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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2110
To establish a process for survivors to request the termination or disabling
of connected vehicle services that abusers misuse, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH14, 2025
Mrs. D
INGELL(for herself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MIN, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms.
R
OSS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms. TITUS,
Mr. G
OTTHEIMER, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. NORTON,
and Ms. S
TEVENS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To establish a process for survivors to request the termi-
nation or disabling of connected vehicle services that
abusers misuse, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Vehicle Access 4
for Survivors Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act: 7
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(1) ABUSER.—The term ‘‘abuser’’ means an in-1
dividual identified by a survivor, pursuant to section 2
4, who has committed or allegedly committed a cov-3
ered act against a survivor making a connected vehi-4
cle services request. 5
(2) A
CCOUNT HOLDER .—The term ‘‘account 6
holder’’ means an individual who is— 7
(A) a party to a contract with a covered 8
provider that involves a connected vehicle serv-9
ice; or 10
(B) a subscriber, customer, or registered 11
user of a connected vehicle service. 12
(3) C
ONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE .—The term 13
‘‘connected vehicle service’’ means any capability 14
provided by or on behalf of a motor vehicle manufac-15
turer or affiliate that enables a person to remotely 16
obtain data from or send commands to a covered ve-17
hicle, which may be accomplished through a software 18
application that is designed to be operated on a mo-19
bile device or computer. 20
(4) C
ONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE REQUEST .— 21
The term ‘‘connected vehicle service request’’ means 22
a request by a survivor to terminate or disable an 23
abuser’s access to a connected vehicle service. 24
(5) C
OVERED ACT.— 25
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered act’’ 1
means conduct that constitutes— 2
(i) a crime described in section 3
40002(a) of the Violence Against Women 4
Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), includ-5
ing domestic violence, dating violence, sex-6
ual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking; 7
(ii) an act or practice described in 8
paragraph (11) or (12) of section 103 of 9
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 10
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102) (relating to severe 11
forms of trafficking in persons and sex 12
trafficking, respectively); or 13
(iii) an act under State law, Tribal 14
law, or the Uniform Code of Military Jus-15
tice that is similar to an offense described 16
in clause (i) or (ii). 17
(B) C
ONVICTION NOT REQUIRED .—Noth-18
ing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to re-19
quire a criminal conviction or any other deter-20
mination of a court in order for conduct to con-21
stitute a covered act. 22
(6) C
OVERED CONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE 23
ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘covered connected vehicle 24
services account’’ means an account or other means 25
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by which a person enrolls in or obtains access to a 1
connected vehicle service. 2
(7) C
OVERED PROVIDER .—The term ‘‘covered 3
provider’’ means a motor vehicle manufacturer, affil-4
iate, or an entity acting on behalf of the motor vehi-5
cle manufacturer that provides a connected vehicle 6
service. 7
(8) C
OVERED VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘covered ve-8
hicle’’ means a motor vehicle that is the subject of 9
a connected vehicle request and identified by a sur-10
vivor pursuant to section 4. 11
(9) E
MERGENCY SITUATION .—The term ‘‘emer-12
gency situation’’ means a situation that if allowed to 13
continue poses an imminent threat of serious bodily 14
harm or death to an individual. 15
(10) I
N-VEHICLE INTERFACE .—The term ‘‘in- 16
vehicle interface’’ means a feature or mechanism in-17
stalled in a vehicle that allows a person within the 18
vehicle to terminate or disconnect connected vehicle 19
services. 20
(11) S
URVIVOR.—The term ‘‘survivor’’ means 21
an individual who is not less than 18 years old and 22
against whom a covered act has been committed or 23
allegedly committed. 24
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(12) AFFILIATE.—The term ‘‘affiliate’’ means 1
any company that controls, is controlled by, or is 2
under common control with another company. 3
SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF SURVIVORS. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding an abuser being 5
an account holder, not later than 2 business days after 6
receiving a connected vehicle service request from a sur-7
vivor pursuant to section 4, a covered provider shall take 8
1 or more of the following actions— 9
(1) terminate or disable a covered connected ve-10
hicle service account associated with an abuser iden-11
tified in the connected vehicle service request pursu-12
ant to section 4; 13
(2) terminate or disable a covered connected ve-14
hicle service account associated with the covered ve-15
hicle, including by resetting or deleting any data or 16
wireless connection with respect to the covered vehi-17
cle, and provide instructions to the survivor on how 18
to re-establish a connected vehicle service account 19
that does not include access by the abuser; 20
(3) terminate or disable covered connected vehi-21
cle services for the covered vehicle, including by re-22
setting or deleting any data or wireless connection 23
with respect to the covered vehicle, and provide in-24
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structions to the survivor on how to re-establish con-1
nected vehicle services; or 2
(4) if the vehicle has an in-vehicle interface, 3
provide information to the survivor about the avail-4
ability of the in-vehicle interface and how to termi-5
nate or disable connected vehicle services using the 6
in-vehicle interface. 7
(b) A
CCESS TOACCOUNTDATA.—If a covered pro-8
vider takes action under subsection (a) in response to a 9
connected vehicle service request, the covered provider 10
shall deny a request from the abuser to obtain any data 11
connected to the connected vehicle service maintained by 12
the covered provider that was generated after the abuser’s 13
access to the connected vehicle services was terminated or 14
disabled following a connected vehicle service request. 15
(c) L
IMITATIONS ONPENALTIES, FEES, ANDOTHER 16
R
EQUIREMENTS.—A covered provider may not make any 17
action undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) contingent 18
on any requirement other than the requirements under 19
section 4, including— 20
(1) payment of a fee, penalty, or other charge; 21
(2) maintaining or extending the term of a con-22
nected vehicle service account; 23
(3) approval of the change by the account hold-24
er, if the account holder is not the survivor; or 25
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(4) an increase in the rate charged for the con-1
nected vehicle service. 2
(d) N
OTICE TOSURVIVOR.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If a covered provider intends 4
to provide any formal notice to the abuser regarding 5
any action undertaken pursuant to subsection (a), 6
the covered provider shall notify the survivor of the 7
date on which the covered provider intends to give 8
such notice to the abuser. 9
(2) T
IMING.—A covered provider shall take rea-10
sonable steps to provide any formal notice to an 11
abuser pursuant to paragraph (1)— 12
(A) no less than 3 days after the survivor 13
has been notified; and 14
(B) only after the abuser’s access to the 15
connected vehicle service has been terminated 16
or disabled. 17
(3) M
ANNER OF CONTACT.—When completing a 18
connected vehicle service request, a covered provider 19
shall allow the survivor to elect the manner in which 20
the covered provider may— 21
(A) contact the survivor in response to the 22
request, if necessary; or 23
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(B) notify the survivor of the inability of 1
the covered provider to complete the connected 2
vehicle service request. 3
(e) T
ECHNICALINFEASIBILITY.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The requirement to effec-5
tuate the requested action in subsection (a) shall not 6
apply to a covered provider if the covered provider 7
cannot operationally or technically effectuate the re-8
quest. 9
(2) N
OTIFICATION.—If a covered provider can-10
not operationally or technically effectuate the re-11
quest as described in paragraph (1), the covered pro-12
vider shall— 13
(A) promptly notify the survivor who sub-14
mitted the connected vehicle service request of 15
that infeasibility; and 16
(B) provide the survivor with information 17
about whether the operational or technical in-18
feasibility can be remedied and, if so, any steps 19
the survivor can take to assist in remedying 20
such infeasibility. 21
SEC. 4. CONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICE REQUESTS. 22
(a) I
NGENERAL.—When making a connected vehicle 23
service request under this Act, the survivor shall provide— 24
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(1) the vehicle identification number of the cov-1
ered vehicle; 2
(2) the name of the abuser subject to the con-3
nected vehicle service request; and 4
(3) either— 5
(A) proof of sole ownership of the covered 6
vehicle; or 7
(B) in the case of a vehicle that is not sole-8
ly owned by the survivor— 9
(i) proof of exclusive legal possession 10
of the vehicle, which may take the form of 11
a court order awarding possession of the 12
vehicle to the survivor; or 13
(ii) in the case of a vehicle that is 14
owned in whole or in part by the abuser, 15
a dissolution decree, temporary order, or 16
domestic violence restraining order naming 17
the abuser if the decree or order grants 18
possession of the covered vehicle to the 19
survivor or restricts the abuser’s use of a 20
connected vehicle service against the sur-21
vivor. 22
(b) C
ONFIDENTIAL AND SECURETREATMENT OF 23
P
ERSONALINFORMATION.— 24
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(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered provider and any 1
officer, director, employee, vendor, or agent thereof 2
shall treat any information submitted by a survivor 3
under subsection (a) as confidential and securely 4
dispose of the information not later than 90 days 5
after receiving the information. 6
(2) P
ROHIBITION ON SHARING .—A covered pro-7
vider is prohibited from sharing information sub-8
mitted by a survivor under subsection (a) with any 9
third party without the affirmative consent of the 10
survivor unless such sharing is required to effectuate 11
a connected vehicle service request under subsection 12
(a). 13
(3) I
NFORMATION PROVIDED BY SURVIVOR .—A 14
covered provider shall not require a survivor to pro-15
vide any information other than what is required in 16
subdivision (a) to establish the ability to terminate 17
an abuser’s access to connected vehicle services. 18
(4) R
ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .— 19
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Nothing in paragraph 20
(1) shall be construed to prohibit a covered pro-21
vider from maintaining, for longer than the pe-22
riod specified in that paragraph, a record that 23
verifies that a survivor fulfilled the conditions of 24
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a connected vehicle service request under sub-1
section (a). 2
(B) D
ATA MINIMIZATION.—The data main-3
tained under subparagraph (A) shall be limited 4
to that which is reasonably necessary and pro-5
portionate to verify that a survivor fulfilled the 6
conditions of a connected vehicle service re-7
quest. 8
(c) M
INIMUMOBLIGATIONS.—The requirements in 9
this Act shall not prohibit or prevent a covered provider 10
from terminating or disabling an abuser’s access to con-11
nected vehicle services in emergency situations after re-12
ceiving a connected vehicle service request. 13
(d) C
HANGES INOWNERSHIP ORPOSSESSION.—The 14
survivor shall take reasonable steps to notify the covered 15
provider of any change in ownership or possession from 16
what was provided under subsection (a) when the con-17
nected vehicle service request was made that materially 18
impacts the need for action taken by the covered provider 19
under subsection 3(a). 20
SEC. 5. CONSUMER NOTICES. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—To enhance transparency and 22
communication, a covered provider shall make information 23
about how survivors can safely make connected vehicle 24
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service requests on a publicly available, user-friendly 1
website maintained by a covered provider, including— 2
(1) C
ONFIRMATION EMAIL .—Upon submission 3
of a connected vehicle service request, the covered 4
provider shall automatically send a confirmation 5
email to the survivor, acknowledging the receipt of 6
the connected vehicle service request. This email 7
shall contain a reference number for the request and 8
an outline of the subsequent steps in the process. 9
(2) A
CTION OR RESOLUTION ALERT .—Upon 10
completion of review of the request, the survivor 11
shall be informed of the action taken, including the 12
termination of access to the connected vehicle service 13
or if additional information is needed. This alert 14
shall clearly state any relevant details or further ac-15
tions required from the survivor. 16
(3) E
XPLANATION AND ASSISTANCE .—In the 17
event of a connected vehicle service request’s ap-18
proval, the covered provider shall provide the sur-19
vivor with a clear explanation and guidance on how 20
to create their own app account, if necessary, to en-21
sure that the survivor can maintain control over the 22
connected vehicle service once the person’s access to 23
the service has been terminated. 24
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(4) OPT-OUT MEASURES.—In the event that an 1
abuser still has access to a survivor’s email account, 2
the covered provider shall provide the option to ‘‘opt- 3
out’’ of receiving notices regarding the connected ve-4
hicle service request process, and to the best of their 5
ability, provide alternative options for the survivor to 6
maintain a record of the request process. 7
SEC. 6. LIABILITY PROTECTION. 8
A covered provider and any officer, director, em-9
ployee, vendor, or agent thereof shall not be subject to 10
liability for any claims deriving from an action taken or 11
omission made with respect to compliance with this Act. 12
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 13
A covered provider— 14
(1) may comply with this Act beginning on the 15
date of enactment; and 16
(2) shall comply with this Act no later than 180 17
days after the date of enactment. 18
SEC. 8. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 19
No state or political subdivision of a State may adopt, 20
maintain, enforce, prescribe, or continue in effect any law, 21
regulation, rule, standard, requirement, or other provision 22
having the force and effect of law of any State, or political 23
subdivision of a State, covered by or related to the provi-24
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sions of this Act, or a rule, regulation or requirement pro-1
mulgated under this Act. 2
SEC. 9. RULEMAKING. 3
(a) R
ULEMAKING PROCEEDING REQUIRED.—Not 4
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 5
Act, the Federal Communications Commission, in con-6
sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-7
ministration, shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking 8
to prescribe how covered providers address connected vehi-9
cle service requests and covered acts in accordance with 10
this Act, including, but not limited to— 11
(1) implementation of a reporting and notifica-12
tion process that swiftly revokes or disables an abus-13
er’s access to a survivor’s data and takes into ac-14
count— 15
(A) the heightened risk to a survivor for 16
abuse and retaliation upon reporting, 17
(B) the need for confidentiality in the re-18
porting process, 19
(C) the ability to remove sensitive data 20
that has already been stored in the connected 21
vehicle service, and 22
(D) the ability of an abuser to utilize other 23
methods, such as a service request, to access a 24
survivors’ data. 25
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(2) methods, as the Federal Communications 1
Commission deems reasonable, to notify account 2
holders of connected vehicle services of— 3
(A) the options available to enhance safety 4
and privacy of their experience with the service, 5
and 6
(B) who can access their data and to what 7
extent they can control that access. 8
(b) R
EGULATIONS.—Not later than 2 years after the 9
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communica-10
tions Commission, in consultation with the National High-11
way Traffic Safety Administration, shall conclude the rule-12
making proceeding initiated under subsection (a) and shall 13
prescribe regulations to implement the provisions regard-14
ing how covered providers address connected vehicle serv-15
ice requests and covered acts in accordance with this Act. 16
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