1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sharing Automated Vehicle Records with Everyone for Safety Act or the SHARES Act . 2. Highly Automated Vehicle Information Sharing Advisory Council (a) Establishment Subject to the availability of appropriations, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Highly Automated Vehicle Information Sharing Advisory Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council ). (b) Membership Members of the Council shall include a diverse group representative of business, academia and independent researchers, State and local authorities, safety and consumer advocates, engineers, labor organizations, environmental experts, a representative of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and other members determined to be appropriate by the Secretary. The Council shall be composed of not less than 15 and not more than 30 members appointed by the Secretary. (c) Terms Members of the Council shall be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation and shall serve for a term of three years. (d) Vacancies Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Council shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the position being vacated. The vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the duties of the Council. (e) Duties The Council shall undertake information gathering activities, develop technical advice, and present best practices or recommendations to the Secretary regarding the development of a framework that allows manufacturers of highly automated vehicles to share with each other and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration relevant, situational information related to any testing or deployment event on public streets resulting or that reasonably could have resulted in damage to the vehicle or any occupant thereof and validation of such vehicles in a manner that does not risk public disclosure of such