I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4364 
To provide greater transparency, accountability, and safety authority to the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 1, 2014 
Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. RUSH, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, 
and Mr. TONKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide greater transparency, accountability, and safety 
authority to the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-
istration, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
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TITLE I—TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
Sec. 101. Additional early warning reporting requirements. 
Sec. 102. Public notice of inspection and investigation activities. 
Sec. 103. Improved access to NHTSA vehicle safety information. 
Sec. 104. Corporate responsibility for NHTSA reports. 
Sec. 105. Appeal of defect petition rejection. 
Sec. 106. Deadlines for rulemaking. 
Sec. 107. Reports to Congress. 
Sec. 108. Restriction on Covered Vehicle Safety Officials. 
TITLE II—FUNDING 
Sec. 201. Vehicle safety user fee. 
Sec. 202. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—ENHANCED SAFETY AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 301. Civil penalties. 
Sec. 302. Imminent hazard authority. 
TITLE IV—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Preemption of State law. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) PASSENGER
MOTOR
VEHICLE.—The term 
‘‘passenger motor vehicle’’ means a motor vehicle (as 
defined in section 30102(a)(6) of title 49, United 
States Code) that is rated at less than 10,000 
pounds gross vehicular weight. Such term does not 
include— 
(A) a motorcycle; 
(B) a trailer; or 
(C) a low speed vehicle (as defined in sec-
tion 571.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions). 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the 
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Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safe-
ty Administration. 
TITLE I—TRANSPARENCY AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
SEC. 101. ADDITIONAL EARLY WARNING REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) DATA ON FATALITIES.—Paragraph (3)(C) of sec-
tion 30166(m) of title 49, United States Code is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The manufacturer’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The manufac-
turer’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) FATAL INCIDENTS.—If an inci-
dent described in clause (i) involves fatali-
ties, the Secretary shall require the manu-
facturer to report— 
‘‘(I) all initial claims or notice 
documents that notified the manufac-
turer of the incident; 
‘‘(II) any police reports or other 
documents 
describing 
or 
recon-
structing the incident; and 
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‘‘(III) any amendments or sup-
plements to the documents described 
in subclause (I), except for— 
‘‘(aa) 
medical 
documents 
and bills; 
‘‘(bb) property damage in-
voices or estimates; and 
‘‘(cc) documents related to 
damages.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Paragraph (4) of section 
30166(m) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—The information pro-
vided to the Secretary pursuant to this sub-
section shall be disclosed publicly unless exempt 
from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 
5.’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
regulations regarding public access to information sub-
mitted pursuant to section 30166(m) of title 49, United 
States Code. The Secretary may establish categories of in-
formation provided pursuant to such section that must be 
made available to the public and categories that are ex-
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