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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 560 

To enhance disclosure of automobile safety information. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 8, 2005 

Mr. DEWINE (for himself and Mr. ROCKEFELLER) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To enhance disclosure of automobile safety information. 

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 ‘‘Stars on Cars Act of 

5 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF AUTOMOBILE INFORMATION DIS7 CLOSURE ACT. 

8 (a) SAFETY LABELING REQUIREMENT.—Section 3 of 

9 the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 

10 1232) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in subsection (f)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 

5 after the semicolon; and 

6 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

7 inserting a semicolon; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(g) if 1 or more safety ratings for such automobile 

10 have been assigned and formally published or released by 

11 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

12 under the New Car Assessment Program, information 

13 about safety ratings that— 

14 ‘‘(1) includes a graphic depiction of the number 

15 of stars, or other applicable rating, that corresponds 

16 to each such assigned safety rating displayed in a 

17 clearly differentiated fashion indicating the max18 imum possible safety rating; 

19 ‘‘(2) refers to frontal impact crash tests, side 

20 impact crash tests, and rollover resistance tests 

21 (whether or not such automobile has been assigned 

22 a safety rating for such tests); 

23 ‘‘(3) contains information describing the nature 

24 and meaning of the crash test data presented and a 
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1 reference to additional vehicle safety resources, in2 cluding http://www.safecar.gov; and 

3 ‘‘(4) is presented in a legible, visible, and 

4 prominent fashion and covers at least— 

5 ‘‘(A) 8 percent of the total area of the 

6 label; or 

7 ‘‘(B) an area with a minimum length of 

41⁄2 inches and a minimum height of 31 8 ⁄2

9 inches; and 

10 ‘‘(h) if an automobile has not been tested by the Na11 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the 

12 New Car Assessment Program, or safety ratings for such 

13 automobile have not been assigned in one or more rating 

14 categories, a statement to that effect.’’. 

15 (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than January 1, 2006, 

16 the Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations to 

17 implement the labeling requirements under subsections (g) 

18 and (h) of section 3 of the Automobile Information Disclo19 sure Act, as added by subsection (a). 

20 (c) APPLICABILITY.—The labeling requirements 

21 under subsections (g) and (h) of section 3 of such Act 

22 (as added by subsection (a)), and the regulations pre23 scribed under subsection (b), shall apply to new auto24 mobiles delivered on or after— 
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1 (1) September 1, 2006, if the regulations under 

2 subsection (b) are prescribed not later than August 

3 31, 2005; or 

4 (2) September 1, 2007, if the regulations under 

5 subsection (b) are prescribed after August 31, 2005. 

6 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec8 retary of Transportation, to accelerate the testing proc9 esses and increasing the number of vehicles tested under 

10 the New Car Assessment Program of the National High11 way Traffic Safety Administration— 

12 (1) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

13 (2) $8,134,065 for fiscal year 2007; 

14 (3) $8,418,760 for fiscal year 2008; 

15 (4) $8,713,410 for fiscal year 2009; and 

16 (5) $9,018,385 for fiscal year 2010. 

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