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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3773 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle safety 

standard requiring new commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with 

an automatic emergency braking system, to require automatic emergency 

braking installed in commercial motor vehicles to be used while in operation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 16, 2019 

Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a 

motor vehicle safety standard requiring new commercial 

motor vehicles to be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system, to require automatic emergency 

braking installed in commercial motor vehicles to be used 

while in operation, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Roads Act of 

3 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD. 

5 (a) MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD.—Not later 

6 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

7 the Secretary of Transportation shall— 

8 (1) prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard 

9 under section 30111 of title 49, United States Code, 

10 that requires all commercial motor vehicles manufac11 tured after the effective date of the standard to be 

12 equipped with an automatic emergency braking sys13 tem; and 

14 (2) include standards that establish the per15 formance requirements for automatic emergency 

16 braking systems. 

17 (b) FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULA18 TION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

20 prescribe a regulation under section 31136 of title 49, 

21 United States Code, that requires an automatic emergency 

22 braking system installed in any commercial motor vehicle 

23 in operation on or after the effective date shall be used 

24 at any time during which the commercial motor vehicle 

25 is in operation. 

26 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING SYS2 TEM.—The term ‘‘automatic emergency braking sys3 tem’’ means a system on a commercial motor vehicle 

4 that, based on a predefined distance and closing rate 

5 with respect to an obstacle in the path of the vehi6 cle— 

7 (A) alerts the driver of the obstacle; and 

8 (B) if necessary to avoid or mitigate a col9 lision with the obstacle, automatically applies 

10 the brakes of the vehicle. 

11 (2) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term 

12 ‘‘commercial motor vehicle’’ has the meaning given 

13 such term in section 31132 of title 49, United 

14 States Code. 

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