Fair Repair Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7404 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7404 To require original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available certain documentation, diagnostic, and repair information to independent repair providers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 2026 Mr. Morelle (for himself and Ms. Perez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available certain documentation, diagnostic, and repair information to independent repair providers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Repair Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS. (a) In General.--In the case of digital electronic equipment manufactured by or on behalf of, sold, or otherwise supplied by an original equipment manufacturer, the original equipment manufacturer shall make available, for the purposes of diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of such equipment, to independent repair providers and owners of such equipment on fair and reasonable terms, documentation, parts, and tools, inclusive of any updates. (b) Prohibition on the Use of Certain Parts.--An original equipment manufacturer shall not use parts pairing or any other mechanism to-- (1) prevent the installation or functioning of any otherwise-functional part, including a non-manufacturer approved replacement part or component; (2) inhibit or reduce the functioning of any part, such that replacement by an independent repair provider or the devic