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One Hundred Tenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and eight 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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

SEC. 2. RULEMAKING REGARDING CHILD SAFETY. 

(a) POWER WINDOW SAFETY.— 

(1) CONSIDERATION OF RULE.—Not later than 18 months 

after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

of Transportation (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

shall initiate a rulemaking to consider prescribing or amending 

Federal motor vehicle safety standards to require power windows and panels on motor vehicles to automatically reverse 

direction when such power windows and panels detect an 

obstruction to prevent children and others from being trapped, 

injured, or killed. 

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

such safety standards are reasonable, practicable, and appropriate, the Secretary shall prescribe, under section 30111 of 

title 49, United States Code, the safety standards described 

in paragraph (1) not later than 30 months after the date of 

enactment of this Act. If the Secretary determines that no 

additional safety standards are reasonable, practicable, and 

appropriate, the Secretary shall— 

(A) not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act, transmit a report to the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate describing the reasons such standards 

were not prescribed; and 

(B) publish and otherwise make available to the public 

through the Internet and other means (such as the ‘‘Buying 

a Safer Car’’ brochure) information regarding which 

vehicles are or are not equipped with power windows and 

panels that automatically reverse direction when an 

obstruction is detected. 

(b) REARWARD VISIBILITY.—Not later than 12 months after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate 

a rulemaking to revise Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 
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111 (FMVSS 111) to expand the required field of view to enable 

the driver of a motor vehicle to detect areas behind the motor 

vehicle to reduce death and injury resulting from backing incidents, 

particularly incidents involving small children and disabled persons. 

The Secretary may prescribe different requirements for different 

types of motor vehicles to expand the required field of view to 

enable the driver of a motor vehicle to detect areas behind the 

motor vehicle to reduce death and injury resulting from backing 

incidents, particularly incidents involving small children and disabled persons. Such standard may be met by the provision of 

additional mirrors, sensors, cameras, or other technology to expand 

the driver’s field of view. The Secretary shall prescribe final standards pursuant to this subsection not later than 36 months after 

the date of enactment of this Act. 

(c) PHASE-IN PERIOD.— 

(1) PHASE-IN PERIOD REQUIRED.—The safety standards prescribed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) shall establish a 

phase-in period for compliance, as determined by the Secretary, 

and require full compliance with the safety standards not later 

than 48 months after the date on which the final rule is 

issued. 

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

period of the rearward visibility safety standards required 

under subsection (b), the Secretary shall consider whether to 

require the phase-in according to different types of motor 

vehicles based on data demonstrating the frequency by which 

various types of motor vehicles have been involved in backing 

incidents resulting in injury or death. If the Secretary determines that any type of motor vehicle should be given priority, 

the Secretary shall issue regulations that specify— 

(A) which type or types of motor vehicles shall be 

phased-in first; and 

(B) the percentages by which such motor vehicles shall 

be phased-in. 

(d) PREVENTING MOTOR VEHICLES FROM ROLLING AWAY.— 

(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each motor vehicle with an automatic 

transmission that includes a ‘‘park’’ position manufactured for 

sale after September 1, 2010, shall be equipped with a system 

that requires the service brake to be depressed before the 

transmission can be shifted out of ‘‘park’’. This system shall 

function in any starting system key position in which the 

transmission can be shifted out of ‘‘park’’. 

(2) TREATMENT AS MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD.— 

A violation of paragraph (1) shall be treated as a violation 

of a motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under section 

30111 of title 49, United States Code, and shall be subject 

to enforcement by the Secretary under chapter 301 of such 

title. 

(3) PUBLICATION OF NONCOMPLIANT VEHICLES.— 

(A) INFORMATION SUBMISSION.—Not later than 60 days 

after the date of the enactment of this Act, for the current 

model year and annually thereafter through 2010, each 

motor vehicle manufacturer shall transmit to the Secretary 

the make and model of motor vehicles with automatic 

transmissions that include a ‘‘park’’ position that do not 

comply with the requirements of paragraph (1). 
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(B) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 days after 

receiving the information submitted under subparagraph 

(A), the Secretary shall publish and otherwise make available to the public through the Internet and other means 

the make and model of the applicable motor vehicles that 

do not comply with the requirements of paragraph (1). 

Any motor vehicle not included in the publication under 

this subparagraph shall be presumed to comply with such 

requirements. 

(e) DEFINITION OF MOTOR VEHICLE.—As used in this Act and 

for purposes of the motor vehicle safety standards described in 

subsections (a) and (b), the term ‘‘motor vehicle’’ has the meaning 

given such term in section 30102(a)(6) of title 49, United States 

Code, except that such term shall not include— 

(1) a motorcycle or trailer (as such terms are defined in 

section 571.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations); or 

(2) any motor vehicle that is rated at more than 10,000 

pounds gross vehicular weight. 

(f) DATABASE ON INJURIES AND DEATHS IN NONTRAFFIC, 

NONCRASH EVENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 

and maintain a database of injuries and deaths in nontraffic, 

noncrash events involving motor vehicles. 

(2) CONTENTS.—The database established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include information regarding— 

(A) the number, types, and causes of injuries and 

deaths resulting from the events described in paragraph 

(1); 

(B) the make, model, and model year of motor vehicles 

involved in such events, when practicable; and 

(C) other variables that the Secretary determines will 

enhance the value of the database. 

(3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make the information contained in the database established pursuant to paragraph (1) available to the public through the Internet and 

other means. 

SEC. 3. CHILD SAFETY INFORMATION PROGRAM. 

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

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide information 

about hazards to children in nontraffic, noncrash incident situations 

by— 

(1) supplementing an existing consumer information program relating to child safety; or 

(2) creating a new consumer information program relating 

to child safety. 

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

under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

(1) utilize information collected pursuant to section 2(f) 

regarding nontraffic, noncrash injuries, and other relevant data 

the Secretary considers appropriate, to establish priorities for 

the program; 

(2) address ways in which parents and caregivers can 

reduce risks to small children arising from back over incidents, 

hyperthermia in closed motor vehicles, accidental actuation 
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of power windows, and any other risks the Secretary determines 

should be addressed; and 

(3) make information related to the program available to 

the public through the Internet and other means. 

SEC. 4. DEADLINES. 

If the Secretary determines that the deadlines applicable under 

this Act cannot be met, the Secretary shall— 

(1) establish new deadlines; and 

(2) notify the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation of the Senate of the new deadlines 

and describing the reasons the deadlines specified under this 

Act could not be met. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.