Sec. 105. Reports to Congress
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Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter for 6 years, the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall update the Inspector General's report dated June 18, 2015 (ST–2015–063), on the pre-investigation processes used by the Office of Defects Investigation of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (referred to in this section as NHTSA ) to collect and analyze vehicle safety data and to determine potential safety issues and whether those processes were sufficiently improved, including an assessment of— the sufficiency of NHTSA's procedures and practices for collecting, verifying the accuracy and completeness of, analyzing, and determining whether to further investigate potential safety issues described in consumer complaints and manufacturer submittals to the early warning report system; the number and type of requests for information made by NHTSA based on data received in the early warning reporting system and consumer complaints received; the number of safety defect investigations opened by NHTSA based on information reported to NHTSA through the early warning reporting system, consumer complaints, or other sources; the nature and vehicle defect category of each safety defect investigation described in subparagraph (C); the duration of each safety defect investigation described in subparagraph (C), including— the number of safety defect investigations described in subparagraph
(C)that are subsequently closed without further action; and the number and description of safety defect investigations described in subparagraph
(C)that have been open for more than 1 year; the percentage of the safety defect investigations described in subparagraph
(C)that result in a finding of a safety defect, recall, or service information campaign; the status and sufficiency of NHTSA's compliance with each recommendation designed to improve vehicle safety made by the Inspector General; and other information the Inspector General considers appropriate. Not later than 30 days after the date that a report under paragraph
(1)is complete, the Inspector General shall transmit the report to— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. The Inspector General shall make the report public as soon as practicable, but not later than 30 days after the date the report is transmitted under subparagraph (A). Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a report regarding the operations of the Council for Vehicle Electronics, Vehicle Software, and Emerging Technologies established under section 31401 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act ( 49 U.S.C. 105 note). The report shall include information about the accomplishments of the Council, the role of the Council in integrating and aggregating expertise across NHTSA, and the priorities of the Council over the next 5 years. The Secretary shall submit the report upon completion to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
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