H.R. 6051

119 HR 6051 IH: To Inform Families First Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-17
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 6051
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 November 17, 2025
  Mr. Buchanan  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
 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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   To Inform Families First Act of 2025  .
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.