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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9408 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish certain safety standards 

and disclose certain information relating to pedestrians and motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 23, 2024 

Ms. SCANLON (for herself and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish certain 

safety standards and disclose certain information relating 

to pedestrians and motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pedestrian Protection 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STANDARDS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 301 of 

3 title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

4 end the following: 

5 ‘‘§ 30130. Pedestrian safety standards. 

6 ‘‘(a) GENERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STAND7 ARDS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) RULEMAKING PROCEEDING.—Not later 

9 than 3 years after the date of enactment of this sec10 tion, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking pro11 ceeding to establish or modify, as applicable, safety 

12 standards for motor vehicles to reduce the likelihood 

13 of, and the number of deaths and injuries associated 

14 with, collisions by considering certain features of 

15 motor vehicles designed to protect covered road 

16 users, including— 

17 ‘‘(A) hood design; 

18 ‘‘(B) bumper design; 

19 ‘‘(C) windshield design; 

20 ‘‘(D) vehicle height; and 

21 ‘‘(E) vehicle weight. 

22 ‘‘(2) FINAL RULE.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

24 after the date of initiating such rulemaking pro25 ceeding, the Secretary shall issue a final rule 

26 pursuant to paragraph (1). 


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1 ‘‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The final rule 

2 described in subparagraph (A) shall require full 

3 compliance with each safety standard for motor 

4 vehicles established or modified, as applicable, 

5 pursuant to the final rule not later than 2 years 

6 after the date on which the final rule is issued. 

7 ‘‘(b) MOTOR VEHICLE MINIMUM VISIBILITY SAFETY

8 STANDARDS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) RULEMAKING PROCEEDING.—Not later 

10 than 4 years after the date of enactment of this sec11 tion, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking pro12 ceeding to establish minimum visibility standards for 

13 motor vehicles to reduce the likelihood of collisions. 

14 ‘‘(2) FINAL RULE.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

16 after the date of initiating such rulemaking pro17 ceeding, the Secretary shall issue a final rule 

18 pursuant to paragraph (1). 

19 ‘‘(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The final rule 

20 described in subparagraph (A) shall require full 

21 compliance with each minimum visibility stand22 ard for motor vehicles established pursuant to 

23 the final rule not later than 2 years after the 

24 date on which the final rule is issued. 

25 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) COLLISION.—The term ‘collision’ means a 

2 crash between a motor vehicle and a covered road 

3 user, including such a crash— 

4 ‘‘(A) that occurs at a low speed; and 

5 ‘‘(B) that occurs in a driveway, parking 

6 lot, or private road. 

7 ‘‘(2) COVERED ROAD USER.—The term ‘covered 

8 road user’ means a pedestrian, bicyclist, or other 

9 vulnerable road user.’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

11 for subchapter II of chapter 301 of title 49, United States 

12 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘Sec. 30130. Pedestrian safety standards.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE INFORMATION. 

14 Section 32302 of title 49, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (f)— 

17 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

18 paragraph (4); and 

19 (B) by inserting before paragraph (4), as 

20 so redesignated, the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) COMPARATIVE RATINGS.—The Secretary 

22 shall publish comparative ratings of the vulnerable 

23 road user safety technology ratings described in 

24 paragraph (2)(A)(iv).’’; and 

25 (2) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(g) DRIVER VISIBILITY.— 

2 ‘‘(1) NOTICE.—Not later than 4 years after the 

3 date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 

4 shall publish a notice, for purposes of public review 

5 and comment, to establish a means for providing to 

6 consumers information relating to driver visibility of 

7 pedestrians, bicyclists, and other vulnerable road 

8 users, in accordance with subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘(2) INCLUSIONS.—The notice under paragraph 

10 (1) shall include— 

11 ‘‘(A) an appropriate methodology for— 

12 ‘‘(i) determining which technologies 

13 and design features shall be included in 

14 the information; 

15 ‘‘(ii) developing performance test cri16 teria for use by manufacturers in evalu17 ating technologies and design features; 

18 ‘‘(iii) determining a distinct rating of 

19 driver visibility; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) updating overall vehicle ratings 

21 to incorporate driver visibility ratings; and 

22 ‘‘(B) such other information and analyses 

23 as the Secretary determines to be necessary to 

24 implement the rating of driver visibility. 


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1 ‘‘(3) COMPARATIVE RATINGS.—The Secretary 

2 shall publish comparative ratings of the driver visi3 bility ratings described in paragraph (2)(A)(iv). 

4 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the 

5 date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 

6 shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 

7 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

8 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

9 of Representatives a report that describes a plan for 

10 implementing an information and rating system for 

11 driver visibility, in accordance with subsection (a).’’. 

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