Secretary of Transportation (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall issue regulations, applicable to light 
motor vehicles, requiring power windows and panels to 
automatically reverse direction when they detect an ob-
struction to prevent children from being trapped, injured, 
or killed. 
(b) REARWARD
VISIBILITY.—Not later than 24 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall issue regulations, applicable to light motor 
vehicles, requiring a rearward visibility performance 
standard that provides drivers with a means for detecting 
the presence of a person or object behind the vehicle to 
prevent death and injury resulting from backing incidents, 
particularly incidents involving small children and disabled 
persons. 
(c) PHASE-IN PERIOD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The regulations issued pur-
suant to subsections (a) and (b) shall require— 
(A) a phase-in period, as determined by 
the Secretary, for compliance with the regula-
tions, which period shall commence not later 
than 6 months after the date on which final 
rules are issued; and 
(B) that new light motor vehicles manufac-
tured after the date that is 31⁄2 years after the 
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issuance of the final rule shall comply with such 
regulations. 
(2) PHASE-IN
PRIORITIES.—In requiring the 
phase-in of rearward visibility performance regula-
tions under this subsection, the Secretary shall con-
sider whether to give priority during the phase-in to 
types of light motor vehicles that have a compara-
tively larger or longer rear blind zone. If the Sec-
retary determines that any type of light motor vehi-
cles should be given priority, the Secretary shall 
issue regulations that specify— 
(A) which type or types of light motor ve-
hicles shall be phased-in first; and 
(B) the percentages in which such light 
motor vehicles shall be phased-in. 
(d) 
PREVENTING
VEHICLES
FROM
ROLLING 
AWAY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall issue regulations to require light motor 
vehicles that are equipped with an automatic trans-
mission that includes a ‘‘park’’ position to have a 
system that requires the service brake to be de-
pressed before the transmission can be shifted out of 
‘‘park’’. This system shall function in any starting 
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system key position in which the transmission can be 
shifted out of ‘‘park’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The regulation issued 
under paragraph (1) shall apply to light motor vehi-
cles manufactured on or after September 1, 2010. 
(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 submit to the Secretary 
the make and model of light motor vehicles that 
are equipped with automatic transmissions that 
do not comply with the regulations issued under 
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 the make and model of the light motor 
vehicles that do not comply with the regulations 
issued under paragraph (1). Any vehicle not in-
cluded in the publication under this subpara-
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