WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce

Committee will vote July 30 on President Donald Trump's nominee

to head the nation's auto safety regulator, the panel said on

Wednesday.

Jonathan Morrison, chief counsel of the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration in the first Trump administration,

told lawmakers this month the agency must actively oversee

self-driving vehicle technology.

The agency current has a number of investigations ongoing

into self-driving vehicles and other advanced technologies,

including a probe into 2.4 million Tesla vehicles with

full self-driving technology.