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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1379 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, |
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| 6 | 6 | | critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for |
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| 7 | 7 | | the maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles, and for |
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| 8 | 8 | | other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. L |
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| 12 | 12 | | UJA´N(for himself and Mr. HAWLEY) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 13 | 13 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Transportation |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To ensure consumers have access to data relating to their |
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| 17 | 17 | | motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and |
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| 18 | 18 | | to provide them choices for the maintenance, service, |
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| 19 | 19 | | and repair of their motor vehicles, and for other pur- |
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| 20 | 20 | | poses. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Right to Equitable and 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Professional Auto Industry Repair Act’’ or the ‘‘REPAIR 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act’’. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Congress finds the following: 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) As technology advances and vehicle systems 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | become more advanced, vehicle repair and mainte-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | nance will require access to extensive vehicle data, 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | software, sophisticated replacement components, 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | training, diagnostic tools, and enhanced diagnostic 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | repair services. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) Consumers and their designees must have 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | access to vehicle-generated data and alternative 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | parts that are necessary to maintain consumer 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | choice and competitive pricing. 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) Consumer choice, consumer control, motor 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | vehicle cybersecurity, and safety are all valid con-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | cerns and do not have to be mutually exclusive. 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) Vehicles generate increasingly massive 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | amounts of data and the Federal Trade Commission 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tration are uniquely positioned, after considering 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | consumers’ privacy and cybersecurity needs, to des-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ignate additional types of data not specifically con-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | sidered or identified by Congress that consumers 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | should be able to easily share with persons they 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | choose for the reasons they choose and examine fair 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | competition in evolving motor vehicle technologies. 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (5) It is in the interest of the United States to 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | foster competition in the motor vehicle repair indus-2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | try and not limit consumers in their choices for 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | maintenance, service, and repair, allowing consumers 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | and the industry to benefit from a system that fos-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ters communication, collaboration, and innovation 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | and promotes consumer choice. 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (a) D |
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| 67 | 67 | | EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (1) A |
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| 69 | 69 | | FTERMARKET PART .—The term 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘aftermarket part’’ means a new part for a motor 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | vehicle that— 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (A) is not original equipment and is sold 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | or offered for sale to a motor vehicle manufac-14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | turer after the vehicle has left the motor vehicle 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | manufacturer’s production line; or 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (B) was manufactured for a person that is 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | not the motor vehicle manufacturer. 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (2) A |
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| 79 | 79 | | LTERNATIVE PART.— 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (A) I |
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| 81 | 81 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘alternative 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | part’’— 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (i) means any part for a motor vehicle 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | offered for sale or for installation in or on 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | a motor vehicle, or manufactured for sale 24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | to a motor vehicle manufacturer, after 25 |
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| 90 | 90 | | such motor vehicle has left the motor vehi-1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | cle manufacturer’s production line; and 2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (ii) includes aftermarket parts, recy-3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | cled parts, and remanufactured parts. 4 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (B) E |
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| 95 | 95 | | XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘alternative 5 |
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| 96 | 96 | | part’’ shall not include any original equipment. 6 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (3) A |
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| 98 | 98 | | UTHORIZED MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE 7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘authorized motor vehicle 8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | service provider’’ means a person who has— 9 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (A) an arrangement with a motor vehicle 10 |
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| 102 | 102 | | manufacturer under which the motor vehicle 11 |
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| 103 | 103 | | manufacturer grants to the person a license to 12 |
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| 104 | 104 | | use a trade name, service mark, or other propri-13 |
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| 105 | 105 | | etary identifier for the purpose of offering the 14 |
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| 106 | 106 | | service of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of 15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | a motor vehicle under the name of the motor 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | vehicle manufacturer; or 17 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (B) any other arrangement with the motor 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | vehicle manufacturer to offer such services on 19 |
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| 111 | 111 | | behalf of the motor vehicle manufacturer. 20 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (4) B |
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| 113 | 113 | | ARRIER.—The term ‘‘barrier’’ means a 21 |
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| 114 | 114 | | technological or contractual restriction that prohibits 22 |
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| 115 | 115 | | or materially interferes with the ability of a motor 23 |
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| 116 | 116 | | vehicle repair facility or a service provider to return 24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | a vehicle to operational specifications, including any 25 |
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| 121 | 121 | | action that prohibits or materially interferes with the 1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | process of pairing aftermarket parts or alternative 2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | parts with the vehicle. 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (5) C |
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| 125 | 125 | | OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | means the Federal Trade Commission. 5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (6) C |
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| 128 | 128 | | RITICAL REPAIR INFORMATION , TOOLS, 6 |
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| 129 | 129 | | AND PARTS.—The term ‘‘critical repair information, 7 |
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| 130 | 130 | | tools, and parts’’ means all necessary technical and 8 |
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| 131 | 131 | | compatibility information, tools, and motor vehicle 9 |
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| 132 | 132 | | equipment made available by a motor vehicle manu-10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | facturer to a motor vehicle dealer or a motor vehicle 11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | repair facility, or used by the motor vehicle manu-12 |
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| 135 | 135 | | facturer, for the purpose of maintaining or repairing 13 |
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| 136 | 136 | | a motor vehicle, wiring diagrams, parts nomen-14 |
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| 137 | 137 | | clature and descriptions, parts catalogs, repair pro-15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | cedures, training materials, software, and tech-16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | nology, including information related to diagnostics, 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | repair, service, calibration, or recalibration of parts 18 |
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| 141 | 141 | | and systems to return a vehicle to operational speci-19 |
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| 142 | 142 | | fications. 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (7) D |
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| 144 | 144 | | IAGNOSTIC TOOL MANUFACTURER .— The 21 |
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| 145 | 145 | | term ‘‘diagnostic tool manufacturer’’ means a person 22 |
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| 146 | 146 | | who develops and manufactures any electronic tool 23 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (or software for such tool) that connects to a motor 24 |
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| 148 | 148 | | vehicle’s computer or electronic control modules in 25 |
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| 152 | 152 | | order to download or access vehicle diagnostic trou-1 |
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| 153 | 153 | | ble codes or reprogram the motor vehicle’s computer 2 |
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| 154 | 154 | | or electronic control modules to return the motor ve-3 |
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| 155 | 155 | | hicle to its original operating state. 4 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (8) D |
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| 157 | 157 | | ISTRIBUTOR.—The term ‘‘distributor’’ 5 |
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| 158 | 158 | | means a person that buys any motor vehicle equip-6 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ment or diagnostic tool from a manufacturer and 7 |
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| 160 | 160 | | sells them to other businesses, stores, or customers. 8 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (9) I |
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| 162 | 162 | | NSURER.—The term ‘‘insurer’’ has the 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | meaning given that term under section 313(r) of 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | title 31, United States Code, as term applies to 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | automobile insurance. 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (10) J |
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| 167 | 167 | | UNK YARD; SALVAGE YARD.—The terms 13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘junk yard’’ and ‘‘salvage yard’’ have the meanings 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | given those terms in section 25.52 of title 28, Code 15 |
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| 170 | 170 | | of Federal Regulations as in effect on September 1, 16 |
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| 171 | 171 | | 2021. 17 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (11) M |
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| 173 | 173 | | OTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘motor vehi-18 |
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| 174 | 174 | | cle’’ has the meaning given such term in section 19 |
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| 175 | 175 | | 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code, and in-20 |
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| 176 | 176 | | cludes a motor vehicle trailer. 21 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (12) M |
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| 178 | 178 | | OTOR VEHICLE DEALER .—The term 22 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ‘‘motor vehicle dealer’’ has the meaning given to the 23 |
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| 180 | 180 | | term ‘‘dealer’’ in section 30102(a) of title 49, United 24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | States Code. 25 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (13) MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT .—The term 1 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘motor vehicle equipment’’ has the meaning given 2 |
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| 187 | 187 | | such term in section 30102(a) of title 49, United 3 |
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| 188 | 188 | | States Code. 4 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (14) M |
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| 190 | 190 | | OTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER .—The 5 |
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| 191 | 191 | | term ‘‘motor vehicle manufacturer’’ has the meaning 6 |
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| 192 | 192 | | given such term in section 30102(a) of title 49, 7 |
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| 193 | 193 | | United States Code. 8 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (15) M |
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| 195 | 195 | | OTOR VEHICLE OWNER .— 9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (A) I |
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| 197 | 197 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘motor vehi-10 |
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| 198 | 198 | | cle owner’’ means— 11 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (i) a person with a present possessive 12 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ownership right in a motor vehicle; or 13 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (ii) a lessee of a motor vehicle. 14 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (B) E |
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| 203 | 203 | | XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘motor vehi-15 |
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| 204 | 204 | | cle owner’’ shall not include a motor vehicle 16 |
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| 205 | 205 | | manufacturer or a person operating on behalf 17 |
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| 206 | 206 | | of a motor vehicle manufacturer, a motor vehi-18 |
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| 207 | 207 | | cle financing company, a motor vehicle dealer, 19 |
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| 208 | 208 | | or a motor vehicle lessor. 20 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (16) M |
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| 210 | 210 | | OTOR VEHICLE REPAIR FACILITY .—The 21 |
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| 211 | 211 | | term ‘‘motor vehicle repair facility’’ means any per-22 |
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| 212 | 212 | | son who, in its ordinary course of business, is en-23 |
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| 213 | 213 | | gaged in the business of diagnosis, service, mainte-24 |
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| 217 | 217 | | nance, repair, or calibration of motor vehicles or 1 |
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| 218 | 218 | | motor vehicle equipment. 2 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (17) O |
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| 220 | 220 | | RIGINAL EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘‘origi-3 |
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| 221 | 221 | | nal equipment’’ means motor vehicle equipment (in-4 |
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| 222 | 222 | | cluding a tire) that, as of the time of delivery to the 5 |
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| 223 | 223 | | first motor vehicle owner, is installed in or on a 6 |
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| 224 | 224 | | motor vehicle. 7 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (18) P |
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| 226 | 226 | | ERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an 8 |
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| 227 | 227 | | individual, trust, estate, partnership, association, 9 |
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| 228 | 228 | | company, or corporation. 10 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (19) R |
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| 230 | 230 | | ECYCLED PART.—The term ‘‘recycled 11 |
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| 231 | 231 | | part’’ means any part offered for sale or for installa-12 |
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| 232 | 232 | | tion in or on a motor vehicle that was previously in-13 |
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| 233 | 233 | | stalled in or on a different motor vehicle. 14 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (20) R |
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| 235 | 235 | | EMANUFACTURER .—The term ‘‘remanu-15 |
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| 236 | 236 | | facturer’’ means a person utilizing a standardized 16 |
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| 237 | 237 | | industrial process— 17 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (A) by which previously sold, worn, or non- 18 |
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| 239 | 239 | | functional products are returned to same-as- 19 |
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| 240 | 240 | | new, or better, condition and performance; 20 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (B) that is in line with specific technical 21 |
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| 242 | 242 | | specifications, including engineering, quality, 22 |
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| 243 | 243 | | and testing standards; and 23 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (C) that yields fully warranted products. 24 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (21) REMANUFACTURED PART .—The term ‘‘re-1 |
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| 249 | 249 | | manufactured part’’ means a part for a motor vehi-2 |
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| 250 | 250 | | cle produced by a remanufacturer. 3 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (22) S |
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| 252 | 252 | | ERVICE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘service 4 |
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| 253 | 253 | | provider’’ means— 5 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (A) any motor vehicle repair facility (or 6 |
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| 255 | 255 | | other designee) who is employed by a motor ve-7 |
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| 256 | 256 | | hicle owner to assist with the diagnosis and re-8 |
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| 257 | 257 | | pair of a motor vehicle (including wireless and 9 |
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| 258 | 258 | | remote technologies) or with any other wireless 10 |
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| 259 | 259 | | and remote services comparable to those pro-11 |
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| 260 | 260 | | vided by a vehicle manufacturer; 12 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (B) a motor vehicle dealer; or 13 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (C) an authorized motor vehicle service 14 |
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| 263 | 263 | | provider. 15 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (23) T |
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| 265 | 265 | | ELEMATICS SYSTEM .—The term 16 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ‘‘telematics system’’ means any system in a motor 17 |
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| 267 | 267 | | vehicle that collects information generated by the op-18 |
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| 268 | 268 | | eration of the vehicle and transmits such informa-19 |
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| 269 | 269 | | tion utilizing wireless communications to a remote 20 |
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| 270 | 270 | | receiving point where the information is stored. 21 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (24) V |
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| 272 | 272 | | EHICLE-GENERATED DATA .—The term 22 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘vehicle-generated data’’ means any in-vehicle data 23 |
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| 274 | 274 | | generated (or generated and retained) by the oper-24 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ation of a motor vehicle related to diagnostics, 25 |
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| 279 | 279 | | prognostics, repair, service, wear, calibration, or re-1 |
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| 280 | 280 | | calibration of parts or systems required to return a 2 |
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| 281 | 281 | | vehicle to operational specifications in compliance 3 |
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| 282 | 282 | | with Federal motor vehicle safety and emissions 4 |
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| 283 | 283 | | laws, regulations, and standards. 5 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (b) A |
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| 285 | 285 | | UTHORITYTOEXPANDDEFINITIONS.—The 6 |
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| 286 | 286 | | Commission, in consultation with the National Highway 7 |
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| 287 | 287 | | Traffic Safety Administration, may promulgate regula-8 |
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| 288 | 288 | | tions in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United 9 |
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| 289 | 289 | | States Code, to expand the definitions under this section, 10 |
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| 290 | 290 | | as determined necessary by the Commission. 11 |
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| 291 | 291 | | SEC. 4. MAINTAINING COMPETITION AFTER CONSUMERS 12 |
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| 292 | 292 | | PURCHASE OR LEASE THEIR MOTOR VEHI-13 |
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| 293 | 293 | | CLES. 14 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (a) I |
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| 295 | 295 | | NGENERAL.— 15 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (1) P |
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| 297 | 297 | | ROHIBITION ON RESTRICTING THE ABIL -16 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ITY OF MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS TO USE THE RE -17 |
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| 299 | 299 | | PAIR PARTS AND REPAIR FACILITIES OF THEIR 18 |
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| 300 | 300 | | CHOICE.—Beginning on the date that is 180 days 19 |
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| 301 | 301 | | after the date of enactment of this Act: 20 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (A) U |
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| 303 | 303 | | SE OF BARRIERS.—A motor vehicle 21 |
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| 304 | 304 | | manufacturer shall not employ any barrier that 22 |
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| 305 | 305 | | impairs the ability of— 23 |
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| 306 | 306 | | (i) a motor vehicle owner (or their 24 |
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| 307 | 307 | | designee) to access vehicle-generated data; 25 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (ii) a motor vehicle owner (or their 1 |
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| 312 | 312 | | designee), an aftermarket parts manufac-2 |
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| 313 | 313 | | turer, a motor vehicle equipment manufac-3 |
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| 314 | 314 | | turer, a remanufacturer, a diagnostic tool 4 |
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| 315 | 315 | | manufacturer, or a motor vehicle repair fa-5 |
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| 316 | 316 | | cility (including their distributors and serv-6 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ice providers), to access critical repair in-7 |
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| 318 | 318 | | formation, tools, and parts; 8 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (iii) a motor vehicle owner (or their 9 |
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| 320 | 320 | | designee) to use a vehicle towing or service 10 |
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| 321 | 321 | | provider of their choice; 11 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (iv) an aftermarket parts manufac-12 |
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| 323 | 323 | | turer, a motor vehicle equipment manufac-13 |
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| 324 | 324 | | turer, a remanufacturer, a junk yard, a 14 |
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| 325 | 325 | | salvage yard, or a motor vehicle repair fa-15 |
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| 326 | 326 | | cility (including their distributors and serv-16 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ice providers) to produce or offer compat-17 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ible alternative parts; 18 |
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| 329 | 329 | | (v) a motor vehicle owner (or their 19 |
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| 330 | 330 | | designee) to install and use compatible al-20 |
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| 331 | 331 | | ternative parts in or on a motor vehicle to 21 |
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| 332 | 332 | | repair or maintain the motor vehicle; or 22 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (vi) a motor vehicle owner (or their 23 |
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| 334 | 334 | | designee) to diagnose, repair, or maintain 24 |
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| 335 | 335 | | a motor vehicle. 25 |
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| 340 | 340 | | paragraph (5), a motor vehicle manufacturer 2 |
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| 341 | 341 | | shall not intentionally implement, while ad-3 |
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| 342 | 342 | | dressing driver and operational safety, any soft-4 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ware update to a motor vehicle with the specific 5 |
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| 344 | 344 | | intent of rendering any compatible alternative 6 |
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| 345 | 345 | | part or aftermarket part inoperable, in whole or 7 |
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| 346 | 346 | | in part, except as required by an order issued 8 |
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| 347 | 347 | | by the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-9 |
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| 348 | 348 | | istration. 10 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (2) R |
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| 350 | 350 | | EQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE VEHICLE -GEN-11 |
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| 351 | 351 | | ERATED DATA TO MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS AND 12 |
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| 352 | 352 | | THEIR DESIGNEES.—Beginning on the date that is 13 |
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| 353 | 353 | | 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a 14 |
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| 354 | 354 | | motor vehicle manufacturer shall— 15 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (A) provide to a motor vehicle owner (or 16 |
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| 356 | 356 | | their designee), without restriction or limitation, 17 |
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| 357 | 357 | | access to vehicle-generated data, including vehi-18 |
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| 358 | 358 | | cle-generated data made available through the 19 |
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| 359 | 359 | | motor vehicle’s interface ports; and 20 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (B) to the extent the motor vehicle is 21 |
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| 361 | 361 | | equipped for wireless transmission of vehicle- 22 |
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| 362 | 362 | | generated data over wireless technology via any 23 |
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| 363 | 363 | | telematics system, provide to a motor vehicle 24 |
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| 368 | 368 | | generated data— 2 |
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| 369 | 369 | | (i) at a fair, reasonable, and non-3 |
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| 370 | 370 | | discriminatory cost in or at the same man-4 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ner, sequence, and method as any motor 5 |
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| 372 | 372 | | vehicle manufacturer, affiliate of a motor 6 |
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| 373 | 373 | | vehicle manufacturer, motor vehicle dealer, 7 |
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| 374 | 374 | | authorized motor vehicle service provider, 8 |
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| 375 | 375 | | or any other third party to which a motor 9 |
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| 376 | 376 | | vehicle manufacturer gives vehicle-gen-10 |
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| 377 | 377 | | erated data has access to such data; and 11 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (ii) in a manner that is subject to the 12 |
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| 379 | 379 | | same cryptographic or technological protec-13 |
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| 380 | 380 | | tions as any motor vehicle manufacturer, 14 |
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| 381 | 381 | | affiliate of a motor vehicle manufacturer, 15 |
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| 382 | 382 | | motor vehicle dealer, authorized motor ve-16 |
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| 383 | 383 | | hicle service provider, or any other third 17 |
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| 384 | 384 | | party to whom the motor vehicle manufac-18 |
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| 385 | 385 | | turer provides such data. 19 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (3) R |
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| 387 | 387 | | EQUIREMENT TO MAKE CRITICAL REPAIR 20 |
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| 388 | 388 | | INFORMATION, TOOLS, AND PARTS AVAILABLE FOR 21 |
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| 389 | 389 | | PURCHASE BY MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS , DESIGNEES 22 |
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| 390 | 390 | | OF MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS , AND MEMBERS OF 23 |
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| 391 | 391 | | THE REPAIR INDUSTRY .—Beginning on the date 24 |
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| 392 | 392 | | that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this 25 |
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| 397 | 397 | | able to motor vehicle owners (and their designees), 2 |
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| 398 | 398 | | aftermarket parts manufacturers, remanufacturers, 3 |
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| 399 | 399 | | diagnostic tool manufacturers, and motor vehicle re-4 |
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| 400 | 400 | | pair facilities (including their distributors and serv-5 |
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| 401 | 401 | | ice providers), without restrictions or limitations, 6 |
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| 402 | 402 | | any critical repair information, tools, and parts re-7 |
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| 403 | 403 | | lated to the motor vehicles it manufactures at a fair, 8 |
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| 404 | 404 | | reasonable, and non-discriminatory cost. 9 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (4) P |
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| 406 | 406 | | ROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MANDATES BY 10 |
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| 407 | 407 | | MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS RELATED TO RE -11 |
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| 408 | 408 | | PAIRS.— 12 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (A) I |
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| 410 | 410 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-13 |
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| 411 | 411 | | graph (B), a motor vehicle manufacturer shall 14 |
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| 412 | 412 | | not, within any repair or maintenance service 15 |
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| 413 | 413 | | procedure, recommendation, service bulletin, re-16 |
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| 414 | 414 | | pair manual, position statement, software, 17 |
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| 415 | 415 | | firmware, other electronic system, or other simi-18 |
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| 416 | 416 | | lar repair or maintenance guide that is distrib-19 |
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| 417 | 417 | | uted to consumers or to professional repair-20 |
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| 418 | 418 | | ers— 21 |
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| 419 | 419 | | (i) mandate the use of any particular 22 |
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| 420 | 420 | | brand or manufacturer of tools, parts, or 23 |
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| 421 | 421 | | other motor vehicle equipment; 24 |
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| 426 | 426 | | parts to repair or maintain a motor vehi-2 |
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| 427 | 427 | | cle; or 3 |
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| 428 | 428 | | (iii) recommend the use of any par-4 |
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| 429 | 429 | | ticular brand or manufacturer of tools, 5 |
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| 430 | 430 | | parts, or other motor vehicle equipment 6 |
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| 431 | 431 | | unless the motor vehicle manufacturer pro-7 |
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| 432 | 432 | | vides a prominent notice immediately fol-8 |
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| 433 | 433 | | lowing the recommendation, in the same 9 |
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| 434 | 434 | | font as the recommendation and in a font 10 |
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| 435 | 435 | | size no smaller than the font size used in 11 |
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| 436 | 436 | | the recommendation, stating that: ‘‘Vehicle 12 |
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| 437 | 437 | | owners can choose which repair tools, 13 |
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| 438 | 438 | | parts, and other motor vehicle equipment 14 |
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| 439 | 439 | | to purchase and should carefully consider 15 |
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| 440 | 440 | | their options among different brands and 16 |
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| 441 | 441 | | manufacturers.’’. 17 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (B) E |
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| 443 | 443 | | XCEPTION.—The prohibition de-18 |
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| 444 | 444 | | scribed in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 19 |
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| 445 | 445 | | a recall, warranty repair, or voluntary repair 20 |
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| 446 | 446 | | campaign. 21 |
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| 447 | 447 | | (5) C |
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| 448 | 448 | | YBERSECURITY.—Nothing in this section 22 |
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| 449 | 449 | | shall preclude a motor vehicle manufacturer from 23 |
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| 450 | 450 | | employing cryptographic or technological protections 24 |
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| 451 | 451 | | necessary to secure vehicle-generated data, safety 25 |
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| 456 | 456 | | such protections comply with the requirements de-2 |
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| 457 | 457 | | scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2). 3 |
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| 458 | 458 | | (6) D |
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| 459 | 459 | | ESIGNEE PROHIBITIONS.—A motor vehicle 4 |
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| 460 | 460 | | manufacturer— 5 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (A) shall not limit the number or type of 6 |
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| 462 | 462 | | persons that a motor vehicle owner may des-7 |
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| 463 | 463 | | ignate as simultaneous designees; and 8 |
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| 464 | 464 | | (B) shall ensure that a motor vehicle 9 |
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| 465 | 465 | | owner has the ability to revoke the designation 10 |
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| 466 | 466 | | of a person as a designee in the same manner 11 |
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| 467 | 467 | | as the motor vehicle owner designated such per-12 |
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| 468 | 468 | | son as a designee. 13 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (7) R |
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| 470 | 470 | | EQUIRED NOTIFICATION.—Each motor ve-14 |
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| 471 | 471 | | hicle manufacturer shall provide a notification, using 15 |
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| 472 | 472 | | an on-vehicle screen or through a mobile device, to 16 |
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| 473 | 473 | | a motor vehicle owner when the vehicle-generated 17 |
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| 474 | 474 | | data of the owner is being accessed by any designee 18 |
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| 475 | 475 | | of the owner. 19 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (b) N |
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| 477 | 477 | | ULLIFICATION OF ATTEMPTSTORESTRICT 20 |
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| 478 | 478 | | C |
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| 479 | 479 | | OMPETITION AND CONSUMERRIGHTS.—Any provision 21 |
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| 480 | 480 | | in a contract executed on or after the date of enactment 22 |
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| 481 | 481 | | of this Act by or on behalf of a motor vehicle manufacturer 23 |
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| 482 | 482 | | that purports to violate subsection (a) shall be null and 24 |
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| 487 | 487 | | manufacturer to avoid its obligations under subsection (a). 2 |
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| 488 | 488 | | (c) P |
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| 489 | 489 | | ROPRIETARYINTERFACES.—Nothing in this sec-3 |
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| 490 | 490 | | tion shall be construed— 4 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (1) to require a motor vehicle dealer to use a 5 |
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| 492 | 492 | | non-proprietary vehicle interface; or 6 |
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| 493 | 493 | | (2) to prohibit a motor vehicle manufacturer 7 |
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| 494 | 494 | | from developing a proprietary vehicle diagnostic and 8 |
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| 495 | 495 | | reprogramming device, provided that the motor vehi-9 |
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| 496 | 496 | | cle manufacturer— 10 |
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| 497 | 497 | | (A) otherwise complies with the require-11 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ments of this section; and 12 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (B) makes any such proprietary device 13 |
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| 500 | 500 | | available to all motor vehicle repair facilities 14 |
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| 501 | 501 | | and parts and tool manufacturers upon fair and 15 |
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| 502 | 502 | | reasonable terms. 16 |
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| 503 | 503 | | SEC. 5. FAIR COMPETITION AFTER VEHICLES ARE SOLD 17 |
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| 504 | 504 | | ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 18 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (a) E |
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| 506 | 506 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 19 |
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| 507 | 507 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 20 |
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| 508 | 508 | | establish a ‘‘Fair Competition After Vehicles Are Sold Ad-21 |
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| 509 | 509 | | visory Committee’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ad-22 |
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| 510 | 510 | | visory Committee’’) to provide recommendations to the 23 |
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| 511 | 511 | | Commission regarding the implementation of this Act and 24 |
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| 512 | 512 | | best practices to eliminate any barriers to competition in 25 |
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| 517 | 517 | | of such existing and emerging barriers, as well as ensuring 2 |
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| 518 | 518 | | motor vehicle owners’ control over their vehicle-generated 3 |
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| 519 | 519 | | data. 4 |
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| 520 | 520 | | (b) M |
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| 521 | 521 | | EMBERSHIP.— 5 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (1) I |
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| 523 | 523 | | N GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee 6 |
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| 524 | 524 | | shall be composed of the following members: 7 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (A) The Director of the Bureau of Com-8 |
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| 526 | 526 | | petition. 9 |
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| 527 | 527 | | (B) The Administrator of the National 10 |
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| 528 | 528 | | Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 11 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (C) Eleven individuals, appointed by the 12 |
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| 530 | 530 | | Chair of the Commission, from each of the fol-13 |
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| 531 | 531 | | lowing: 14 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (i) Independent repair facilities. 15 |
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| 533 | 533 | | (ii) Motor vehicle parts retailers. 16 |
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| 534 | 534 | | (iii) Motor vehicle parts distributors. 17 |
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| 535 | 535 | | (iv) Original equipment parts manu-18 |
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| 536 | 536 | | facturers. 19 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (v) Aftermarket parts manufacturers. 20 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (vi) Diagnostic tool manufacturers. 21 |
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| 539 | 539 | | (vii) Motor vehicle manufacturers. 22 |
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| 540 | 540 | | (viii) Vehicle dealership service cen-23 |
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| 541 | 541 | | ters. 24 |
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| 542 | 542 | | (ix) Consumer rights organizations. 25 |
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| 547 | 547 | | (xi) Trucking companies. 2 |
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| 548 | 548 | | (2) C |
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| 549 | 549 | | HAIR.—The Chair of the Commission shall 3 |
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| 550 | 550 | | serve as the Chair of the Advisory Committee. 4 |
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| 551 | 551 | | (c) D |
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| 552 | 552 | | UTIES.—The Advisory Committee shall— 5 |
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| 553 | 553 | | (1) provide recommendations to the Commis-6 |
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| 554 | 554 | | sion regarding fostering industry collaboration in a 7 |
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| 555 | 555 | | clear and transparent manner; 8 |
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| 556 | 556 | | (2) coordinate with and include participation by 9 |
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| 557 | 557 | | the private sector (including each industry described 10 |
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| 558 | 558 | | in subsection (b)(1)(C)), members of the public, and 11 |
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| 559 | 559 | | other interested parties; and 12 |
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| 560 | 560 | | (3) assess existing and emerging barriers to 13 |
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| 561 | 561 | | competitive motor vehicle repair. 14 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (d) M |
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| 563 | 563 | | EETINGS.—The Advisory Committee shall meet 15 |
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| 564 | 564 | | at least 3 times per year at the call of the Chair. 16 |
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| 565 | 565 | | (e) R |
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| 566 | 566 | | EPORTS.— 17 |
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| 567 | 567 | | (1) R |
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| 568 | 568 | | EPORT TO THE CHAIR .—Not later than 18 |
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| 569 | 569 | | 180 days after the first meeting of the Advisory 19 |
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| 570 | 570 | | Committee, and annually thereafter, the Advisory 20 |
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| 571 | 571 | | Committee shall submit to the Chair a report on ef-21 |
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| 572 | 572 | | forts by each industry described in subsection 22 |
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| 573 | 573 | | (b)(1)(C) to implement this Act, as well as an as-23 |
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| 574 | 574 | | sessment of any existing and emerging barriers to 24 |
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| 579 | 579 | | trol over their vehicle-generated data. 2 |
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| 580 | 580 | | (2) R |
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| 581 | 581 | | EPORT TO CONGRESS .—Not later than 30 3 |
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| 582 | 582 | | days after receiving a report under paragraph (1), 4 |
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| 583 | 583 | | the Commission shall submit to the Committee on 5 |
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| 584 | 584 | | Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-6 |
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| 585 | 585 | | tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 7 |
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| 586 | 586 | | Transportation of the Senate a copy of such report, 8 |
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| 587 | 587 | | together with recommendations for such legislative 9 |
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| 588 | 588 | | or administrative action as the Commission deter-10 |
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| 589 | 589 | | mines appropriate. 11 |
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| 590 | 590 | | (f) T |
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| 591 | 591 | | ERMINATION.—The Advisory Committee shall 12 |
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| 592 | 592 | | terminate upon an agreement of a majority of the mem-13 |
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| 593 | 593 | | bership, but in no case earlier than 1 year after the first 14 |
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| 594 | 594 | | meeting of the Advisory Committee. The Advisory Com-15 |
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| 595 | 595 | | mittee shall provide notice of its planned termination to 16 |
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| 596 | 596 | | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 17 |
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| 597 | 597 | | the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 18 |
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| 598 | 598 | | of the House of Representatives, not later than 30 days 19 |
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| 599 | 599 | | prior to such termination and shall include a basis for the 20 |
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| 600 | 600 | | termination. 21 |
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| 601 | 601 | | SEC. 6. RULEMAKING. 22 |
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| 602 | 602 | | (a) S |
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| 603 | 603 | | ECURITYSTANDARDS FORACCESS TOVEHICLE- 23 |
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| 604 | 604 | | G |
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| 605 | 605 | | ENERATEDDATA.—Not later than 1 year after the date 24 |
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| 606 | 606 | | of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Na-25 |
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| 610 | 610 | | tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in consulta-1 |
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| 611 | 611 | | tion with the National Institute of Standards and Tech-2 |
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| 612 | 612 | | nology, shall promulgate regulations in accordance with 3 |
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| 613 | 613 | | section 553 of title 5, United States Code, to establish— 4 |
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| 614 | 614 | | (1) standards for consumer access to vehicle- 5 |
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| 615 | 615 | | generated data in accordance with section 4(a)(2); 6 |
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| 616 | 616 | | and 7 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (2) procedures to ensure the security of vehicle- 8 |
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| 618 | 618 | | generated data and motor vehicles as related to the 9 |
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| 619 | 619 | | access of vehicle-generated data required under this 10 |
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| 620 | 620 | | Act. 11 |
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| 621 | 621 | | (b) C |
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| 622 | 622 | | ONSUMERNOTIFICATION.—Not later than 2 12 |
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| 623 | 623 | | years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commis-13 |
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| 624 | 624 | | sion, in coordination with the Administrator of the Na-14 |
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| 625 | 625 | | tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration, shall pro-15 |
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| 626 | 626 | | mulgate regulations in accordance with section 553 of title 16 |
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| 627 | 627 | | 5, United States Code, to require motor vehicle manufac-17 |
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| 628 | 628 | | turers and motor vehicle dealers to inform motor vehicle 18 |
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| 629 | 629 | | owners of their rights under this Act at the point of pur-19 |
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| 630 | 630 | | chase or lease of a motor vehicle. 20 |
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| 631 | 631 | | SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT BY THE COMMISSION. 21 |
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| 632 | 632 | | (a) U |
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| 633 | 633 | | NFAIR ORDECEPTIVEACTS ORPRACTICES.— 22 |
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| 634 | 634 | | A violation of section 4(a) or a regulation promulgated 23 |
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| 635 | 635 | | under this Act shall be treated as a violation of a rule 24 |
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| 636 | 636 | | defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice under sec-25 |
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| 640 | 640 | | tion 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 1 |
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| 641 | 641 | | (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 2 |
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| 642 | 642 | | (b) P |
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| 643 | 643 | | OWERS OF THECOMMISSION.— 3 |
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| 644 | 644 | | (1) I |
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| 645 | 645 | | N GENERAL.—The Commission shall en-4 |
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| 646 | 646 | | force this Act in the same manner, by the same 5 |
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| 647 | 647 | | means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and 6 |
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| 648 | 648 | | duties as though all applicable terms and provisions 7 |
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| 649 | 649 | | of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 8 |
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| 650 | 650 | | et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of 9 |
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| 651 | 651 | | this Act. 10 |
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| 652 | 652 | | (2) P |
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| 653 | 653 | | RIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .—Any person 11 |
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| 654 | 654 | | who violates this Act or a regulation promulgated 12 |
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| 655 | 655 | | thereunder shall be subject to the penalties and enti-13 |
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| 656 | 656 | | tled to the privileges and immunities provided in the 14 |
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| 657 | 657 | | Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et 15 |
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| 658 | 658 | | seq.). 16 |
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| 659 | 659 | | (3) A |
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| 660 | 660 | | UTHORITY PRESERVED .—Nothing in this 17 |
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| 661 | 661 | | Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the 18 |
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| 662 | 662 | | Commission under any other provision of law. 19 |
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| 663 | 663 | | (4) R |
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| 664 | 664 | | ULEMAKING.—The Commission shall pro-20 |
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| 665 | 665 | | mulgate in accordance with section 553 of title 5, 21 |
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| 666 | 666 | | United States Code, such rules as may be necessary 22 |
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| 667 | 667 | | to carry out this Act. 23 |
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| 671 | 671 | | SEC. 8. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. 1 |
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| 672 | 672 | | (a) I |
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| 673 | 673 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 2 |
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| 674 | 674 | | date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall estab-3 |
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| 675 | 675 | | lish a mechanism to receive complaints regarding alleged 4 |
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| 676 | 676 | | violations of this Act by a motor vehicle manufacturer. 5 |
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| 677 | 677 | | (b) N |
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| 678 | 678 | | OTIFICATION TO AND RESPONSEFROM A 6 |
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| 679 | 679 | | M |
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| 680 | 680 | | OTORVEHICLEMANUFACTURER.—Upon receiving a 7 |
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| 681 | 681 | | complaint though the mechanism established under sub-8 |
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| 682 | 682 | | section (a), the Commission shall forward the complaint 9 |
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| 683 | 683 | | to the motor vehicle manufacturer named in the com-10 |
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| 684 | 684 | | plaint, and request that such motor vehicle manufacturer 11 |
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| 685 | 685 | | answer the complaint in writing within a reasonable time, 12 |
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| 686 | 686 | | as specified by the Commission, but in no case shall such 13 |
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| 687 | 687 | | time period exceed 30 days from the motor vehicle manu-14 |
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| 688 | 688 | | facturer’s receipt of the complaint. 15 |
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| 689 | 689 | | (c) I |
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| 690 | 690 | | NVESTIGATION BY THE COMMISSION.— 16 |
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| 691 | 691 | | (1) I |
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| 692 | 692 | | N GENERAL.—If the motor vehicle manu-17 |
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| 693 | 693 | | facturer does not answer within the time period 18 |
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| 694 | 694 | | specified by the Commission under subsection (b), 19 |
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| 695 | 695 | | the Commission shall investigate the matters com-20 |
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| 696 | 696 | | plained of in such manner and by such means as the 21 |
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| 697 | 697 | | Commission shall consider proper. 22 |
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| 698 | 698 | | (2) S |
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| 699 | 699 | | PECIAL RULE.—In investigating a com-23 |
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| 700 | 700 | | plaint under this section, the Commission may not 24 |
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| 701 | 701 | | dismiss such complaint due to the absence of direct 25 |
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| 702 | 702 | | damage to the person submitting such complaint. 26 |
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| 705 | 705 | | •S 1379 IS |
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| 706 | 706 | | (3) DEADLINE FOR ORDERS BY THE COMMIS -1 |
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| 707 | 707 | | SION.—The Commission shall, with respect to any 2 |
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| 708 | 708 | | investigation of complaint of a violation of this Act 3 |
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| 709 | 709 | | or a regulation promulgated thereunder, issue an 4 |
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| 710 | 710 | | order concluding such investigation within 5 months 5 |
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| 711 | 711 | | after the date on which the complaint was filed. Any 6 |
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| 712 | 712 | | order concluding an investigation under this para-7 |
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| 713 | 713 | | graph shall be a final order and may be appealed to 8 |
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| 714 | 714 | | the United States District Court for the District of 9 |
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| 715 | 715 | | Columbia. 10 |
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| 716 | 716 | | SEC. 9. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 11 |
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| 717 | 717 | | Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 12 |
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| 718 | 718 | | of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Commission 13 |
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| 719 | 719 | | shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 14 |
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| 720 | 720 | | Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on En-15 |
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| 721 | 721 | | ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a re-16 |
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| 722 | 722 | | port that includes— 17 |
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| 723 | 723 | | (1) a summary of investigations conducted and 18 |
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| 724 | 724 | | orders issued under section 8, including— 19 |
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| 725 | 725 | | (A) a description of any unfair practice re-20 |
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| 726 | 726 | | lating to repair and data access restrictions; 21 |
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| 727 | 727 | | and 22 |
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| 728 | 728 | | (B) a summary of best practices from 23 |
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| 729 | 729 | | stakeholders; and 24 |
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| 733 | 733 | | (2) a description of any action the Commission 1 |
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| 734 | 734 | | is taking to— 2 |
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| 735 | 735 | | (A) adapt to changes and advances in 3 |
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| 736 | 736 | | motor vehicle technology to maintain competi-4 |
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| 737 | 737 | | tion in the motor vehicle aftermarket; and 5 |
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| 738 | 738 | | (B) ensure motor vehicle owners’ control 6 |
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| 739 | 739 | | over their vehicle-generated data. 7 |
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| 740 | 740 | | SEC. 10. RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER LAWS. 8 |
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| 741 | 741 | | (a) P |
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| 742 | 742 | | REEMPTION OF OTHERSTATELAWS.—No 9 |
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| 743 | 743 | | State or political subdivision of a State may adopt, main-10 |
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| 744 | 744 | | tain, enforce, impose, or continue in effect a law, regula-11 |
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| 745 | 745 | | tion, rule, standard, prohibition, requirement, or other 12 |
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| 746 | 746 | | provision having the force and effect of law that is covered 13 |
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| 747 | 747 | | by the provisions of this Act, or a rule, regulation, or re-14 |
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| 748 | 748 | | quirement promulgated under this Act. 15 |
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| 749 | 749 | | (b) F |
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| 750 | 750 | | IELDPREEMPTION.—This Act shall preempt 16 |
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| 751 | 751 | | any State law, rule, or regulation that mandates the use 17 |
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| 752 | 752 | | of any particular brand or manufacturer of tools, parts, 18 |
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| 753 | 753 | | or other motor vehicle equipment, or prohibits the use of 19 |
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| 754 | 754 | | any aftermarket parts, recycled parts, or remanufactured 20 |
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| 755 | 755 | | parts solely on the basis of such parts being aftermarket 21 |
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| 756 | 756 | | parts, recycled parts, or remanufactured parts, for the 22 |
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| 757 | 757 | | purpose of maintaining, diagnosing, or repairing a motor 23 |
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| 758 | 758 | | vehicle. 24 |
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| 762 | 762 | | SEC. 11. SEVERABILITY. 1 |
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| 763 | 763 | | If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof 2 |
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| 764 | 764 | | to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remain-3 |
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| 765 | 765 | | der of this Act, and the application of such provision to 4 |
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| 766 | 766 | | other persons not similarly situated or to other cir-5 |
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| 767 | 767 | | cumstances, shall not be affected by the invalidation. 6 |
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