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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3628 
To amend subchapter II of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, 
to require crash avoidance technologies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 28, 2021 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend subchapter II of chapter 301 of title 49, United 
States Code, to require crash avoidance technologies, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Smart 
Cars Act’’. 
SEC. 2. 21ST CENTURY SMART CARS. 
(a) CRASH AVOIDANCE RULEMAKING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 
301 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘§ 30130. Crash avoidance rulemaking 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue 
final rules prescribing motor vehicle safety standards 
that— 
‘‘(1) establish minimum performance require-
ments for the crash avoidance systems described in 
subsection (b); and 
‘‘(2) require all new passenger motor vehicles 
manufactured for sale in the United States, intro-
duced or delivered for introduction in interstate com-
merce, or imported into the United States to be 
equipped with the crash avoidance systems described 
in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) CRASH AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS.—The Secretary 
shall issue motor vehicle safety standards for each of the 
following crash avoidance systems— 
‘‘(1) forward collision warning and automatic 
emergency braking that detects potential collisions 
with vehicles, objects, pedestrians, bicyclists, and 
other vulnerable road users while the vehicle is trav-
eling forward, provides a warning to the driver, and 
automatically applies the brakes to avoid or mitigate 
the severity of a collision; 
‘‘(2) rear automatic emergency braking that de-
tects a potential collision with vehicles, objects, pe-
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destrians, bicyclists, and other vulnerable road users 
while a vehicle is travelling in reverse and automati-
cally applies the brakes to avoid or mitigate the se-
verity of a collision; 
‘‘(3) rear cross traffic warning that detects ve-
hicles, objects, pedestrians, bicyclists, and other vul-
nerable road users approaching from the side and 
rear of a vehicle as it travels in reverse and alerts 
the driver; 
‘‘(4) lane departure warning that monitors a ve-
hicle’s position in its lane and alerts the driver as 
the vehicle approaches or crosses lane markers; and 
‘‘(5) blind spot warning that detects a vehicle, 
pedestrian, bicyclist, and other vulnerable road user 
to the side or rear of a vehicle and alerts the driver 
to their presence, including when a driver attempts 
to change the course of travel toward another vehicle 
or road user in the blind zone of the vehicle. 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In prescribing the motor ve-
hicle safety standards required in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall require that the crash avoidance systems— 
‘‘(1) perform effectively at speeds for which a 
passenger motor vehicle is designed to operate, in-
cluding on city streets and highways; and 
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‘‘(2) include self-diagnostic capability and warn-
ing when inoperable. 
‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE DATE.—The compliance date of 
the standards prescribed under subsection (a) shall not ex-
ceed more than 2 years from the date final rules are 
issued. 
‘‘(e) RULEMAKING ON POINT OF SALE INFORMA-
TION.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this section, the Secretary shall issue a final rule 
to require clear and concise information about the capa-
bilities and limitations of advanced crash avoidance sys-
tems described in subsection (b) to be provided to a con-
sumer at the point of sale and in the vehicle owner’s man-
ual, including a publicly accessible electronic owner’s man-
ual. 
‘‘(f) HEADLAMPS.— 
‘‘(1) Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue 
a final rule amending section 571.108 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations to— 
‘‘(A) improve illumination of the roadway; 
‘‘(B) prevent glare; 
‘‘(C) 
establish 
minimum 
performance 
standards for— 
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‘‘(i) semi-automatic headlamp beam 
switching; 
‘‘(ii) curve adaptive headlamps; and 
‘‘(iii) adaptive driving beam headlamp 
technology. 
‘‘(2) The compliance date of the revised stand-
ard prescribed under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 
more than 2 years from the effective date. 
‘‘(3) Not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this section, the Secretary shall finalize 
the Rulemaking (83 Fed. Reg. 51766) to permit the 
certification of adaptive driving beam headlighting 
systems. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CRASH
AVOIDANCE.—The term ‘crash 
avoidance’ has the meaning given to that term in 
section 32301. 
‘‘(2) PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term 
‘passenger motor vehicle’ has the meaning given to 
that term in section 32101.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for subchapter II of chapter 301 of title 49, 
United States Code, is further amended by adding 
after the item relating to section 30129 (as added 
by section 32002(a)(2)) the following: 
‘‘30130. Crash avoidance rulemaking.’’. 
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(b) RESEARCH OF ADVANCED CRASH SYSTEMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 
301 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by 
section(a)(1), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 30131. Advanced crash systems research and con-
sumer education 
‘‘(a) ADVANCED CRASH SYSTEMS RESEARCH.— 
‘‘(1) Not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall com-
plete research into the following: 
‘‘(A) Direct driver monitoring systems that 
will minimize driver disengagement, driver dis-
traction, prevent automation complacency, and 
foreseeable misuse of vehicle automation. 
‘‘(B) Lane keeping assistance that assists 
with steering to keep a vehicle within its driving 
lane. 
‘‘(C) Automatic collision notification sys-
tems that— 
‘‘(i) notify emergency responders that 
a crash has occurred and provide the geo-
graphical location of the vehicle and crash 
data in a manner that allows for assess-
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ment of potential injuries and emergency 
response; and 
‘‘(ii) 
transfer 
to 
the 
Secretary 
anonymized automatic crash data for the 
purposes of safety research and statistical 
analysis. 
‘‘(D) Intelligent Speed Assist that— 
‘‘(i) determines the applicable speed 
limit where the vehicle is operating; and 
‘‘(ii) alerts the driver to the current 
speed limit and discourages exceeding that 
limit. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the re-
search required under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) develop one or more tests to evaluate 
the performance of the systems; 
‘‘(B) determine criteria that would be rea-
sonable and practicable at evaluating the per-
formance of the systems; and 
‘‘(C) determine fail, pass, or advanced pass 
criteria to assure the systems are performing 
their intended function. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a 
report detailing findings from the research required 
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under subsection (a) to the House Energy and Com-
merce Committee and the Senate Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation Committee not later 
than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
‘‘(4) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall issue final rules to establish motor vehi-
cle safety standards for the advanced crash systems 
described in this subsection and to require all new 
passenger motor vehicles manufactured for sale in 
the United States, introduced or delivered for intro-
duction in interstate commerce, or imported into the 
United States produced after the compliance date of 
such standards to be equipped with advanced crash 
avoidance systems described in this subsection. 
‘‘(5) LEAD TIME.—The compliance date of the 
standards prescribed under this section shall not ex-
ceed more than 2 model years from the date a motor 
vehicle safety standard is finalized. 
‘‘(6) CRASH DATA.—If the Secretary makes a 
determination that establishing a motor vehicle safe-
ty standard described in paragraph (1)(C)(ii) does 
not meet the requirements and considerations set 
forth in subsections (a) and (b) of section 30111 of 
title 49, United States Code, the Secretary— 
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‘‘(A) shall submit a report describing the 
reasons for reaching such a determination to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in 
the Senate; and 
‘‘(B) may not issue such a standard. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CRASH
AVOIDANCE.—The term ‘crash 
avoidance’ has the meaning given to that term in 
section 32301. 
‘‘(2) PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term 
‘passenger motor vehicle’ has the meaning given to 
that term in section 32101.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
section for subchapter II of chapter 301 of title 49, 
United States Code, is further amended by adding 
after the item relating to section 30129, as added by 
section 2(b), the following: 
‘‘30131. Advanced crash systems research and consumer education.’’. 
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