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S 1474 · in committee · major

Vehicle Safety Research Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Creates statutory authority for a vehicle safety data-sharing program between automakers and federal safety regulators.
  • Affects automakers, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and safety researchers.
  • Requires NHTSA to develop program rules and contract with a nonprofit or university to manage confidential data analysis.

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    How would automakers' competitive concerns about sharing proprietary safety data be balanced against NHTSA's need for comprehensive information to identify hazards?

  2. 02

    What safeguards should govern how a nonprofit or university manages confidential automaker data to prevent misuse or public disclosure?

  3. 03

    Would this data-sharing program help NHTSA detect safety problems faster than its current complaint and testing processes?

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Gary C. Peters

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Introduced 2025-04-10

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-10 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

  2. 2025-04-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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