Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1535
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2015-06-10
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Consumer affairs

Motor vehicles

Product safety and quality

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015</b></p> <p> Revises passenger motor vehicle information program requirements.</p> <p>Directs the Department of Transportation to ensure that passenger motor vehicle crash avoidance information is provided next to, and in the same format as, crashworthiness information at each place that the latter is made available to the public.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1535 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 10, 2015 Mr. Heller (for himself and Mr. Markey ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to passenger motor vehicle crash avoidance information, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015 . 2. Passenger motor vehicle information Section 32302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Crash avoidance Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Safety Through Informed Consumers Act of 2015 , the Secretary shall ensure that crash avoidance information is provided next to, and in the same format as, crashworthiness information at each place that crashworthiness information is made available to the public under this section. .