[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7898-S7899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4384. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 376. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TACTICAL VEHICLE SAFETY DATA 
                   COLLECTION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall jointly carry out a pilot program 
     to evaluate the feasibility of using data recorders to 
     monitor, assess, and improve the readiness and safety of the 
     operation of military tactical vehicles.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the pilot program are--
       (1) to allow for the automated identification of hazards 
     and potential hazards on and off military installations;
       (2) to mitigate and increase awareness of hazards and 
     potential hazards on and off military installations;
       (3) to identify near-miss accidents;
       (4) to create a standardized record source for accident 
     investigations;
       (5) to assess individual driver proficiency, risk, and 
     readiness;
       (6) to increase consistency in the implementation of 
     military installation and unit-level range safety programs 
     across military installations and units;
       (7) to evaluate the feasibility of incorporating metrics 
     generated from data recorders into the safety reporting 
     systems and to the Defense Readiness Reporting System as a 
     measure of assessing safety risks, mitigations, and 
     readiness;
       (8) to determine the costs and benefits of retrofitting 
     data recorders on legacy platforms and including data 
     recorders as a requirement in acquisition of military 
     tactical vehicles; and
       (9) any other matters as determined by the Secretary 
     concerned.
       (c) Requirements.--In carrying out the pilot program, the 
     Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall--
       (1) assess the feasibility of using commercial technology, 
     such as smartphones or technologies used by insurance 
     companies, as a data recorder;
       (2) test and evaluate a minimum of two data recorders that 
     meet the pilot program requirements;
       (3) select a data recorder capable of collecting and 
     exporting the telemetry data, event data, and driver 
     identification during operation and accidents;
       (4) install and maintain a data recorder on a sufficient 
     number of each of the military tactical vehicles listed under 
     subsection (f) at installations selected by the Secretary 
     concerned under subsection (e) for statistically significant 
     results;
       (5) establish and maintain a database that contains 
     telemetry data, driver data, and event data captured by the 
     data recorder;
       (6) regularly generate for each installation selected under 
     subsection (e) a dataset that is viewable in widely available 
     mapping software of hazards and potential hazards based on 
     telemetry data and event data captured by the data recorders;
       (7) generate actionable data sets and statistics on 
     individual, vehicle, and military installation;
       (8) require commanders at the installations selected under 
     subsection (e) to incorporate the actionable data sets and 
     statistics into the installation range safety program;
       (9) require unit commanders at the installations selected 
     under subsection (e) to incorporate the actionable data sets 
     and statistics into the unit driver safety program;
       (10) evaluate the feasibility of integrating data sets and 
     statistics to improve driver certification and licensing 
     based on data recorded and generated by the data recorders;
       (11) use open architecture to the maximum extent 
     practicable; and
       (12) carry out any other activities determined by the 
     Secretary as necessary to meet the purposes under subsection 
     (b).
       (d) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
     and the Secretary of the Navy shall develop a plan for 
     implementing the pilot program.
       (e) Locations.--Each Secretary concerned shall carry out 
     the pilot program at not fewer than one military installation 
     in the United States selected by the Secretary concerned that 
     meets the following conditions:
       (1) Contains the necessary force structure, equipment, and 
     maneuver training ranges to collect driver and military 
     tactical vehicle data during training and routine operation.
       (2) Represents at a minimum one of the five training ranges 
     identified in the study by the Comptroller General of the 
     United States titled ``Army and Marine Corps Should Take 
     Additional Actions to Mitigate and Prevent Training 
     Accidents'' that did not track unit location during the 
     training events.
       (f) Covered Military Tactical Vehicles.--The pilot program 
     shall cover the following military tactical vehicles:
       (1) Army Strykers.
       (2) Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicles.
       (3) Army Medium Tactical Vehicles.
       (4) Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements.
       (g) Metrics.--The Secretaries shall develop metrics to 
     evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program in 
     monitoring, assessing, and improving vehicle safety, driver 
     readiness, and mitigation of risk.
       (h) Reports.--
       (1) Initial.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall jointly submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the pilot 
     program that addresses the plan for implementing the 
     requirements under subsection (c), including the established 
     metrics under subsection (g).
       (2) Interim.--Not later than three years after the 
     commencement of the pilot program, the Secretary of the Army 
     and the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the status of 
     the pilot program, including the preliminary results in 
     carrying out the pilot program, the metrics generated during 
     the pilot program, disaggregated by military tactical 
     vehicle, location, and service, and the implementation plan 
     under subsection (d).
       (3) Final.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     termination of the pilot program, the Secretary of the Army 
     and the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the results of 
     the program.
       (B) Elements.--The report required by subparagraph (A) 
     shall--
       (i) assess the effectiveness of the pilot program in 
     meeting the purposes under subsection (b);
       (ii) include the metrics generated during the pilot 
     program, disaggregated by military tactical vehicle, 
     location, and service;
       (iii) include the views of range personnel, unit 
     commanders, and members of the Armed Forces involved in the 
     pilot program on the level of effectiveness of the technology 
     selected;
       (iv) provide a cost estimate for equipping legacy military 
     tactical vehicles with data recorders;
       (v) determine the instances in which data recorders should 
     be a requirement in the acquisition of military tactical 
     vehicles;
       (vi) recommend whether the pilot program should be expanded 
     or made into a program of record; and
       (vii) recommend any statutory, regulatory, or policy 
     changes required to support the purposes under subsection 
     (b).
       (i) Termination.--The authority to carry out the pilot 
     program under subsection (a)

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     shall terminate five years after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
       (j) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Accident.--The term ``accident'' means a collision, 
     rollover, or other mishap involving a motor vehicle.
       (2) Congressional defense committees.--The term 
     ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       (3) Data recorder.--The term ``data recorder'' means 
     technologies installed in a motor vehicle to record driver 
     identification, telemetry data, and event data related to the 
     operation of the motor vehicle.
       (4) Driver identification.--The term ``driver 
     identification'' means data enabling the unique 
     identification of the driver operating a motor vehicle.
       (5) Event data.--The term ``event data'' includes data 
     related to--
       (A) the start and conclusion of each vehicle operation;
       (B) a vehicle accident;
       (C) a vehicle acceleration, velocity, or location with an 
     increased potential for an accident; or
       (D) a vehicle orientation with an increased potential for 
     an accident.
       (6) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
     means--
       (A) the Secretary of the Army with respect to matters 
     concerning the Army; and
       (B) the Secretary of the Navy with respect to matters 
     concerning the Navy and Marine Corps.
       (7) Telemetry data.--The term ``telemetry data'' includes--
       (A) time;
       (B) vehicle distance traveled;
       (C) vehicle acceleration and velocity;
       (D) vehicle orientation, including roll, pitch, and yaw; 
     and
       (E) vehicle location in a geographic coordinate system, 
     including elevation.
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