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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2230 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce 
the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of 
motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2005 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations 
to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occur-
ring inside or outside of motor vehicles, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cameron Gulbransen 
Kids and Cars Safety Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. RULEMAKING REGARDING CHILD SAFETY. 
(a) POWER WINDOW SAFETY.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall issue regulations applicable 
to all light passenger vehicles to ensure that power win-
dows and panels automatically reverse direction when they 
detect an obstruction to prevent children from being 
trapped, injured, or killed. 
(b) DRIVER REMINDER SYSTEM.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall issue regulations applicable 
to all light passenger vehicles requiring a system of driver 
notification or reminder system once the ignition switch 
is in the off position if passengers remain in any of the 
rear seating positions of the vehicle. 
(c) REARWARD
VISIBILITY.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall issue regulations applicable 
to all light passenger vehicles requiring a rearward visi-
bility performance standard that will provide drivers with 
an unobstructed view of the area behind the vehicle in 
order to prevent backing incidents involving death and in-
jury especially to small children and disabled persons. 
(d) PHASE
IN PERIOD.—The regulations issued 
under subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall require that a 
phase-in period for compliance with the regulations shall 
commence not later than 6 months after the date such 
regulations are final, and shall require that all new light
passenger vehicles shall be fully in compliance with such 
regulations not later than September 1, 2010. 
(e) DATABASE ON INJURIES AND DEATHS IN NON-
TRAFFIC, NONCRASH EVENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall establish and main-
tain a database of, and collect annually data regard-
ing injuries and deaths in nontraffic, noncrash 
events involving motor vehicles. The database shall 
include information regarding— 
(A) the number, types, and proximate 
causes of injuries and deaths resulting from 
such events; 
(B) the characteristics of motor vehicles 
involved in such events; 
(C) the characteristics of the motor vehicle 
operators and victims involved in such events; 
and 
(D) the presence or absence in motor vehi-
cles involved in such events of advanced tech-
nologies designed to prevent such injuries and 
deaths. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 
the database available to the public.
SEC. 3. CHILD SAFETY INFORMATION PROGRAM. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall either 
supplement a consumer information program relating to 
child safety or create a new program with information 
about hazards to children in nontraffic, noncrash incident 
situations. In executing this program, the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) utilize information collected pursuant to sec-
tion 2(e) regarding nontraffic, noncrash injuries, as 
well as other relevant data from private organiza-
tions, to establish priorities for the program; 
(2) address ways in which parents can mitigate 
dangers to small children arising from, at a min-
imum, backover incidents, hyperthermia in closed ve-
hicles, and accidental actuation of power windows; 
and 
(3) make information related to the program 
available to the public via the Internet and through 
other means. 
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