Title: Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2017
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2017
This bill allows a passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, or bus to be equipped with a pulsating light system for high mounted stop lamps.
The term "pulsating light system" means a system for a high mounted stop lamp in which: (1) the lamp pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than two seconds when the vehicle brake is applied and then converts to a continuous light until the brake is released, and (2) the rapid pulsing may not be repeated upon a subsequent application of the brakes for a lock-out period of five seconds after the brake's release.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2955 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2955

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the installation of 
  pulsating light systems for high mounted stop lamps, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2017

  Mr. Engel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit the installation of 
  pulsating light systems for high mounted stop lamps, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REAR-END COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS.

    (a) Amendment.--Subchapter II of chapter 301 of part A of subtitle 
VI of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
``Sec. 30129. Rear-end collision avoidance systems
    ``(a) Pulsating Light Systems Allowed.--A passenger car, 
multipurpose passenger vehicle, truck, or bus may be equipped with a 
pulsating light system.
    ``(b) Definition.--As used in this section, `pulsating light 
system' means a system for a high mounted stop lamp in which--
            ``(1) when the brake of the vehicle is applied, the lamp 
        pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than two 
        seconds and then converts to a continuous light as a normal 
        stop lamp until the time that the brake is released; and
            ``(2) the rapid pulsing described in paragraph (1) may not 
        be repeated upon a subsequent application of the brakes for a 
        lock-out period of at least five seconds after the release of 
        the brake described in paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Revision to Code of Federal Regulations.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall update the entry for ``high mounted stop lamp'' in 
Table 1-a of section 571.108 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
in accordance with the amendment made by subsection (a).
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
subchapter II of chapter 301 of part A of subtitle VI of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item:

``30129. Rear-end collision avoidance systems.''.
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