I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3773 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle safety 
standard requiring new commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with 
an automatic emergency braking system, to require automatic emergency 
braking installed in commercial motor vehicles to be used while in oper-
ation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2019 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, and Mrs. WAT-
SON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a 
motor vehicle safety standard requiring new commercial 
motor vehicles to be equipped with an automatic emer-
gency braking system, to require automatic emergency 
braking installed in commercial motor vehicles to be used 
while in operation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Roads Act of 
2019’’. 
SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD. 
(a) MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall— 
(1) prescribe a motor vehicle safety standard 
under section 30111 of title 49, United States Code, 
that requires all commercial motor vehicles manufac-
tured after the effective date of the standard to be 
equipped with an automatic emergency braking sys-
tem; and 
(2) include standards that establish the per-
formance requirements for automatic emergency 
braking systems. 
(b) FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULA-
TION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
prescribe a regulation under section 31136 of title 49, 
United States Code, that requires an automatic emergency 
braking system installed in any commercial motor vehicle 
in operation on or after the effective date shall be used 
at any time during which the commercial motor vehicle 
is in operation. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) AUTOMATIC
EMERGENCY
BRAKING
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘automatic emergency braking sys-
tem’’ means a system on a commercial motor vehicle 
that, based on a predefined distance and closing rate 
with respect to an obstacle in the path of the vehi-
cle— 
(A) alerts the driver of the obstacle; and 
(B) if necessary to avoid or mitigate a col-
lision with the obstacle, automatically applies 
the brakes of the vehicle. 
(2) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term 
‘‘commercial motor vehicle’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 31132 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
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