DRIVER Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6687 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6687 To require manufacturers of motor vehicles to provide motor vehicle owners with access to and use of motor vehicle data of motor vehicles, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2025 Mrs. Harshbarger (for herself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require manufacturers of motor vehicles to provide motor vehicle owners with access to and use of motor vehicle data of motor 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 ``Data Rights for Information and Vehicle Electronics in Real-time Act'' or the ``DRIVER Act''. SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE OWNER ACCESS TO MOTOR VEHICLE DATA. A manufacturer of a motor vehicle shall provide to a motor vehicle owner secure access to, and joint control of, any motor vehicle data of the motor vehicle of such motor vehicle owner as follows: (1) At no cost beyond the purchase price of such motor vehicle. (2) In real time. (3) Without any restriction or limitation with respect to the manner in which such motor vehicle owner, for any lawful purpose-- (A) uses such motor vehicle data; or (B) authorizes access to or use of such motor vehicle data by a third party, other than a person owned or controlled by a foreign adversary (as defined in section 791.2 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations). (4) Without a requirement that such motor vehicle owner pay a fee or purchase a license to decrypt such motor vehicle data or use a device provided by such manufacturer to access