empt from public disclosure under section 552(b) of title 
5, United States Code. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the rulemaking 
required under subsection (c), the Secretary shall consult 
with the Director of the Office of Government Information 
Services within the National Archives and the Director of 
the Office of Information Policy of the Department of Jus-
tice. 
(e) PRESUMPTION AND LIMITATION.—The Secretary 
shall issue the regulations with a presumption in favor of 
maximum public availability of information. The following 
types of information shall not be eligible for protection 
under section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, and 
shall not be withheld from public disclosure: 
(1) Production information regarding passenger 
motor vehicles, information on incidents involving 
death or injury, and numbers of property damage 
claims. 
(2) Aggregated numbers of consumer com-
plaints. 
(f) NULLIFICATION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS.—Be-
ginning 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the regulations establishing early warning reporting class 
determinations in Appendix C of section 512 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, shall have no force or effect. 
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SEC. 102. PUBLIC NOTICE OF INSPECTION AND INVESTIGA-
TION ACTIVITIES. 
The Secretary shall provide public notice of all in-
spection and investigation activities conducted by the Sec-
retary under section 30166 of title 49, United States 
Code, and make any such notice, and notice of any en-
forcement or other action taken as a result of an inspec-
tion or investigation available on the website of the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration immediately 
after such notice is issued. 
SEC. 103. IMPROVED ACCESS TO NHTSA VEHICLE SAFETY 
INFORMATION. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall improve public accessibility 
to information on the website of the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration regarding vehicle safety, in-
cluding Early Warning data, studies, investigations, in-
spections, incident reports, and other materials, by— 
(1) improving organization and functionality 
and allowing for data to be searched, aggregated, 
and downloaded; 
(2) providing greater consistency in presen-
tation of vehicle safety issues; and 
(3) improving searchability about specific vehi-
cles and issues through standardization of commonly 
used search terms and the integration of databases 
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to enable all to be simultaneously searched using the 
same keyword search function. 
SEC. 104. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NHTSA RE-
PORTS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 30166(o) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’. 
SEC. 105. APPEAL OF DEFECT PETITION REJECTION. 
Section 30162 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A decision of the Secretary 
to deny a petition filed under subsection (a)(2) of this sec-
tion is agency action subject to judicial review under chap-
ter 7 of title 5, and such action shall not be considered 
committed to agency discretion within the meaning of sec-
tion 701(a)(2) of such title. A person aggrieved by the 
denial of a petition may obtain judicial review by filing 
an action in the court of appeals of the United States for 
the circuit in which the person resides or has its principal 
place of business or the United States Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia Circuit not more than 180 
days after notice of the denial of the petition is published 
in the Federal Register.’’. 
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SEC. 106. DEADLINES FOR RULEMAKING. 
If the Secretary determines that a deadline for a final 
rule under this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, 
cannot be met, the Secretary shall— 
(1) notify the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation and explain why that deadline cannot be 
met; and 
(2) establish a new deadline for that rule. 
SEC. 107. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) STUDY ON EARLY WARNING DATA.—Not later 
than 3, 5, 7, and 9 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Office of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall complete a study of the utili-
zation of Early Warning data by the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Each study shall 
evaluate the following: 
(1) The number and type of requests for infor-
mation made by NHTSA based on data received in 
the Early Warning Reporting system. 
(2) The number of safety defect investigations 
opened by NHTSA using any information reported 
to the agency through the Early Warning Reporting 
system. 
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(3) The nature and vehicle defect category of 
all such safety defect investigations. 
(4) The number of investigations described in 
paragraph (2) that are subsequently closed without 
further action. 
(5) The duration of each investigation described 
in paragraph (2). 
(6) The percentage of each investigation that 
result in a finding of a safety defect or recall by the 
agency. 
(7) Other information the Office of the Inspec-
tor General determines to be appropriate. 
(b) REPORT ON OPERATIONS OF THE COUNCIL FOR 
VEHICLE
ELECTRONICS, VEHICLE
SOFTWARE, 
AND 
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
report to Congress regarding the operations of the Council 
for Vehicle Electronics, Vehicle Software, and Emerging 
Technologies. Such report shall include information about 
the accomplishments of the Council, the role the Council 
plays in integrating and aggregating expertise across 
NHTSA, and priorities of the Council over the next 5 
years. 
(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—Each study described 
in subsection (a) and the report described in subsection 
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(b) shall be submitted to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate upon completion. 
SEC. 108. RESTRICTION ON COVERED VEHICLE SAFETY OF-
FICIALS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subchapter I of chapter 301 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 30107. Restriction on covered vehicle safety offi-
cials 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For a period of 1 year after the 
termination of his or her service or employment, a covered 
vehicle safety official shall not knowingly make, with the 
intent to influence, any communication to or appearance 
before any officer or employee of the National Highway 
Transportation Safety Administration on behalf of any 
manufacturer subject to regulation under this chapter in 
connection with any matter involving vehicle safety on 
which such person seeks official action by any officer or 
employee of the National Highway Transportation Safety 
Administration. 
‘‘(b) NO EFFECT ON SECTION 207.—This section 
does not expand, contract, or otherwise affect the applica-
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tion of any waiver or criminal penalties under section 207 
of title 18. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
covered vehicle safety officials who terminate service or 
employment with the National Highway Transportation 
Safety Administration after the date of enactment of the 
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘covered 
vehicle safety official’ means any officer or employee of 
the National Highway Transportation Safety Administra-
tion who, within the final 12 months of his or her service 
or employment with the agency, serves or served in a tech-
nical or legal capacity, and whose job responsibilities in-
clude or included vehicle safety defect investigation, vehi-
cle safety compliance, vehicle safety rulemaking, or vehicle 
safety research, and any officer or employee of the Na-
tional Highway Transportation Safety Administration 
serving in a supervisory or management capacity over such 
officers or employees. 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR DETAILEES.—For purposes 
of this section, a person who is detailed from one depart-
ment, agency, or other entity to another department, 
agency, or other entity shall, during the period such per-
son is detailed, be deemed to be an officer or employee 
of both departments, agencies, or such entities. 
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‘‘(f) EXCEPTION FOR TESTIMONY.—Nothing in this 
section shall prevent an individual from giving testimony 
under oath, or from making statements required to be 
made under penalty of perjury.’’. 
(b) CIVIL PENALTY.—Section 30165(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(5) SECTION
30107.—A person who violates 
section 30107 shall be subject to a civil penalty of 
not more than $55,000.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
30106 the following: 
‘‘30107. Restriction on covered vehicle safety officials.’’. 
TITLE II—FUNDING 
SEC. 201. VEHICLE SAFETY USER FEE. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subchapter I of chapter 301 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by section 
108(a), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 30108. Vehicle safety user fee 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a separate ac-
count for the deposit of fees under this section to be 
known as the Vehicle Safety Fund. 
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‘‘(b) ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF VEHICLE 
SAFETY FEES.—Beginning 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014, the Sec-
retary shall assess and collect, in accordance with this sec-
tion, a vehicle safety user fee from the manufacturer for 
each motor vehicle that is certified as compliant with ap-
plicable motor vehicle safety standards pursuant to section 
30115. 
‘‘(c) DEPOSIT.—The Secretary shall deposit any fees 
collected pursuant to subsection (b) into the Vehicle Safe-
ty Fund established by subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) USE.—Amounts in the Vehicle Safety Fund 
shall be available to the Secretary, as provided in sub-
section (i), for making expenditures to meet the obliga-
tions of the United States to carry out vehicle safety pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration. 
‘‘(e) VEHICLE SAFETY USER FEE.— 
‘‘(1) FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD YEAR FEES.— 
The fee assessed under this section for the first 
three years shall be as follows: 
‘‘(A) $3 for each vehicle certified during 
the first year in which such fees are assessed. 
‘‘(B) $6 for each vehicle certified during 
the second year in which such fees are assessed. 
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‘‘(C) $9 for each vehicle certified during 
the third year in which such fees are assessed. 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT
YEARS.—The fee assessed 
under this section for each vehicle certified after the 
third year in which such fees are assessed shall be 
adjusted by the Secretary by notice published in the 
Federal Register to reflect the total percentage 
change that occurred in the Consumer Price Index 
for all Urban Consumers for the 12-month period 
ending June 30 preceding the fiscal year for which 
fees are being established. 
‘‘(3) PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall require 
payment of fees under this section on a quarterly 
basis and not later than one quarter after the date 
on which the fee was assessed. 
‘‘(f) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 9 months after 
the date of enactment of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 
2014, the Secretary shall promulgate rules governing the 
collection and payment of fees pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(g) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Fees under this section 
shall not be collected for a fiscal year unless appro-
priations for vehicle safety programs of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration for such fis-
cal year (excluding the amount of fees appropriated 
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for such fiscal year) are equal to or greater than the 
amount of appropriations for vehicle safety pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration for fiscal year 2014. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—If the Secretary does not 
assess fees under this section during any portion of 
a fiscal year because of paragraph (1), the Secretary 
may assess and collect such fees, without any modi-
fication in the rate, at a later date in such fiscal 
year notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 
(e)(3) relating to the date fees are to be paid. 
‘‘(h) COLLECTION OF UNPAID FEES.—In any case 
where the Secretary does not receive payment of a fee as-
sessed under this section within 30 days after it is due, 
such fee shall be treated as a claim of the United States 
Government subject to subchapter II of chapter 37 of title 
31. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to funds authorized to be appropriated under section 
30104, there is authorized to be appropriated from the 
Vehicle Safety Fund to the Secretary for the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration for each fiscal 
year in which fees are collected under subsection (b) an 
amount equal to the total amount collected during the pre-
vious fiscal year from fees assessed pursuant to this sec-
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tion. Such amounts are authorized to remain available 
until expended. 
‘‘(j) CREDITING AND AVAILABILITY OF FEES.—Fees 
authorized under subsection (b) shall be collected and 
available for obligation only to the extent and in the 
amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, as amend-
ed by section 108(d), is further amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 30107 the following: 
‘‘30108. Vehicle safety user fee.’’. 
SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 30104 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$98,313,500’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘in each fiscal year beginning in 
fiscal year 1999 and ending in fiscal year 2011.’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘and to carry out the 
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014— 
‘‘(1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
‘‘(2) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 
‘‘(3) $280,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.’’. 
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TITLE III—ENHANCED SAFETY 
AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 301. CIVIL PENALTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30165 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000’’; and 
(B) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘$35,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) in the second sentence by striking 
‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000’’; and 
(B) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘$35,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as preventing the imposition of penalties under 
section 30165 of title 49, United States Code, prior to 
the issuance of a final rule pursuant to section 31203(b) 
of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act 
(49 U.S.C. 30165 note). 
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SEC. 302. IMMINENT HAZARD AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30118(b) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) IMMINENT HAZARD ORDERS.—If the Sec-
retary of Transportation in making a decision under 
subsection (a) also initially decides that such defect 
or noncompliance presents a substantial likelihood of 
death or serious injury to the public, the Secretary 
shall notify such manufacturer. The opportunity for 
the manufacturer to present information, views, and 
arguments in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be 
provided as soon as practicable but not later than 10 
calendar days after the initial decision. The Sec-
retary shall expedite proceedings for a decision and 
order under paragraph (1) and shall, as appropriate, 
issue an imminent hazard order.’’. 
(b) PROCEDURES.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
procedures for the issuance and enforcement of imminent 
hazard orders under section 30118(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), con-
sistent with the provisions of chapter 301 of such title and 
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known 
as the Administrative Procedure Act). 
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TITLE IV—ADDITIONAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall not publish a rule pursuant to section 30111 of title 
49, United States Code, that addresses the issue of pre-
emption of State law seeking damages for personal injury, 
death, or property damage unless Congress expressly au-
thorizes the Secretary to address such preemption. 
(b) PREEMPTION LANGUAGE.—Any language ad-
dressing the issue of preemption contained within regula-
tions issued by the Secretary pursuant to section 30111 
of title 49, United States Code, during the years 2005 
through 2008 shall not be considered in determining 
whether any such rule preempts any action under State 
law seeking damages for personal injury, death, or prop-
erty damage unless Congress expressly authorizes the Sec-
retary to address such preemption. 
Æ 
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