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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2760 

To extend National Highway Traffic Safety Administration authorizations, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 31, 2014 

Mrs. MCCASKILL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To extend National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

authorizations, 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 ‘‘Motor Vehicle and 

5 Highway Safety Enhancement Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 

7 In this Act, unless expressly provided otherwise, the 

8 term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Transportation. 


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1 TITLE I—HIGHWAY SAFETY 

2 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following sums are author4 ized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund 

5 (other than the Mass Transit Account): 

6 (1) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—For car7 rying out section 402 of title 23, United States 

8 Code— 

9 (A) $241,146,351 for fiscal year 2015; 

10 (B) $253,203,669 for fiscal year 2016; 

11 (C) $265,863,852 for fiscal year 2017; 

12 (D) $279,157,045 for fiscal year 2018; 

13 (E) $293,114,898 for fiscal year 2019; and 

14 (F) $307,770,643 for fiscal year 2020. 

15 (2) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVEL16 OPMENT.—For carrying out section 403 of title 23, 

17 United States Code— 

18 (A) $117,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 

19 (B) $122,850,000 for fiscal year 2016; 

20 (C) $128,992,500 for fiscal year 2017; 

21 (D) $135,442,125 for fiscal year 2018; 

22 (E) $142,214,232 for fiscal year 2019; and 

23 (F) $149,353,294 for fiscal year 2020. 


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1 (3) NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAMS.— 

2 For carrying out section 405 of title 23, United 

3 States Code— 

4 (A) $278,705,019 for fiscal year 2015; 

5 (B) $292,640,270 for fiscal year 2016; 

6 (C) $307,272,283 for fiscal year 2017; 

7 (D) $322,635,898 for fiscal year 2018; 

8 (E) $338,767,693 for fiscal year 2019; and 

9 (F) $355,706,078 for fiscal year 2020. 

10 (4) NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.—For the Na11 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration to 

12 carry out chapter 303 of title 49, United States 

13 Code— 

14 (A) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 

15 (B) $5,250,000 for fiscal year 2016; 

16 (C) $5,512,500 for fiscal year 2017; 

17 (D) $5,788,125 for fiscal year 2018; 

18 (E) $6,077,532 for fiscal year 2019; and 

19 (F) $6,381,409 for fiscal year 2020. 

20 (5) HIGH VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT PRO21 GRAM.—For carrying out section 2009 of 

22 SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 402 note)— 

23 (A) $29,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 

24 (B) $30,450,000 for fiscal year 2016; 

25 (C) $31,972,500 for fiscal year 2017; 


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1 (D) $33,571,125 for fiscal year 2018; 

2 (E) $35,249,682 for fiscal year 2019; and 

3 (F) $37,012,167 for fiscal year 2020. 

4 (6) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—For adminis5 trative and related operating expenses of the Na6 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration in car7 rying out chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, 

8 and this title— 

9 (A) $28,148,630 for fiscal year 2015; 

10 (B) $29,556,062 for fiscal year 2016; 

11 (C) $31,033,865 for fiscal year 2017; 

12 (D) $32,585,558 for fiscal year 2018; 

13 (E) $34,214,836 for fiscal year 2019; and 

14 (F) $35,925,587 for fiscal year 2020. 

15 (b) PROHIBITION ON OTHER USES.—Except as oth16 erwise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States 

17 Code, in this title, and in the amendments made by this 

18 title, the amounts made available from the Highway Trust 

19 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for a pro20 gram under such chapter— 

21 (1) shall only be used to carry out such pro22 gram; and 

23 (2) may not be used by States or local govern24 ments for construction purposes. 


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1 (c) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Except as other2 wise provided in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, 

3 and in this title, amounts made available under subsection 

4 (a) for fiscal years 2015 through 2020 shall be available 

5 for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were 

6 apportioned or allocated under chapter 1 of title 23, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Grants awarded 

9 under this title shall be in accordance with regulations 

10 issued by the Secretary. 

11 (e) STATE MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—If a grant 

12 awarded under this title requires a State to share in the 

13 cost, the aggregate of all expenditures for highway safety 

14 activities made during any fiscal year by the State and 

15 its political subdivisions (exclusive of Federal funds) for 

16 carrying out the grant (other than planning and adminis17 tration) shall be available for the purpose of crediting the 

18 State during such fiscal year for the non-Federal share 

19 of the cost of any project under this subtitle (other than 

20 planning or administration) without regard to whether 

21 such expenditures were actually made in connection with 

22 such project. 

23 (f) GRANT APPLICATION AND DEADLINE.—To re24 ceive a grant under this title, a State shall submit an ap25 plication, and the Secretary shall establish a single deadVerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Aug 13, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2760.IS S2760

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1 line for such applications to enable the award of grants 

2 early in the next fiscal year. 

3 SEC. 102. HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS. 

4 (a) UNIFORM GUIDELINES.—Section 402(a)(2)(A) of 

5 title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (vi); 

7 (2) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (ix); 

8 and 

9 (3) by inserting after clause (vi) the following: 

10 ‘‘(vii) to reduce injuries and deaths to 

11 older drivers; 

12 ‘‘(viii) to improve emergency medical 

13 services response to crash sites; and’’. 

14 (b) ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PROGRAMS.—Sec15 tion 402(b)(1)(F) of title 23, United States Code, is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating clauses (iii) through (v) as 

18 clauses (iv) through (vi), respectively; and 

19 (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 

20 ‘‘(iii) countermeasures designed to de21 crease deaths and injuries to pedestrians 

22 and bicyclists traveling in the roadways;’’. 

23 (c) RESTRICTION.—Section 402(g) of title 23, United 

24 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(g) RESTRICTION.—Nothing in this section may be 

2 construed to authorize the appropriation or expenditure 

3 of funds for highway construction, maintenance, or design 

4 (other than design of safety features of highways to be 

5 incorporated into guidelines).’’. 

6 SEC. 103. IGNITION INTERLOCK GRANT CRITERIA. 

7 Section 405(d)(6) of title 23, United States Code, is 

8 amended by amending subparagraph (A) to read as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

11 make a separate grant under this subsection to 

12 each State that adopts and is enforcing a law 

13 that requires any individual convicted of driving 

14 under the influence of alcohol or of driving 

15 while intoxicated to receive a restriction on driv16 ing privileges that limits the individual to oper17 ating only motor vehicles with an ignition inter18 lock installed. The State may provide limited 

19 exceptions for circumstances when— 

20 ‘‘(i) a State-certified ignition interlock 

21 provider is not available within 100 miles 

22 of the individual’s residence; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the individual is required to oper24 ate an employer’s motor vehicle in the 

25 course and scope of employment and the 


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1 business entity that owns the vehicle is not 

2 owned or controlled by the individual; or 

3 ‘‘(iii) the individual is certified by a 

4 medical doctor as being unable to provide 

5 a deep lung breath sample for analysis by 

6 an ignition interlock device.’’. 

7 SEC. 104. HIGHWAY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

8 Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is 

9 amended by inserting at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(i) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 

11 cost of any project or activity carried out under this sec12 tion may be up to 100 percent if so specified in the project 

13 agreement.’’. 

14 SEC. 105. MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

15 (a) HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Section 402 of 

16 title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘except 

18 as provided in paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘except 

19 as provided in paragraph (2)’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(E)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘in which a State’’ and in22 serting ‘‘for which a State’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘subsection (k)’’; and 


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1 (3) in subsection (k)(4), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

2 (2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(A)’’. 

3 (b) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP4 MENT.—Section 403(e) of title 23, United States Code, 

5 is amended by inserting ‘‘of title 49’’ after ‘‘chapter 301’’. 

6 (c) NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Sec7 tion 405 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (d)(5), by striking ‘‘section 

9 402(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 402’’; 

10 (2) by striking subsection (f)(2), and inserting 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(2) GRANT AMOUNT.—The allocation of grant 

13 funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal 

14 year shall be in proportion to the State’s apportion15 ment under section 402 for fiscal year 2009, except 

16 that the amount of a grant awarded to a State for 

17 a fiscal year may not exceed 25 percent of the 

18 amount apportioned to the State under section 402 

19 for fiscal year 2009.’’; and 

20 (3) in subsection (f)(4)(A)(iv), by striking ‘‘de21 veloped under subsection (g)’’. 


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1 TITLE II—MOTOR VEHICLE 

2 SAFETY 

3 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Section 30104 of title 49, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘$98,313,500’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘to carry out this part in each 

8 fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 1999 and ending 

9 in fiscal year 2011.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘to 

10 carry out this part— 

11 ‘‘(1) $152,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 

12 ‘‘(2) $170,240,000 for fiscal year 2016; 

13 ‘‘(3) $190,670,000 for fiscal year 2017; 

14 ‘‘(4) $213,550,000 for fiscal year 2018; 

15 ‘‘(5) $239,175,000 for fiscal year 2019; and 

16 ‘‘(6) $268,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.’’. 

17 SEC. 202. RECALL OBLIGATIONS UNDER BANKRUPTCY. 

18 Section 30120A of title 49, United States Code is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘chapter 11 of title 11’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘chapter 7 or chapter 11 of title 11’’. 

21 SEC. 203. CIVIL PENALTIES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30165 of title 49, United 

23 States Code, is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

25 (A) in the first sentence— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘A person that violates 

2 any’’ and inserting ‘‘A person that violates 

3 or causes to be violated any’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘$25,000’’; and 

6 (B) by striking the third sentence; and 

7 (2) in subsection (a)(3)— 

8 (A) in the second sentence by striking 

9 ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000’’; and 

10 (B) by striking the third sentence. 

11 (b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

12 construed as preventing the imposition of penalties under 

13 section 30165 of title 49, United States Code, prior to 

14 the issuance of a final rule under section 31203(b) of the 

15 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (49 

16 U.S.C. 30165 note). 

17 SEC. 204. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. 

18 Section 30170 of title 49, United States Code, is 

19 amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘§ 30170. Criminal penalties 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A person who violates any of sec22 tion 30112, 30115, 30117 through 30122, 30123(a), 

23 30125(c), 30127, 30141 through 30147, or 30166, or a 

24 regulation prescribed thereunder shall be subject to crimi25 nal penalties of— 


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1 ‘‘(1) if death of an individual results, a fine 

2 under title 18, or imprisonment for any term of 

3 years or for life, or both; 

4 ‘‘(2) if serious bodily injury to any individual 

5 results, a fine under title 18 or imprisonment for not 

6 more than 15 years, or both; and 

7 ‘‘(3) in any other case, a fine under title 18, or 

8 imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. 

9 ‘‘(b) AGENTS.—Any individual director, officer, or 

10 agent of a corporation who authorizes, orders, or performs 

11 any of the acts or practices constituting in whole or in 

12 part a violation of any of the sections described under sub13 section (a), shall be subject to penalties under this section 

14 without regard to any penalties to which that corporation 

15 may be subject under subsection (a). 

16 ‘‘(c) FORFEITURE OF ASSETS.—In addition to the 

17 penalties provided by subsection (a), the penalty for a 

18 criminal violation of any of the sections described under 

19 subsection (a) may include a forfeiture of assets associated 

20 with the violation. 

21 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) CRIMINAL VIOLATION.—The term ‘crimi23 nal violation’ means a violation of any of the sec24 tions described under subsection (a) for which the 


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1 violator is sentenced to pay a fine, be imprisoned, or 

2 both. 

3 ‘‘(2) SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.—The term ‘seri4 ous bodily injury’ has the meaning given the term in 

5 section 1365 of title 18.’’. 

6 TITLE III—RENTAL CAR SAFETY 

7 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Raechel and Jac9 queline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2014’’. 

10 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

11 Section 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) 

14 as paragraphs (12) and (13), respectively; 

15 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 

16 (9) as paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively; 

17 (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redes18 ignated, the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) ‘covered rental vehicle’ means a motor ve20 hicle that— 

21 ‘‘(A) has a gross vehicle weight rating of 

22 10,000 pounds or less; 

23 ‘‘(B) is rented without a driver for an ini24 tial term of less than 4 months; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) is part of a motor vehicle fleet of 5 

2 or more motor vehicles that are used for rental 

3 purposes by a rental company.’’; and 

4 (4) by inserting after paragraph (10), as redes5 ignated, the following: 

6 ‘‘(11) ‘rental company’ means a person who— 

7 ‘‘(A) is engaged in the business of renting 

8 covered rental vehicles; and 

9 ‘‘(B) uses for rental purposes a motor ve10 hicle fleet of 5 or more covered rental vehi11 cles.’’. 

12 SEC. 303. REMEDIES FOR DEFECTS AND NONCOMPLIANCE. 

13 Section 30120(i) of title 49, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in the subsection heading, by adding ‘‘, OR

16 RENTAL’’ at the end; 

17 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘(1) If notification’’ and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If notification’’; 

21 (B) by indenting subparagraphs (A) and 

22 (B) four ems from the left margin; 

23 (C) by inserting ‘‘or the manufacturer has 

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1 session at the time of notification’’ after ‘‘time 

2 of notification’’; 

3 (D) by striking ‘‘the dealer may sell or 

4 lease,’’ and inserting ‘‘the dealer or rental com5 pany may sell, lease, or rent’’; and 

6 (E) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sale 

7 or lease’’ and inserting ‘‘sale, lease, or rental 

8 agreement’’; 

9 (3) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol10 lows: 

11 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

12 this subsection may be construed to prohibit a dealer 

13 or rental company from offering the vehicle or equip14 ment for sale, lease, or rent.’’; and 

15 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(3) SPECIFIC RULES FOR RENTAL COMPA17 NIES.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 

19 provided under this paragraph, a rental com20 pany shall comply with the limitations on sale, 

21 lease, or rental set forth in subparagraph (C) 

22 and paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 

23 not later than 24 hours after the earliest re24 ceipt of the notice to owner under subsection 

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1 cle identification number for the covered vehi2 cle) by the rental company, whether by elec3 tronic means or first class mail. 

4 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR LARGE VEHICLE

5 FLEETS.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 

6 if a rental company receives a notice to owner 

7 covering more than 5,000 motor vehicles in its 

8 fleet, the rental company shall comply with the 

9 limitations on sale, lease, or rental set forth in 

10 subparagraph (C) and paragraph (1) as soon as 

11 practicable, but not later than 48 hours after 

12 the earliest receipt of the notice to owner under 

13 subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 (includ14 ing the vehicle identification number for the 

15 covered vehicle) by the rental company, whether 

16 by electronic means or first class mail. 

17 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR WHEN REMEDIES

18 NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.—If a notifica19 tion required under subsection (b) or (c) of sec20 tion 30118 indicates that the remedy for the 

21 defect or noncompliance is not immediately 

22 available and specifies actions to temporarily 

23 alter the vehicle that eliminate the safety risk 

24 posed by the defect or noncompliance, the rent25 al company, after causing the specified actions 


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1 to be performed, may rent (but may not sell or 

2 lease) the motor vehicle. Once the remedy for 

3 the rental vehicle becomes available to the rent4 al company, the rental company may not rent 

5 the vehicle until the vehicle has been remedied, 

6 as provided in subsection (a). 

7 ‘‘(D) INAPPLICABILITY TO JUNK AUTO8 MOBILES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), this 

9 subsection does not prohibit a rental company 

10 from selling a covered rental vehicle if such ve11 hicle— 

12 ‘‘(i) meets the definition of a junk 

13 automobile under section 201 of the Anti14 Car Theft Act of 1992 (49 U.S.C. 30501); 

15 ‘‘(ii) is retitled as a junk automobile 

16 pursuant to applicable State law; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) is reported to the National 

18 Motor Vehicle Information System, if re19 quired under section 204 of such Act (49 

20 U.S.C. 30504).’’. 

21 SEC. 304. MAKING SAFETY DEVICES AND ELEMENTS INOP22 ERATIVE. 

23 Section 30122(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 

24 amended by inserting ‘‘rental company,’’ after ‘‘dealer,’’ 

25 each place it appears. 


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1 SEC. 305. INSPECTIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RECORDS. 

2 Section 30166 of title 49, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘or dealer’’ 

5 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘dealer, or rental 

6 company’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘or dealer’’ 

8 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘dealer, or rental 

9 company’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘or to owners’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘, rental companies, or other owners’’. 

12 SEC. 306. RESEARCH AUTHORITY. 

13 The Secretary of Transportation may conduct a 

14 study of— 

15 (1) the effectiveness of the amendments made 

16 by this title; and 

17 (2) other activities of rental companies (as de18 fined in section 30102(a)(11) of title 49, United 

19 States Code) related to their use and disposition of 

20 motor vehicles that are the subject of a notification 

21 required under section 30118 of title 49, United 

22 States Code. 

23 SEC. 307. STUDY. 

24 (a) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (b)(2) 

25 of section 32206 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 


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1 21st Century Act (Public Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 785) 

2 is amended— 

3 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

4 the end; 

5 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub6 paragraph (G); and 

7 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(F) evaluate the completion of safety re10 call remedies on rental trucks; and’’. 

11 (b) REPORT.—Subsection (c) of section 32206 of the 

12 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (Pub13 lic Law 112–141; 126 Stat. 785) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

15 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indent16 ing such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, an addi17 tional two ems from the left margin; 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later’’ and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(c) REPORTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later’’; 

22 (3) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated, by 

23 striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara24 graphs (A) through (E) and (G) of subsection 

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1 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(2) SAFETY RECALL REMEDY REPORT.—Not 

3 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

4 the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car 

5 Act of 2014, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

6 the congressional committees set forth in paragraph 

7 (1) that contains— 

8 ‘‘(A) the findings of the study conducted 

9 pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(F); and 

10 ‘‘(B) any recommendations for legislation 

11 that the Secretary determines to be appro12 priate.’’. 

13 SEC. 308. PUBLIC COMMENTS. 

14 The Secretary of Transportation shall solicit com15 ments regarding the implementation of this title from 

16 members of the public, including rental companies, con17 sumer organizations, automobile manufacturers, and auto18 mobile dealers. 

19 SEC. 309. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

20 Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 

21 title shall— 

22 (1) be construed to create or increase any liabil23 ity, including for loss of use, for a manufacturer as 

24 a result of having manufactured or imported a 

25 motor vehicle subject to a notification of defect or 


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1 noncompliance under subsection (b) or (c) of section 

2 30118 of title 49, United States Code; or 

3 (2) supersede or otherwise affect the contrac4 tual obligations, if any, between such a manufac5 turer and a rental company (as defined in section 

6 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code, as amend7 ed by section 302 of this title). 

8 SEC. 310. RULEMAKING. 

9 The Secretary of Transportation may promulgate 

10 rules, as appropriate, to implement this title and the 

11 amendments made by this title. 

12 SEC. 311. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

13 The amendments made by this title shall take effect 

14 on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this title. 

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