; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purpose. Sec. 3. NHTSA authority and State preemption for autonomous motor vehicles. Sec. 4. Updated or new motor vehicle safety standards for highly automated vehicles. Sec. 5. Cybersecurity of automated driving systems. Sec. 6. General exemptions. Sec. 7. Motor vehicle testing or evaluation. Sec. 8. Information on highly automated driving systems made available to prospective buyers. Sec. 9. Highly Automated Vehicle Advisory Council. Sec. 10. Rear seat occupant alert system. Sec. 11. Headlamps. Sec. 12. Privacy plan required for highly automated vehicles. Sec. 13. Definitions. 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to clarify the Federal role in ensuring the safety of highly automated vehicles as it relates to design, construction, and performance, by encouraging the testing and deployment of such vehicles. 3. NHTSA authority and State preemption for autonomous motor vehicles Section 30103 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Preemption (1) Highly automated vehicles No State or political subdivision of a State may maintain, enforce, prescribe, or continue in effect any law or regulation regarding the design, construction, or performance of highly automated vehicles, automated driving systems, or components of automated driving systems unless such law or regulation is identical to a standard prescribed under this chapter. (2) Motor vehicle standard When a motor vehicle safety standard is in effect under this chapter, a State or political subdivision of a State may prescribe or continue in effect a standard applicable to the same aspect of performance of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment only if the standard is identical to the standard prescribed under this chapter. (3) Rules of construction (A) In general Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prohibit a State or a political subdivision of a State from maintaining, enforcing, prescribing, or continuing in effect any law or regulation regarding