I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6256 
To require the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to update 
the motor vehicle information required to be submitted to the Administra-
tion to assist a consumer in buying a passenger motor vehicle. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2020 
Mr. PALLONE (for himself and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion to update the motor vehicle information required 
to be submitted to the Administration to assist a con-
sumer in buying a passenger motor vehicle. 
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 ‘‘Five-Stars for Safe 
Cars Act’’. 
SEC. 2. UPDATING THE 5-STAR SAFETY RATING SYSTEM. 
Section 32302 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(e) ROADMAP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this subsection and every 
year thereafter, the Secretary shall publish a clear 
and concise report on a publicly accessible website 
detailing efforts over the next five-year period to im-
prove the passenger motor vehicle information devel-
oped under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) descriptions of actions that will be 
taken to update the passenger motor vehicle in-
formation developed under subsection (a), in-
cluding the development of test procedures, test 
devices, test fixtures, and safety performance 
metrics; 
‘‘(B) key milestones, including the antici-
pated start of an action, completion of an ac-
tion, and effective date of an update; and 
‘‘(C) descriptions of how an update will im-
prove the passenger motor vehicle information 
developed under subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—In developing, imple-
menting, and updating the report required under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(A) identify and prioritize safety features 
and technologies that are practicable and for 
which objective rating tests and evaluation cri-
teria exists; 
‘‘(B) when reasonable and in the public in-
terest, harmonize the passenger motor vehicle 
information developed under subsection (a) with 
other safety information programs, including 
those administered internationally or by private 
organizations, that provide comparisons of safe-
ty characteristics of passenger motor vehicles; 
‘‘(C) establish objective criteria for the se-
lection of safety technologies to be rated; 
‘‘(D) conduct annual review to evaluate ef-
fectiveness of the passenger motor vehicle infor-
mation produced under subsection (a) at im-
proving the safety of passenger motor vehicles; 
‘‘(E) provide for a reasonable period of 
time for compliance with new or updated tests; 
and 
‘‘(F) adhere to all deadlines established 
under subsection (f). 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Secretary shall 
provide for a period of public comment and review 
in developing the plan required under paragraph (1). 
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