PRIA Logo™
119-s-1474119th CongressWALLET

Vehicle Safety Research Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a protected data-sharing partnership between automakers and NHTSA to analyze vehicle safety data. This bill would establish the PARTS program and set rules for how safety data is submitted, handled, and used.

Show full summary
  • Companies that join would retain ownership and control of any data they submit and could block sharing with other participants unless they give express permission.
  • The Secretary of Transportation would contract with a qualified nonprofit or institution of higher education to collect, analyze, and share safety data, and the program charter must require safeguards and prevent reverse engineering of aggregate results.
  • Analysis from PARTS would be limited to developing, deploying, assessing, and regulating safety technologies and countermeasures.
  • Most reports and data submitted under PARTS would be withheld from public disclosure under a specified FOIA exemption, and the Paperwork Reduction Act would not apply to PARTS data.
  • The bill would authorize $4 million for FY2026, $6 million for FY2027, $7 million for FY2028, $8 million for FY2029, and $9 million for FY2030, totaling $34 million to operate PARTS.

*Would authorize $34 million in appropriations over FY2026–2030 to fund PARTS, increasing federal spending.*

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to download

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New vehicle safety research program

If enacted, the bill would create the PARTS traffic safety research program at DOT as a continuation of NHTSA's PARTS. The Secretary would have 180 days to write a charter. The Secretary must contract with a nonprofit or university to do the research. Data contributors would keep ownership and control of their data. Voluntary data would be kept nonpublic under 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3)(B). The charter would limit sharing, add safeguards, and prevent reverse engineering of results. The bill would exempt PARTS materials from the Paperwork Reduction Act, with some exceptions. Congress would still need to appropriate money. The bill would authorize $4 million for FY2026; $6 million for FY2027; $7 million for FY2028; $8 million for FY2029; and $9 million for FY2030. Participation would be voluntary and would not replace other federal reporting duties.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

MI • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

View on Congress.gov
Back to Legislation