Bill > HR3593

Introduced Session

To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring all new passenger motor vehicles to be equipped with a child safety alert system, and for other purposes. This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule requiring all new passenger motor vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less to be equipped with an alert system to detect the presence of an occupant (e.g., a child or domestic animal) in a rear designated seating position after the vehicle engine is turned off. DOT must also consider requiring systems that can detect the presence of any occupant unable to independently exit the vehicle and the presence of a child who has entered an unoccupied vehicle independently. The alert must (1) include a distinct auditory and visual alert to notify individuals inside and outside of the vehicle of the presence of an occupant which must be combined with an interior haptic warning (i.e., vibrations), and (2) be activated when the vehicle engine is turned off and the presence of an occupant is detected. DOT must enter into an agreement with an independent third party for a study on retrofitting existing passenger motor vehicles with technology to address the problem of occupants left unattended in motor vehicles.

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Tim Ryan (D)*,  Colin Allred (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Larry Bucshon (R),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  André Carson (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  Charlie Crist (D),  Sharice Davids (D),  Val Demings (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Chuy García (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Josh Harder (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Robin Kelly (D),  Peter King (R),  Ann Kirkpatrick (D),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Mike Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Nita Lowey (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Stephanie Murphy (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  David Price (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Max Rose (D),  Harley Rouda (D),  Dutch Ruppersberger (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Donna Shalala (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Greg Stanton (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Jennifer Wexton (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. (on 07/01/2019)

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