The $1.3 trillion government spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Friday includes $100 million in support for self-driving technology, and $2 million of that spending will go to fund federally-designated self-driving test sites, according to automotive news site Autonews.

It is understood that this is the first time the US Congress has appropriated funds for autonomous driving projects since the US Department of Transportation set aside 10 autonomous driving proving grounds to encourage testing, technology validation, and information sharing. Sen. Gary Peters, R-Michigan, and Debbie K. Debbie Stabenow pushed for funding for self-driving sites in the government spending bill, and one of the test sites is the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan.

In addition, spending in the government spending bill will be used to support the development of advanced driver assistance systems, which can make up for the lack of fully autonomous driving technology. In addition, the U.S. Congress has asked the Secretary of Transportation to come up with a self-driving car development program in a six-month period.

The AV START Act may lay the legal foundation for the development and operation of self-driving car testing on public roads in the United States. However, the bill is still stuck in the Senate stage because some Democrats have questions about the safety of the technology. Due to a tight congressional agenda and highly tense bipartisanship in the United States, the likelihood of the bill passing is diminishing even though there is greater support for the autopilot bill from both Republicans and Democrats. The U.S. Congress will kick off a two-week Easter break while lawmakers focus on the midterm elections in November later this year ......

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