To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow certain grant funds issued by the Secretary of Transportation to be used for the deployment and purchasing of technology for certain autonomous shared mobility vehicles, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8692 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8692 To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow certain grant funds issued by the Secretary of Transportation to be used for the deployment and purchasing of technology for certain autonomous shared mobility vehicles, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2026 Mr. Kiley of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow certain grant funds issued by the Secretary of Transportation to be used for the deployment and purchasing of technology for certain autonomous shared mobility vehicles, 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 ``Shared Autonomous Mobility Act of 2026'' or ``SAM Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ACCELERATING INNOVATIVE MOBILITY GRANT PROGRAM. (a) Amendment to Chapter 53 Defined Terms.--Section 5302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (14)(B) by striking ``configuration or components'' and inserting ``configuration or components (including a major change to equip or facilitate automated driving systems)''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(26) Covered shared mobility vehicle.--The term `covered shared mobility vehicle' means a new bus model equipped with an automated driving system. ``(27) Automated driving system.--With respect to a new bus model, the term `automated driving system' means a system of hardware and software that-- ``(A) is collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained