110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1216 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations 
to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occur-
ring inside or outside of light 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 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 rule-
making to consider prescribing or amending Federal 
motor vehicle safety standards to require power win-
dows and panels on motor vehicles to automatically 
reverse direction when such power windows and pan-
els 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 pre-
scribe, under section 30111 of title 49, United 
States Code, the safety standards described in para-
graph (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 Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation 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’’ bro-
chure) 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 111 (FMVSS 111) to ex-
pand 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 require-
ments for different types of motor vehicles to expand the 
required field of view to enable the driver of a motor vehi-
cle to detect areas behind the motor vehicle to reduce 
death and injury resulting from backing incidents, particu-
larly incidents involving small children and disabled per-
sons. Such standard may be met by the provision of addi-
tional mirrors, sensors, cameras, or other technology to 
expand the driver’s field of view. The Secretary shall pre-
scribe 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 compli-
ance, 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 Sec-
retary 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 trans-
mission 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 enforce-
ment by the Secretary under chapter 301 of such 
title. 
(3) PUBLICATION
OF
NONCOMPLIANT
VEHI-
CLES.—
(A) INFORMATION SUBMISSION.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, for the current model year and annu-
ally thereafter through 2010, each motor vehi-
cle manufacturer shall transmit to the Sec-
retary the make and model of motor vehicles 
with automatic transmissions that include a 
‘‘park’’ position that do not comply with the re-
quirements of paragraph (1). 
(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 ve-
hicles that do not comply with the requirements 
of paragraph (1). Any motor vehicle not in-
cluded in the publication under this subpara-
graph 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 sec-