Self-driving cars will be the topic of a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Feb. 6, two senior congressional aides and three industry advocates said Wednesday.
- This would be the first self-driving car hearing by a House committee in the 116th Congress, a senior aide said. Lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation committees have been developing bills that would provide a federal framework to regulate the technology.
- The development of the bill has largely been closed to the public so far. The committees released six draft sections in 2019 for feedback from industry ...