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108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3683
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to evaluate devices and
technology for reducing the incidence of child injury and death
occurring inside or outside of motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 8, 2003
Mr. King of New York (for himself and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to evaluate devices and
technology for reducing the incidence of child injury and death
occurring inside or outside of motor vehicles, 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 ``Cameron Gulbransen Kids and Cars
Safety Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. EVALUATION OF DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE CHILD INJURY AND
DEATH FROM PARKED OR UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall evaluate--
(1) devices and technologies intended to reduce the
incidence of child injury and child death occurring outside of
parked motor vehicles in nontraffic, noncrash events, including
backing-over incidents, that are caused by such vehicles, and
determining which of those methods is the most effective; and
(2) currently available technology to prevent injury and
death of children left unattended inside of parked motor
vehicles, including injury or death due to hyperthermia, power
windows, or power sunroofs.
(b) Report.--The Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report
on the findings and determinations of the evaluation under this section
to the Congress by not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) Completion of Rulemaking Regarding Power Windows.--The
Secretary of Transportation shall by not later than 6 months after the
submission of the report under subsection (b) complete any rulemaking
begun before the date of the enactment of this Act regarding power
windows and power window switches.
SEC. 3. DATABASE FOR TRACKING THE NUMBER AND TYPES OF INJURIES AND
DEATHS IN NONTRAFFIC, NONCRASH EVENTS.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation shall establish
a database of (or modify an existing database to include), and collect
data regarding, the numbers and types of injuries and deaths in
nontraffic, noncrash events involving motor vehicles.
(b) Included Information.--The Secretary of Transportation shall
collect and include in such database the following information:
(1) The types, makes, models, and model years of motor
vehicles involved in nontraffic, noncrash events.
(2) Whether there was an operator of each motor vehicle in
such events.
(3) The age of each operator of such motor vehicles.
(4) The age of each individual who suffered injury or death
in such events.
(5) Whether each motor vehicle had technology installed to
detect individuals and objects behind it.
(6) The degree of injury to each individual who suffered
injury or death in such events.
(7) The location of which the injury or death occurred.
(8) Any other information prescribed by the Secretary of
Transportation.
(c) Availability.--The Secretary of Transportation shall make
information in the database under this section available to the public,
through--
(1) an Internet page of the Department of Transportation;
and
(2) annual reports.
SEC. 4. MOTOR VEHICLE BACKOVER PREVENTION TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation shall evaluate the
available technologies for detecting and preventing collisions with
individuals and objects behind a motor vehicle, with respect to the
accuracy, effectiveness, cost, and feasibility of installation of such
technologies in a wide variety of motor vehicles.
(b) Report.--The Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report
on the findings of the evaluation under this section to the Congress by
not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS REQUIRING BACKUP DETECTION
DEVICES.
(a) In General.--Based on the findings of the evaluation under
section 4, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe motor
vehicle safety standards that--
(1) require the installation, as standard equipment on a
new motor vehicle, of devices for detecting, and providing to
operators of such a vehicle a warning of, individuals and
objects behind the motor vehicle; and
(2) establish requirements for the performance of such
devices.
(b) Phased-In Application.--Standards prescribed under this section
shall take effect (as specified by the standards) over the 3-year
period beginning on the date of the submission of the report under
section 4(b), as follows:
(1) With respect to light trucks (as defined by the
Administration for purposes of the standards), by not later
than the end of the 2-year period beginning on such date.
(2) With respect to other passenger motor vehicles
specified by the Secretary of Transportation, after the end of
such 2-year period and by not later than the end of the 3-year
period beginning on such date.
SEC. 6. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS FOR POWER WINDOWS AND POWER
SUNROOFS.
The Secretary of Transportation shall, by not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, prescribe motor vehicle
safety standards for power windows and power sunroofs, that--
(1) ensure that the operation of power windows, power
window switches, and power sunroofs cannot result in deaths and
injuries; and
(2) require inclusion with power windows and power sunroofs
of--
(A) child-safe switches; and
(B) auto reverse technology.
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