# 119-s-1474: Vehicle Safety Research Act of 2025

119-s-1474, Vehicle Safety Research Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1474
- Congress: 119
- Title: Vehicle Safety Research Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## 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. - 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.*

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN), 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New vehicle safety research program: mixed, low. 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 cont…

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- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-258: TORNADO Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1474 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1474)

## Related
- [119-s-2975: PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2975)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-873: Fighter Force Preservation and Recapitalization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-873)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-258: TORNADO Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-258)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1474 (as of 2026-09-10).