[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6051 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6051
To promote the voluntary inclusion of emergency contact information in
State driver's license and identification systems and to provide
support to States for implementation of such systems, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 17, 2025
Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To promote the voluntary inclusion of emergency contact information in
State driver's license and identification systems and to provide
support to States for implementation of such systems, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``To Inform Families First Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION GRANT PROGRAM
FOR EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through
the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, shall establish a program (in this section referred to
as ``the program'') to provide assistance to States to develop and
implement systems to collect emergency contact information for
inclusion in the driver's license and identification records of such
States.
(b) Forms of Assistance.--Assistance provided under the program
section may be in the form of a grant or technical assistance.
(c) Requirements.--As a condition of receiving assistance under the
program, a State shall use such assistance to develop an emergency
contact information system described in subsection (a) and such State
shall--
(1) ensure that the provision of emergency contact
information by an individual under such system is voluntary;
(2) include robust data security protections in such
system;
(3) restrict access to information provided under such
system to authorized emergency personnel for use only during an
emergency; and
(4) ensure that there is no requirement to display such
emergency contact information on a physical driver's license or
identification card.
(d) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual report on
the implementation of this section and include in such report
information on any technical assistance provided under this section.
(e) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' means any
of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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