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HR 701 115th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Computer security and identity theft Government studies and investigations Motor vehicles Right of privacy Transportation safety and security

SPY Car Study Act of 2017

Introduced: January 24, 2017 Introduced by: Wilson, Joe Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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Jan 31, 2017
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H757)
Jan 24, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Security and Privacy in Your Car Study Act of 2017 or the SPY Car Study Act of 2017

This bill requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a study to determine and recommend standards for the regulation of the cybersecurity of motor vehicles manufactured or imported for sale in the United States. The study shall identify:

  • isolation measures that are necessary to separate critical software systems that can affect the driver's control of the movement of the vehicle from other software systems;
  • measures that are necessary to detect and prevent or minimize anomalous codes, in vehicle software systems, associated with malicious behavior;
  • techniques that are necessary to detect and prevent, discourage, or mitigate intrusions into vehicle software systems and other cybersecurity risks in motor vehicles; and
  • best practices to secure driving data about a vehicle's status or about the owner, lessee, driver, or passenger of a vehicle that is collected by the electronic systems of motor vehicles; and
  • a timeline for implementing systems and software that reflect such measures, techniques, and best practices.
What's happening now January 31, 2017

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H757)

 Bill text 1 version

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Lieu, Ted
California · Jan 24, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 701: SPY Car Study Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-701/
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"H.R. 701: SPY Car Study Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-701/.
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H.R. 701, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-701/.
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