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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2230 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce 

the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of 

motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2005 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations 

to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of 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 ‘‘Cameron Gulbransen 

5 Kids and Cars Safety Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. RULEMAKING REGARDING CHILD SAFETY. 

7 (a) POWER WINDOW SAFETY.—Not later than 18 

8 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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1 retary of Transportation shall issue regulations applicable 

2 to all light passenger vehicles to ensure that power win3 dows and panels automatically reverse direction when they 

4 detect an obstruction to prevent children from being 

5 trapped, injured, or killed. 

6 (b) DRIVER REMINDER SYSTEM.—Not later than 18 

7 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary of Transportation shall issue regulations applicable 

9 to all light passenger vehicles requiring a system of driver 

10 notification or reminder system once the ignition switch 

11 is in the off position if passengers remain in any of the 

12 rear seating positions of the vehicle. 

13 (c) REARWARD VISIBILITY.—Not later than 18 

14 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec15 retary of Transportation shall issue regulations applicable 

16 to all light passenger vehicles requiring a rearward visi17 bility performance standard that will provide drivers with 

18 an unobstructed view of the area behind the vehicle in 

19 order to prevent backing incidents involving death and in20 jury especially to small children and disabled persons. 

21 (d) PHASE IN PERIOD.—The regulations issued 

22 under subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall require that a 

23 phase-in period for compliance with the regulations shall 

24 commence not later than 6 months after the date such 

25 regulations are final, and shall require that all new light 
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1 passenger vehicles shall be fully in compliance with such 

2 regulations not later than September 1, 2010. 

3 (e) DATABASE ON INJURIES AND DEATHS IN NON4 TRAFFIC, NONCRASH EVENTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary of Transportation shall establish and main8 tain a database of, and collect annually data regard9 ing injuries and deaths in nontraffic, noncrash 

10 events involving motor vehicles. The database shall 

11 include information regarding— 

12 (A) the number, types, and proximate 

13 causes of injuries and deaths resulting from 

14 such events; 

15 (B) the characteristics of motor vehicles 

16 involved in such events; 

17 (C) the characteristics of the motor vehicle 

18 operators and victims involved in such events; 

19 and 

20 (D) the presence or absence in motor vehi21 cles involved in such events of advanced tech22 nologies designed to prevent such injuries and 

23 deaths. 

24 (2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 

25 the database available to the public. 
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1 SEC. 3. CHILD SAFETY INFORMATION PROGRAM. 

2 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall either 

4 supplement a consumer information program relating to 

5 child safety or create a new program with information 

6 about hazards to children in nontraffic, noncrash incident 

7 situations. In executing this program, the Secretary 

8 shall— 

9 (1) utilize information collected pursuant to sec10 tion 2(e) regarding nontraffic, noncrash injuries, as 

11 well as other relevant data from private organiza12 tions, to establish priorities for the program; 

13 (2) address ways in which parents can mitigate 

14 dangers to small children arising from, at a min15 imum, backover incidents, hyperthermia in closed ve16 hicles, and accidental actuation of power windows; 

17 and 

18 (3) make information related to the program 

19 available to the public via the Internet and through 

20 other means. 

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