‘‘(f) UPDATING THE 5-STAR SAFETY RATING SYS-
TEM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall finalize the proceeding entitled New Car As-
sessment Program (80 Fed. Reg. 78521) to update 
the passenger motor vehicle information required 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) CRASHWORTHINESS.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) update the test procedures and de-
vices, including anthropomorphic test devices, 
used in tests; 
‘‘(B) establish new or refine injury criteria, 
including but not limited to brain, thoracic and 
abdomen, neck, and lower leg injury criteria; 
‘‘(C) establish rear seat crashworthiness 
tests and rating, including for seating positions 
beyond the second row of seats; 
‘‘(D) establish crashworthiness tests for all 
designated seating positions and ratings for el-
derly occupants; 
‘‘(E) establish crashworthiness tests for all 
rear designated seating positions and ratings 
for children; and 
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‘‘(F) ensure that crashworthiness tests ac-
count for occupancy of all designated seating 
positions, as applicable. 
‘‘(3) CRASH AVOIDANCE.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall update and create, as 
applicable, crash avoidance tests and ratings, which 
shall include forward automatic emergency braking 
(forward collision warning, crash imminent braking, 
and dynamic brake support), lower beam head light 
performance, semi-automatic headlamp beam switch-
ing, amber rear turn signal lamps, rear cross traffic 
alert, lane departure warning, rear automatic emer-
gency braking, and blind spot detection. 
‘‘(4) PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish tests 
and ratings for pedestrian, bicyclist, and other vul-
nerable road users crashworthiness, including the 
potential risks of injuries to the head, pelvis, upper 
and lower leg, and crash avoidance, which shall in-
clude automatic emergency braking and rear auto-
matic emergency braking. 
‘‘(5) ENHANCING
MOTOR
VEHICLE
INFORMA-
TION.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall create a combined overall five-star vehicle rat-
ing and separate five-star ratings for crash-
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worthiness for adults (women and men), crash-
worthiness for elderly occupants, crashworthiness for 
children, crash avoidance, and pedestrian and bicy-
cling crashworthiness and crash avoidance. The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the five-star ratings are 
prominently displayed in stickers placed on motor 
vehicles by their manufacturers and on a publicly 
available and easily accessible website. 
‘‘(6) POST-CRASH SAFETY.— 
‘‘(A) Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
complete research into the development of tests 
for the following safety features— 
‘‘(i) automatic collision notification; 
and 
‘‘(ii) advanced automatic collision no-
tification. 
‘‘(B) After completion of the research re-
quired under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall include each of the safety features in the 
passenger motor vehicle information developed 
under subsection (a) not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act unless 
the Secretary determines that doing so will not 
improve the safety of passenger motor vehicles. 
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‘‘(C) If the Secretary determines that in-
cluding one or more of the safety features in 
passenger motor vehicle information developed 
under subsection (a) will not improve the safety 
of passenger motor vehicles, the Secretary shall 
submit a report describing the reasons for not 
including each of the safety features in the pas-
senger motor vehicle information developed 
under subsection (a) to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate not 
later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act. If one or more of the safety fea-
tures is included in an international safety in-
formation program, the Secretary shall detail 
why the tests and ratings from the international 
safety information program, or substantially 
similar tests and ratings, were not adopted. 
‘‘(7) ADVANCED CRASH AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(A) Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
complete research into the development of tests 
for the following safety features— 
‘‘(i) lane keeping assistance; 
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‘‘(ii) traffic jam assist; 
‘‘(iii) passive drunk driving prevention 
system; 
‘‘(iv) driver distraction prevention sys-
tem; and 
‘‘(v) driver monitoring. 
‘‘(B) After completion of the research re-
quired under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall include each of the safety features in the 
crash avoidance rating not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act unless 
the Secretary determines that doing so will not 
improve the safety of passenger motor vehicles. 
‘‘(C) If the Secretary determines that in-
cluding one or more of the safety features in 
the crash avoidance rating required will not im-
prove the safety of passenger motor vehicles, 
the Secretary shall submit a report describing 
the reasons for not including each of the safety 
features in the crash avoidance rating to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate not later than 3 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act. If one or more of the 
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safety features is included in an international 
safety information program, the Secretary shall 
detail why the tests and ratings from the inter-
national safety information program, or sub-
stantially similar tests and ratings, were not 
adopted. 
‘‘(8) CONTINUOUS UPDATES.—Not later than 3 
years after completing the proceeding entitled New 
Car Assessment Program (80 Fed. Reg. 78521) re-
quired under paragraph (1) and every 3 years there-
after, the Secretary shall update the passenger 
motor vehicle information under subsection (a) to 
expand consumer access to vehicles with improved 
safety in accordance with the roadmap required 
under subsection (e). 
‘‘(9) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Should the 
Secretary fail to meet a deadline set forth in this 
subsection, the Secretary shall complete and submit 
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 within 1 month of such deadline, providing 
an explanation for why the deadline was not met 
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