Motorcoach Safety, Accountability, and Technology Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2505
Sponsor: Rep. Negrete McLeod, Gloria [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Motorcoach Safety, Accountability, and Technology Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations to ensure that an individual conducts a brake performance inspection before each motorcoach trip to ensure that the brake performance satisfies all federal law requirements.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to: (1) establish minimum performance standards for onboard electronic air brake monitoring systems for motorcoaches, (2) require motorcoaches to be equipped with automatic emergency braking and collision warning systems, (3) require motorcoaches with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds to be equipped with a lane departure warning system, and (4) require motorcoaches to be equipped with a device to limit maximum speed to 70 miles per hour. Requires the Secretary to make such technologies tamper resistant.
 
Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of requiring motorcoaches be retrofitted with such technologies.
 
Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to establish standards for motorcoaches to use regrooved, recapped, or retreaded tires.
 
Revises Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program requirements. 
 
Requires the Secretary to approve plans under which states agree to assume responsibility for improving motor carrier safety and adopt and to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety, hazardous materials transportation safety, or compatible regulations, standards, and orders if the plan ensures that (except in the case of an imminent or obvious safety hazard) an inspection of a passenger motorcoach is conducted at a station, terminal, border crossing maintenance facility, and destination (as under current law), but also a weigh station, rest stop, turnpike service area, or other location where adequate food, shelter, and sanitation facilities are available for passengers as well as passengers with disabilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 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.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 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.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House