to that which is reasonably necessary and pro-5 |
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| 312 | 312 | | portionate to verify that a survivor fulfilled the 6 |
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| 313 | 313 | | conditions of a connected vehicle service re-7 |
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| 314 | 314 | | quest. 8 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (c) M |
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| 316 | 316 | | INIMUMOBLIGATIONS.—The requirements in 9 |
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| 317 | 317 | | this Act shall not prohibit or prevent a covered provider 10 |
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| 318 | 318 | | from terminating or disabling an abuser’s access to con-11 |
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| 319 | 319 | | nected vehicle services in emergency situations after re-12 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ceiving a connected vehicle service request. 13 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (d) C |
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| 322 | 322 | | HANGES INOWNERSHIP ORPOSSESSION.—The 14 |
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| 323 | 323 | | survivor shall take reasonable steps to notify the covered 15 |
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| 324 | 324 | | provider of any change in ownership or possession from 16 |
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| 325 | 325 | | what was provided under subsection (a) when the con-17 |
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| 326 | 326 | | nected vehicle service request was made that materially 18 |
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| 327 | 327 | | impacts the need for action taken by the covered provider 19 |
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| 328 | 328 | | under subsection 3(a). 20 |
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| 329 | 329 | | SEC. 5. CONSUMER NOTICES. 21 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (a) I |
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| 331 | 331 | | NGENERAL.—To enhance transparency and 22 |
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| 332 | 332 | | communication, a covered provider shall make information 23 |
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| 333 | 333 | | about how survivors can safely make connected vehicle 24 |
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| 337 | 337 | | service requests on a publicly available, user-friendly 1 |
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| 338 | 338 | | website maintained by a covered provider, including— 2 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (1) C |
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| 340 | 340 | | ONFIRMATION EMAIL .—Upon submission 3 |
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| 341 | 341 | | of a connected vehicle service request, the covered 4 |
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| 342 | 342 | | provider shall automatically send a confirmation 5 |
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| 343 | 343 | | email to the survivor, acknowledging the receipt of 6 |
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| 344 | 344 | | the connected vehicle service request. This email 7 |
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| 345 | 345 | | shall contain a reference number for the request and 8 |
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| 346 | 346 | | an outline of the subsequent steps in the process. 9 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (2) A |
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| 348 | 348 | | CTION OR RESOLUTION ALERT .—Upon 10 |
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| 349 | 349 | | completion of review of the request, the survivor 11 |
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| 350 | 350 | | shall be informed of the action taken, including the 12 |
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| 351 | 351 | | termination of access to the connected vehicle service 13 |
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| 352 | 352 | | or if additional information is needed. This alert 14 |
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| 353 | 353 | | shall clearly state any relevant details or further ac-15 |
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| 354 | 354 | | tions required from the survivor. 16 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (3) E |
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| 356 | 356 | | XPLANATION AND ASSISTANCE .—In the 17 |
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| 357 | 357 | | event of a connected vehicle service request’s ap-18 |
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| 358 | 358 | | proval, the covered provider shall provide the sur-19 |
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| 359 | 359 | | vivor with a clear explanation and guidance on how 20 |
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| 360 | 360 | | to create their own app account, if necessary, to en-21 |
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| 361 | 361 | | sure that the survivor can maintain control over the 22 |
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| 362 | 362 | | connected vehicle service once the person’s access to 23 |
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| 363 | 363 | | the service has been terminated. 24 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (4) OPT-OUT MEASURES.—In the event that an 1 |
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| 368 | 368 | | abuser still has access to a survivor’s email account, 2 |
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| 369 | 369 | | the covered provider shall provide the option to ‘‘opt- 3 |
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| 370 | 370 | | out’’ of receiving notices regarding the connected ve-4 |
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| 371 | 371 | | hicle service request process, and to the best of their 5 |
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| 372 | 372 | | ability, provide alternative options for the survivor to 6 |
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| 373 | 373 | | maintain a record of the request process. 7 |
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| 374 | 374 | | SEC. 6. LIABILITY PROTECTION. 8 |
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| 375 | 375 | | A covered provider and any officer, director, em-9 |
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| 376 | 376 | | ployee, vendor, or agent thereof shall not be subject to 10 |
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| 377 | 377 | | liability for any claims deriving from an action taken or 11 |
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| 378 | 378 | | omission made with respect to compliance with this Act. 12 |
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| 379 | 379 | | SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 13 |
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| 380 | 380 | | A covered provider— 14 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (1) may comply with this Act beginning on the 15 |
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| 382 | 382 | | date of enactment; and 16 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (2) shall comply with this Act no later than 180 17 |
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| 384 | 384 | | days after the date of enactment. 18 |
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| 385 | 385 | | SEC. 8. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 19 |
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| 386 | 386 | | No state or political subdivision of a State may adopt, 20 |
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| 387 | 387 | | maintain, enforce, prescribe, or continue in effect any law, 21 |
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| 388 | 388 | | regulation, rule, standard, requirement, or other provision 22 |
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| 389 | 389 | | having the force and effect of law of any State, or political 23 |
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| 390 | 390 | | subdivision of a State, covered by or related to the provi-24 |
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| 396 | 396 | | SEC. 9. RULEMAKING. 3 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (a) R |
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| 398 | 398 | | ULEMAKING PROCEEDING REQUIRED.—Not 4 |
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| 399 | 399 | | later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 5 |
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| 400 | 400 | | Act, the Federal Communications Commission, in con-6 |
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| 401 | 401 | | sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-7 |
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| 402 | 402 | | ministration, shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking 8 |
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| 403 | 403 | | to prescribe how covered providers address connected vehi-9 |
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| 404 | 404 | | cle service requests and covered acts in accordance with 10 |
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| 405 | 405 | | this Act, including, but not limited to— 11 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (1) implementation of a reporting and notifica-12 |
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| 407 | 407 | | tion process that swiftly revokes or disables an abus-13 |
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| 408 | 408 | | er’s access to a survivor’s data and takes into ac-14 |
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| 409 | 409 | | count— 15 |
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| 410 | 410 | | (A) the heightened risk to a survivor for 16 |
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| 411 | 411 | | abuse and retaliation upon reporting, 17 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (B) the need for confidentiality in the re-18 |
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| 413 | 413 | | porting process, 19 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (C) the ability to remove sensitive data 20 |
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| 415 | 415 | | that has already been stored in the connected 21 |
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| 416 | 416 | | vehicle service, and 22 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (D) the ability of an abuser to utilize other 23 |
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| 418 | 418 | | methods, such as a service request, to access a 24 |
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| 419 | 419 | | survivors’ data. 25 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (2) methods, as the Federal Communications 1 |
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| 424 | 424 | | Commission deems reasonable, to notify account 2 |
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| 425 | 425 | | holders of connected vehicle services of— 3 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (A) the options available to enhance safety 4 |
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| 427 | 427 | | and privacy of their experience with the service, 5 |
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| 428 | 428 | | and 6 |
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| 429 | 429 | | (B) who can access their data and to what 7 |
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| 430 | 430 | | extent they can control that access. 8 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (b) R |
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| 432 | 432 | | EGULATIONS.—Not later than 2 years after the 9 |
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| 433 | 433 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communica-10 |
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| 434 | 434 | | tions Commission, in consultation with the National High-11 |
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| 435 | 435 | | way Traffic Safety Administration, shall conclude the rule-12 |
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| 436 | 436 | | making proceeding initiated under subsection (a) and shall 13 |
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| 437 | 437 | | prescribe regulations to implement the provisions regard-14 |
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| 438 | 438 | | ing how covered providers address connected vehicle serv-15 |
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| 439 | 439 | | ice requests and covered acts in accordance with this Act. 16 |
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