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106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3061
To require the President to negotiate an international agreement
governing the recall by manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor
vehicle equipment with safety-related defects
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 15, 2000
Mr. Ashcroft introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To require the President to negotiate an international agreement
governing the recall by manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor
vehicle equipment with safety-related defects
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This bill may be cited as the ``International Consumer Safety
Information Act''.
SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT FOR RECALLS OF AUTOS OR AUTO PARTS.
(a) International Agreement.--The President shall attempt to
achieve the goal of an international agreement governing the
dissemination of information about recalls by manufacturers of motor
vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety-related defects. The
President shall take the necessary steps to begin negotiations within
the appropriate international fora not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of these negotiations shall be to
establish an international agreement in which government officials
agree to cooperate in furthering global transparency with respect to
motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment recalls so as to promote
consumer safety and to enhance consumer confidence.
(c) Guidelines for Governments.--The President shall consider the
following criteria in the negotiations referred to in (a):
(1) Member states should designate a competent authority
within their own national government as the responsible
authority for disseminating, to the public and to other foreign
authorities, information about recalls of motor vehicles or
motor vehicle equipment.
(2) Member states should cooperate at the international
level through their designated authorities through information
exchange, communication, and joint action.
(3) Member states should make available, to the public and
to other governments through the collective publication of an
Internet site managed for the purpose of the international
agreement negotiated pursuant to this title, information on the
following, at a minimum:
(A) The name, title, and contact information for
the competent authority in each member state regarding
motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment recalls.
(B) The names of companies that have issued
recalls, the companies' contact information, and the
specific products that are being recalled.
(C) The countries in which the recalls are
effective, and the date of the recall.
(4) Member states, in the interest of getting all relevant
information to their competent authorities and having those
authorities share it with other countries, should disseminate
widely the final guidelines negotiated to all relevant
government departments, agencies, and branches of government.
(5) Developed Member states should seek to assist
developing states in implementing this agreement, and to aid
efforts by developing states to ensure compliance with the
agreement.
(6) Member states should establish a framework to conduct
regular oversight and review to assess the operation and
effectiveness of the agreement and to create a forum in which
member states can share with other states the domestic laws and
regulations they have adopted to implement the agreement.
(d) Guidelines for Enterprises Engaged in Trade.--The President
shall seek to include in the international agreement guidelines on
recalls for enterprises engaged in exporting motor vehicles or motor
vehicle equipment or manufacturing motor vehicle equipment for
inclusion in vehicles to be exported. The President shall consider the
following criteria when conducting the negotiations:
(1) Transparency and disclosure.--Enterprises that export
autos or auto parts into the global market or enterprises that
manufacture component parts for autos that are sold into the
global market should disclose all relevant information
regarding a recall it undertakes to the competent authority in
the country it initiates the recall and to the competent
authority in the country in which it is incorporated. The
information should be extensive enough to facilitate the
listing referred to in (C)(3).
(2) Consumer interests.--Enterprises should be cognizant of
the fact that consumers transverse international borders and
often take their vehicles with them; therefore, the enterprises
should, to the greatest extent practical, make all consumers
aware of recalls of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment,
particularly in countries that border or are in proximity to a
country in which the recall was initiated.
(3) Cooperation with regulatory authorities.--Enterprises
should cooperate promptly with the national authorities in any
country that is requesting information about motor vehicle or
motor vehicle equipment recall in an effort to safeguard
consumer safety.
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT COORDINATION OF INFORMATION ON FOREIGN
RECALLS OF MOTOR VEHICLES OR MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT.
(a) Development of Expertise in Recalls of Motor Vehicles or Motor
Vehicle Equipment.--The President should designate the Secretary of
Transportation as the competent authority in the United States
Government:
(1) The Secretary of Transportation should advise the
President in negotiations referenced by section 2.
(2) The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate with
and draw on the expertise of the appropriate officials in the
Department of State, the Office of the United States Trade
Representative, and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
(3) Until such time that the President concludes the
negotiations referenced in section 2 and until there is an
international Internet database that compiles the information
in section 2(C)(3), the Secretary of Transportation shall post
an official Internet site detailing the information to the
greatest extent possible, in section 2(C)(3) in addition to
information provided to the Secretary of Transportation by U.S.
embassies abroad about recalls of motor vehicles or motor
vehicle equipment in foreign countries.
(b) Coordinated Federal Strategy.--The Department of State shall
establish procedures by which United States embassies abroad will
inform the Secretary of Transportation immediately when the Ambassador
or commercial attache receives information about an impending or
announced recall of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment.
Immediately thereafter, the Secretary of Transportation shall notify
the Senate Commerce Committee and the House Commerce Committee.
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