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Union Calendar No. 454
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5504
[Report No. 107–726] 
To provide for the improvement of the safety of child restraints in passenger 
motor vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2002
Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. 
TERRY, Mrs. BONO, and Mr. BARTON of Texas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
OCTOBER 7, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 1, 2002] 
A BILL 
To provide for the improvement of the safety of child re-
straints in passenger motor vehicles, and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘Anton’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) It is the policy of the Department of Trans-
portation that all child occupants of motor vehicles, 
regardless of seating position, be appropriately re-
strained in order to reduce the incidence of injuries 
and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes on 
the streets, roads, and highways. 
(2) Research has shown that very few children 
between the ages of 4 to 8 years old are in the appro-
priate restraint for their age when riding in pas-
senger motor vehicles. 
(3) Children who have outgrown their child safe-
ty seats should ride in a belt-positioning booster seat 
until an adult seat belt fits properly. 
(4) Children who were properly restrained when 
riding in passenger motor vehicles suffered less severe 
injuries from accidents than children not properly re-
strained. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY OF CHILD RESTRAINTS 
IN PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
(hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall initiate a 
rulemaking proceeding to establish performance require-
ments for child restraints, including booster seats, for the 
restraint of children weighing more than 50 pounds. 
(b) ELEMENTS
FOR CONSIDERATION.—In the rule-
making proceeding required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall—
(1) consider whether to include injury perform-
ance criteria for child restraints, including booster 
seats and other products for use in passenger motor 
vehicles for the restraint of children weighing more 
than 50 pounds, under the requirements established in 
the rulemaking proceeding; 
(2) consider whether to establish performance re-
quirements for seat belt fit when used with booster 
seats and other belt guidance devices; 
(3) consider whether to address situations where 
children weighing more than 50 pounds only have ac-
cess to seating positions with lap belts, such as allow-
ing tethered child restraints for such children; and 
(4) review the definition of the term ‘‘booster 
seat’’ in Federal motor vehicle safety standard No. 
213 under section 571.213 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulation, to determine if it is sufficiently com-
prehensive.