IIB 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1216 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 19, 2007 

Received 

JANUARY 22 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 2008 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

AN ACT 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations 

to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cameron Gulbransen 

3 Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007’’ or the ‘‘K.T. 

4 Safety Act of 2007’’. 

5 SEC. 2. RULEMAKING REGARDING CHILD SAFETY. 

6 (a) POWER WINDOW SAFETY.— 

7 (1) CONSIDERATION OF RULE.—Not later than 

8 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 

9 Act, the Secretary of Transportation (referred to in 

10 this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall initiate a rule11 making to consider prescribing or amending Federal 

12 motor vehicle safety standards to require power win13 dows and panels on motor vehicles to automatically 

14 reverse direction when such power windows and pan15 els detect an obstruction to prevent children and 

16 others from being trapped, injured, or killed. 

17 (2) DEADLINE FOR DECISION.—If the Secretary 

18 determines such safety standards are reasonable, 

19 practicable, and appropriate, the Secretary shall pre20 scribe, under section 30111 of title 49, United 

21 States Code, the safety standards described in para22 graph (1) not later than 30 months after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act. If the Secretary determines 

24 that no additional safety standards are reasonable, 

25 practicable, and appropriate, the Secretary shall— 


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1 (A) not later than 30 months after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, transmit a report 

3 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

4 the House of Representatives and the Com5 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor6 tation of the Senate describing the reasons such 

7 standards were not prescribed; and 

8 (B) publish and otherwise make available 

9 to the public through the Internet and other 

10 means (such as the ‘‘Buying a Safer Car’’ bro11 chure) information regarding which vehicles are 

12 or are not equipped with power windows and 

13 panels that automatically reverse direction when 

14 an obstruction is detected. 

15 (b) REARWARD VISIBILITY.—Not later than 12 

16 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

17 Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking to revise Federal 

18 Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 111 (FMVSS 111) to ex19 pand the required field of view to enable the driver of a 

20 motor vehicle to detect areas behind the motor vehicle to 

21 reduce death and injury resulting from backing incidents, 

22 particularly incidents involving small children and disabled 

23 persons. The Secretary may prescribe different require24 ments for different types of motor vehicles to expand the 

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1 cle to detect areas behind the motor vehicle to reduce 

2 death and injury resulting from backing incidents, particu3 larly incidents involving small children and disabled per4 sons. Such standard may be met by the provision of addi5 tional mirrors, sensors, cameras, or other technology to 

6 expand the driver’s field of view. The Secretary shall pre7 scribe final standards pursuant to this subsection not later 

8 than 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 

9 (c) PHASE-IN PERIOD.— 

10 (1) PHASE-IN PERIOD REQUIRED.—The safety 

11 standards prescribed pursuant to subsections (a) 

12 and (b) shall establish a phase-in period for compli13 ance, as determined by the Secretary, and require 

14 full compliance with the safety standards not later 

15 than 48 months after the date on which the final 

16 rule is issued. 

17 (2) PHASE-IN PRIORITIES.—In establishing the 

18 phase-in period of the rearward visibility safety 

19 standards required under subsection (b), the Sec20 retary shall consider whether to require the phase21 in according to different types of motor vehicles 

22 based on data demonstrating the frequency by which 

23 various types of motor vehicles have been involved in 

24 backing incidents resulting in injury or death. If the 

25 Secretary determines that any type of motor vehicle 


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1 should be given priority, the Secretary shall issue 

2 regulations that specify— 

3 (A) which type or types of motor vehicles 

4 shall be phased-in first; and 

5 (B) the percentages by which such motor 

6 vehicles shall be phased-in. 

7 (d) PREVENTING MOTOR VEHICLES FROM ROLLING

8 AWAY.— 

9 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Each motor vehicle with 

10 an automatic transmission that includes a ‘‘park’’ 

11 position manufactured for sale after September 1, 

12 2010, shall be equipped with a system that requires 

13 the service brake to be depressed before the trans14 mission can be shifted out of ‘‘park’’. This system 

15 shall function in any starting system key position in 

16 which the transmission can be shifted out of ‘‘park’’. 

17 (2) TREATMENT AS MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY

18 STANDARD.—A violation of paragraph (1) shall be 

19 treated as a violation of a motor vehicle safety 

20 standard prescribed under section 30111 of title 49, 

21 United States Code, and shall be subject to enforce22 ment by the Secretary under chapter 301 of such 

23 title. 

24 (3) PUBLICATION OF NONCOMPLIANT VEHI25 CLES.— 


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1 (A) INFORMATION SUBMISSION.—Not later 

2 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act, for the current model year and annu4 ally thereafter through 2010, each motor vehi5 cle manufacturer shall transmit to the Sec6 retary the make and model of motor vehicles 

7 with automatic transmissions that include a 

8 ‘‘park’’ position that do not comply with the re9 quirements of paragraph (1). 

10 (B) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 

11 days after receiving the information submitted 

12 under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 

13 publish and otherwise make available to the 

14 public through the Internet and other means 

15 the make and model of the applicable motor ve16 hicles that do not comply with the requirements 

17 of paragraph (1). Any motor vehicle not in18 cluded in the publication under this subpara19 graph shall be presumed to comply with such 

20 requirements. 

21 (e) DEFINITION OF MOTOR VEHICLE.—As used in 

22 this Act and for purposes of the motor vehicle safety 

23 standards described in subsections (a) and (b), the term 

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1 tion 30102(a)(6) of title 49, United States Code, except 

2 that such term shall not include— 

3 (1) a motorcycle or trailer (as such terms are 

4 defined in section 571.3 of title 49, Code of Federal 

5 Regulations); or 

6 (2) any motor vehicle that is rated at more 

7 than 10,000 pounds gross vehicular weight. 

8 (f) DATABASE ON INJURIES AND DEATHS IN NON9 TRAFFIC, NONCRASH EVENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec12 retary shall establish and maintain a database of in13 juries and deaths in nontraffic, noncrash events in14 volving motor vehicles. 

15 (2) CONTENTS.—The database established pur16 suant to paragraph (1) shall include information re17 garding— 

18 (A) the number, types, and causes of inju19 ries and deaths resulting from the events de20 scribed in paragraph (1); 

21 (B) the make, model, and model year of 

22 motor vehicles involved in such events, when 

23 practicable; and 

24 (C) other variables that the Secretary de25 termines will enhance the value of the database. 


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1 (3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 

2 the information contained in the database estab3 lished pursuant to paragraph (1) available to the 

4 public through the Internet and other means. 

5 SEC. 3. CHILD SAFETY INFORMATION PROGRAM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 9 months after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro8 vide information about hazards to children in nontraffic, 

9 noncrash incident situations by— 

10 (1) supplementing an existing consumer infor11 mation program relating to child safety; or 

12 (2) creating a new consumer information pro13 gram relating to child safety. 

14 (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the 

15 program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

16 (1) utilize information collected pursuant to sec17 tion 2(f) regarding nontraffic, noncrash injuries, and 

18 other relevant data the Secretary considers appro19 priate, to establish priorities for the program; 

20 (2) address ways in which parents and care21 givers can reduce risks to small children arising 

22 from back over incidents, hyperthermia in closed 

23 motor vehicles, accidental actuation of power win24 dows, and any other risks the Secretary determines 

25 should be addressed; and 


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1 (3) make information related to the program 

2 available to the public through the Internet and 

3 other means. 

4 SEC. 4. DEADLINES. 

5 If the Secretary determines that the deadlines appli6 cable under this Act cannot be met, the Secretary shall— 

7 (1) establish new deadlines; and 

8 (2) notify the Committee on Energy and Com9 merce of the House of Representatives and the Com10 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

11 the Senate of the new deadlines and describing the 

12 reasons the deadlines specified under this Act could 

13 not be met. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 19, 

2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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