NIADA members, including several dealers, spoke with legislators and their staffs on the need to approve H.R. 906, the REPAIR Act, to help consumers.

On Wednesday, Sept. 27, the House of Representative’s Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the resolution sponsored by Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.). The hearing is slated to start at 10:30 a.m.

During last week’s NIADA Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., members held more than 100 meetings advocating for the right to repair legislation.

The REPAIR Act would give vehicle owners and their designee(s) access to diagnostics, repair, calibration and service for their vehicles to allow work to be completed by more repair providers, thereby reducing consumers’ costs. The cost for consumers to repair their vehicles has grown by more than 66 percent since 2000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

According to the congressional summary of the legislation, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration must issue standards for access to vehicle data through the standardized access platform. It also states the Federal Trade Commission must establish an advisory committee to provide recommendations on the implementation of this bill and assess and report on existing and emerging barriers to vehicle repair and vehicle owners’ control over their vehicle-generated data.