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Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Working Family 
Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996''.
    (b) Amendment of  1986 Code.--Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other 
provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE CREDIT.

    (a) Increase in Credit.--Paragraph (2) of section 21(a) (relating 
to credit for expenses for household and dependent care services 
necessary for gainful employment) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Applicable percentage defined.--For purposes of 
        paragraph (1), the term `applicable percentage' means 30 
        percent reduced (but not below 20 percent) by 1 percentage 
        point for each $3,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the 
        taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds $50,000.''
    (b) Increase in Maximum Amount Creditable.--
            (1) In general.--Section 21(c) (relating to dollar limit on 
        amount creditable) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``$2,400'' in paragraph (1) and 
                inserting ``$4,000'', and
                    (B) by striking ``$4,800'' in paragraph (2) and 
                inserting ``$8,000''.
            (2) Phaseout for taxpayers with adjusted gross income in 
        excess of $50,000.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 21(c) is amended by adding 
                at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Limitation based on adjusted gross income.--If the 
        taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year exceeds 
        $50,000, the applicable dollar amount under paragraph (1) shall 
        be reduced as follows:
                    ``(A) The $4,000 amount under paragraph (1)(A) 
                shall be reduced (but not below $2,400) by $53.33 for 
                each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) of such excess.
                    ``(B) The $8,000 amount under paragraph (1)(B) 
                shall be reduced (but not below $4,800) by $106.66 for 
                each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) of such excess.''
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 21(c), as amended by 
        subsection (b), is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``The amount'' and inserting:
            ``(1) In general.--The amount'',
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
                    (C) by striking ``paragraph (1) or (2)'' and 
                inserting ``subparagraph (A) or (B)''.
    (c) Credit Made Refundable.--
            (1) In general.--Section 21 (relating to credit for 
        expenses for household and dependent care services), as amended 
        by this section, is transferred to subpart C of part IV of 
        subchapter A of chapter 1, inserted after section 35, and 
        redesignated as section 36.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 129 is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``21(e)'' in subsection 
                        (a)(2)(C) and inserting ``36(e)'',
                            (ii) by striking ``21(d)(2)'' in subsection 
                        (b)(2) and inserting ``36(d)(2)'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``21(b)(2)'' in 
                        subsection (e)(1) and inserting ``36(b)(2)''.
                    (B) Section 213(e) is amended by striking ``section 
                21'' and inserting ``section 36''.
            (3) Clerical amendments.--
                    (A) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV 
                of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by striking the 
                item relating to section 21.
                    (B) The table of sections for subpart C of part IV 
                of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at 
                the end the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 36. Expenses for household and 
                                        dependent care services 
                                        necessary for gainful 
                                        employment.''
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.

SEC. 3. OFFSETS OF REVENUE LOSS.

    (a) Modifications to Foreign Earned Income Exclusion.--
            (1) Repeal of $70,000 exclusion.--Paragraph (1) of section 
        911(a) (relating to exclusion from gross income) is amended by 
        inserting ``in the case of taxable years beginning before 
        January 1, 1998,'' before ``the foreign earned income''.
            (2) Qualified schooling expenses.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 911(a) is amended by 
                striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1), by 
                striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
                inserting ``, and'', and by adding at the end the 
                following new paragraph:
            ``(3) the qualified schooling expenses of such 
        individual.''
                    (B) Qualified schooling expenses.--Section 911 is 
                amended by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
                subsections (f) and (g) and by inserting after 
                subsection (d) the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Qualified Schooling Expenses.--For purposes of this section--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term 
        `qualified schooling expenses' means the reasonable schooling 
        expenses paid or incurred by or on behalf of the individual 
        during the taxable year for the education of each dependent of 
        the individual at the elementary or secondary level. For 
        purposes of the preceding sentence, the elementary or secondary 
        level means education which is the equivalent of education from 
        the kindergarten through the 12th grade in a United States-type 
        school.
            ``(2) Expenses included.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the term `schooling expenses' means the cost of tuition, fees, 
        books, and local transportation and of other expenses required 
        by the school. Except as provided in paragraph (3), such term 
        does not include expenses of room and board or expenses of 
        transportation other than local transportation.
            ``(3) Room, board, and travel allowed in certain cases.--If 
        an adequate United States-type school is not available within a 
        reasonable commuting distance of the individual's tax home, the 
        expenses of room and board of the dependent and the expenses of 
        the transportation of the dependent each school year between 
        such tax home and the location of the school shall be treated 
        as schooling expenses.
            ``(4) Determination of reasonable expenses.--If--
                    ``(A) there is an adequate United States-type 
                school available within a reasonable commuting distance 
                of the individual's tax home, and
                    ``(B) the dependent attends a school other than the 
                school referred to in subparagraph (A),
        then the amount taken into account under paragraph (2) shall 
        not exceed the aggregate amount which would be charged for the 
        period by the school referred to in subparagraph (A).
            ``(5) Period taken into account.--An amount shall be taken 
        into account as a qualified schooling expense only if it is 
        attributable to education for a period during which the 
        individual's tax home is in a foreign country.
            ``(6) Special rules where schooling expenses not provided 
        by employer.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To the extent the qualified 
                schooling expenses of any individual for any taxable 
                year is not attributable to employer provided amounts, 
                such expenses shall be treated as a deduction allowable 
                in computing adjusted gross income to the extent of the 
                limitation of subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--For purposes of subparagraph 
                (A), the limitation of this subparagraph is the excess 
                of--
                            ``(i) the foreign earned income of the 
                        individual for the taxable year, over
                            ``(ii) the amount of such income excluded 
                        from gross income under subsection (a) for the 
                        taxable year.
                    ``(C) 1-year carryover of expenses not allowed by 
                reason of subparagraph (b).--
                            ``(i) In general.--The amount not allowable 
                        as a deduction for any taxable year under 
                        subparagraph (A) by reason of the limitation of 
                        subparagraph (B) shall be treated as a 
                        deduction allowable in computing adjusted gross 
                        income for the succeeding taxable year (and 
                        only for the succeeding taxable year) to the 
                        extent of the limitation of clause (ii) for 
                        such succeeding taxable year.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--For purposes of clause 
                        (i), the limitation of this clause for any 
                        taxable year is the excess of--
                                    ``(I) the limitation of 
                                subparagraph (B) for such taxable year, 
                                over
                                    ``(II) amounts treated as a 
                                deduction under subparagraph (A) for 
                                such taxable year.
                    ``(D) Employer provided amounts.--For purposes of 
                this paragraph, the term `employer provided amounts' 
                means any amount paid or incurred on behalf of the 
                individual by the individual's employer which is 
                foreign earned income included in the individual's 
                gross income for the taxable year (without regard to 
                this section).''
                    (C) Conforming amendment.--Section 911(d)(7) is 
                amended by inserting ``or (e)(6)(A)'' after 
                ``subsection (c)(3)(A)''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1997.
    (b) Savings From Welfare Reform.--If there is an overall decrease 
in Federal revenues for any fiscal year by reason of this Act (without 
regard to this subsection), such decrease shall be offset by the 
decrease in Federal expenditures for such fiscal year by reason of the 
amendments made by, and provisions of, the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193).
Example Output: Working Family Child Care Tax Relief Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the child and dependent care credit to:  (1) increase such credit and make it refundable; and (2) provide it with an income-based phaseout and limitation. 
Eliminates the foreign earned income exclusion as of a specified date.  Allows an exclusion for overseas qualified elementary and secondary schooling expenses.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF AMOUNTS FOR REDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to returns and records) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new part:

          ``PART IX--DESIGNATION FOR REDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT.

                              ``Sec. 6097. Designation.

``SEC. 6097. DESIGNATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Every individual with adjusted income tax 
liability for any taxable year may designate that a portion of such 
liability (not to exceed 10 percent thereof) shall be used to reduce 
the public debt.
    ``(b) Manner and Time of Designation.--A designation under 
subsection (a) may be made with respect to any taxable year only at the 
time of filing the return of tax imposed by chapter 1 for the taxable 
year. The designation shall be made on the first page of the return or 
on the page bearing the taxpayer's signature.
    ``(c) Adjusted Income Tax Liability.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `adjusted income tax liability' means income tax liability (as 
defined in section 6096(b)) reduced by any amount designated under 
section 6096 (relating to designation of income tax payments to 
Presidential Election Campaign Fund).''
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of parts for such subchapter A 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                              ``Part IX. Designation for reduction of 
                                        public debt.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC DEBT REDUCTION TRUST FUND.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to trust fund code) is amended by adding at the 
end the following section:

``SEC. 9512. PUBLIC DEBT REDUCTION TRUST FUND.

    ``(a) Creation of Trust Fund.--There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a trust fund to be known as the `Public Debt 
Reduction Trust Fund', consisting of any amount appropriated or 
credited to the Trust Fund as provided in this section or section 
9602(b).
    ``(b) Transfers to Trust Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to 
the Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the amounts 
designated under section 6097 (relating to designation for public debt 
reduction).
    ``(c) Expenditures.--Amounts in the Public Debt Reduction Trust 
Fund shall be available only for purposes of paying at maturity, or to 
redeem or buy before maturity, any obligation of the Federal Government 
included in the public debt. Any obligation which is paid, redeemed, or 
bought with amounts from such Trust Fund shall be canceled and retired 
and may not be reissued.''
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for such subchapter 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 9512. Public Debt Reduction Trust 
                                        Fund.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to amounts received after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. TAXPAYER-GENERATED SEQUESTRATION OF FEDERAL SPENDING TO REDUCE 
              THE PUBLIC DEBT.

    (a) Sequestration To Reduce the Public Debt.--Part C of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by 
adding after section 253 the following new section:

``SEC. 253A. SEQUESTRATION TO REDUCE THE PUBLIC DEBT.

    ``(a) Sequestration.--Notwithstanding sections 255 and 256, within 
15 days after Congress adjourns to end a session, and on the same day 
as sequestration (if any) under sections 251, 252, and 253, but after 
any sequestration required by those sections, there shall be a 
sequestration equivalent to the estimated aggregate amount designated 
under section 6097 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the last 
taxable year ending before the beginning of that session of Congress, 
as estimated by the Department of the Treasury on May 1 and as modified 
by the total of (1) any amounts by which net discretionary spending is 
reduced by legislation below the discretionary spending limits (or, in 
the absence of such limits, any net deficit change from the baseline 
amount calculated under section 257, except that such baseline for 
fiscal year 1996 and thereafter shall be based upon fiscal year 1995 
enacted appropriations less any 1995 sequesters) and (2) the net 
deficit change that has resulted from direct spending legislation.
    ``(b) Applicability.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), 
        each account of the United States shall be reduced by a dollar 
        amount calculated by multiplying the level of budgetary 
        resources in that account at that time by the uniform 
        percentage necessary to carry out subsection (a). All 
        obligational authority reduced under this section shall be done 
        in a manner that makes such reductions permanent.
            ``(2) Exempt accounts.--No order issued under this part 
        may--
                    ``(A) reduce benefits payable the old-age, 
                survivors, and disability insurance program established 
                under title II of the Social Security Act;
                    ``(B) reduce payments for net interest (all of 
                major functional category 900); or
                    ``(C) make any reduction in the following accounts:
                            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
                        Bank Insurance Fund;
                            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
                        FSLIC Resolution Fund;
                            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
                        Savings Association Insurance Fund;
                            ``National Credit Union Administration, 
                        credit union share insurance fund; or
                            ``Resolution Trust Corporation.''.
    (b) Reports.--Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting before the item 
        relating to August 10 the following:
    ``May 1 . . . Department of Treasury report to Congress estimating 
amount of income tax designated pursuant to section 6097 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ``, and 
        sequestration to reduce the public debt,'';
            (3) in subsection (d), by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
        paragraph (6) and by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Sequestration to reduce the public debt reports.--The 
        preview reports shall set forth for the budget year estimates 
        for each of the following:
                    ``(A) The aggregate amount designated under section 
                6097 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the last 
                taxable year ending before the budget year.
                    ``(B) The amount of reductions required under 
                section 253A and the deficit remaining after those 
                reductions have been made.
                    ``(C) The sequestration percentage necessary to 
                achieve the required reduction in accounts under 
                section 253A(b).''; and
            (4) in subsection (g), by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
        (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, and by inserting 
        after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Sequestration to reduce the public debt reports.--The 
        final reports shall contain all of the information contained in 
        the public debt taxation designation report required on May 
        1.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--Notwithstanding section 275(b) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the expiration date 
set forth in that section shall not apply to the amendments made by 
this section. The amendments made by this section shall cease to have 
any effect after the first fiscal year during which there is no public 
debt.
Example Output: Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow every individual with adjusted income tax liability to designate on their tax returns that a portion of such liability (not to exceed ten percent) be used to reduce the public debt. 
Establishes a Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund for the deposit of designated amounts.  Makes amounts in such Trust Fund available only to pay at maturity, or to redeem or buy before maturity, any obligation of the Federal Government included in the public debt.  Prohibits the reissuance of any obligation which is paid, redeemed, or bought with amounts from the Trust Fund. 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide for the sequestration of amounts designated to the Trust Fund.  Specifies accounts exempt from such sequestration.  Includes aggregated amounts designated to the Trust Fund and amounts sequestered to reduce the public debt in sequestration preview and final reports.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consumer Auto Safety Enhancement Act 
of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Event data recorders offer important benefits for motor 
        vehicle safety, such as enabling automatic crash notification 
        systems for improved emergency responses to crashes, increasing 
        understanding of vehicle crashworthiness and safe highway 
        design, and providing greater insight into trends in motor 
        vehicle defects.
            (2) More than 38,000 people die each year on roads in the 
        United States, and such fatalities could be reduced by taking 
        full advantage of the benefits of event data recorders.
            (3) According to the event data recorder working group of 
        the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the degree 
        to which the benefits of event data recorders are realized is 
        directly proportional to the number of motor vehicles equipped 
        with such recorders.
            (4) Requiring the inclusion of event data recorders in new 
        motor vehicles would produce valuable safety benefits that 
        would far outweigh the nominal financial burden on 
        manufacturers.
            (5) The National Transportation Safety Board has 
        recommended that event data recorders be installed on light 
        passenger vehicles and on schoolbuses and motorcoaches.

SEC. 3. EVENT DATA RECORDERS.

    (a) In General.--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 sections:
``Sec. 30129. Event data recorders required for model year 2012 or 
              later
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
promulgate a rule that--
            ``(1) requires each motor vehicle manufacturer to equip 
        each motor vehicle of model year 2012 or later manufactured by 
        such manufacturer, regardless of the gross vehicle weight 
        rating of the motor vehicle, with an event data recorder that 
        meets the specifications set forth in subsection (b); and
            ``(2) establishes the uniform data retrieval method 
        described in subsection (c).
    ``(b) Specifications of Event Data Recorder.--
            ``(1) Survivability.--The event data recorder required 
        under subsection (a)(1) shall be capable of--
                    ``(A) sustaining without a loss of data--
                            ``(i) a crash that results in a fire in 
                        which the motor vehicle reaches a maximum 
                        temperature to be determined by the Secretary 
                        for a maximum period of time to be determined 
                        by the Secretary; and
                            ``(ii) a crash that results in the motor 
                        vehicle becoming immersed in not greater than 
                        10 feet of water; and
                    ``(B) sustaining without a loss of data or 
                function--
                            ``(i) a frontal barrier crash test at not 
                        less than 65 miles per hour;
                            ``(ii) the rear moving barrier crash test 
                        described in S6.2 of Federal Motor Vehicle 
                        Safety Standard 301 (49 C.F.R. 571.301) that is 
                        applicable to the motor vehicle on which the 
                        event data recorder is installed; and
                            ``(iii) a side barrier crash test to be 
                        determined by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Data elements.--The event data recorder required 
        under subsection (a)(1) shall record the following data 
        elements:
                    ``(A) Yaw data.
                    ``(B) Safety belt status by seating location, 
                number of occupants, and location in the vehicle.
                    ``(C) Data regarding vehicle speed, engine 
                rotations per minute, change in acceleration, and 
                control signal status for the braking, acceleration, 
                and steering systems.
                    ``(D) Driver and front passenger airbag deployment 
                level, deactivation status, deployment time, and 
                deployment stage.
                    ``(E) Rollover data.
                    ``(F) Data regarding the operation of the antilock 
                brake system, the traction control system, and the 
                electronic stability control system, including the roll 
                stability control system.
                    ``(G) A stamp including the motor vehicle's vehicle 
                identification number and the date, time, and odometer 
                reading corresponding to each event collected.
                    ``(H) Tire pressure.
                    ``(I) All other data elements listed in the left-
                hand column of table I or the left-hand column of table 
                II of section 563.7 of title 49, Code of Federal 
                Regulations, as such section is in effect on the date 
                of the enactment of this section.
                    ``(J) Such other data as the Secretary considers 
                appropriate, including any data element in the event 
                data recorder standards issued by the Institute of 
                Electrical and Electronics Engineers or the Society of 
                Automotive Engineers.
            ``(3) Length of recording time.--The event data recorder 
        required under subsection (a)(1) shall record data related to a 
        crash event for a period of not less than 60 seconds before 
        time zero and 15 seconds after time zero. For purposes of the 
        preceding sentence, the term `time zero' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 563.5(b) of title 49, Code of Federal 
        Regulations, as such section is in effect on the date of the 
        enactment of this section.
            ``(4) Tamper resistance.--The event data recorder required 
        under subsection (a)(1) shall have such safeguards as the 
        Secretary considers appropriate to prevent alteration of the 
        data recorded.
            ``(5) Compatibility with universal data retrieval method.--
        The event data recorder required under subsection (a)(1) shall 
        permit the data recorded by such recorder to be retrieved using 
        the universal data retrieval method established under 
        subsection (a)(2). The Secretary shall specify any data format 
        requirements the Secretary considers appropriate to facilitate 
        the establishment of such universal data retrieval method.
    ``(c) Universal Data Retrieval Method.--The universal data 
retrieval method required under subsection (a)(2) shall be a single 
method by which the recorded data in an event data recorder on any 
motor vehicle to which this section applies, regardless of manufacturer 
or model, may be removed from such event data recorder and put into 
readable form. For purposes of the preceding sentence, data are in 
readable form if they conform to any data format requirements 
established by the Secretary and can be used to analyze the safety 
performance of a vehicle using commercially available equipment.
    ``(d) Data Collection.--
            ``(1) Process for receiving data.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a 
                process by which an individual or entity may transmit 
                to the Secretary data from an event data recorder.
                    ``(B) Periodic evaluations and modifications.--The 
                Secretary shall conduct periodic evaluations of the 
                process established under subparagraph (A) and make 
                such modifications as the Secretary considers 
                appropriate to ensure that the process is as effective 
                and efficient as possible.
            ``(2) Event data recorder database.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall create a 
                database for purposes of research and analysis that 
                contains, in electronic format, all data available to 
                the Secretary from event data recorders. Such database 
                shall not include any data that were not obtained from 
                an event data recorder, except for such data from other 
                sources as the Secretary considers--
                            ``(i) relevant to performing research and 
                        analysis using data from event data recorders, 
                        including police accident reports and other 
                        similar official information regarding the 
                        conditions and circumstances under which the 
                        data were collected; or
                            ``(ii) necessary to operate the event data 
                        recorder database.
                    ``(B) Availability to public.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), the data in the database required 
                        by subparagraph (A) shall be available to the 
                        public.
                            ``(ii) Personally identifiable 
                        information.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
                        the data made available to the public under 
                        clause (i) do not contain any information that 
                        could be used to identify an owner, lessee, or 
                        occupant of a vehicle from whose event data 
                        recorder such data were obtained, including the 
                        full vehicle identification number of the 
                        vehicle, the name, mailing address, email 
                        address, or telephone number of an owner, 
                        lessee, or occupant, and any other information 
                        that is prohibited by law from disclosure or 
                        that the Secretary determines should be 
                        withheld to protect individual privacy.
    ``(e) Event Data Recorder Defined.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `event data recorder' has the meaning given such term in 
section 563.5(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
``Sec. 30130. Readability of data in event data recorders prior to 
              model year 2012
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
promulgate a rule that requires each motor vehicle manufacturer to 
ensure that the data recorded by an event data recorder in a vehicle of 
a model year prior to model year 2012 that is manufactured by such 
manufacturer are capable of being read by the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration. Such rule shall apply to a vehicle manufactured 
prior to the effective date of such rule if such vehicle is equipped 
with an event data recorder but shall not require any vehicle, 
regardless of the date of manufacture, to be equipped with an event 
data recorder.
    ``(b) Data Capable of Being Read by NHTSA.--For purposes of 
subsection (a), data in a motor vehicle's event data recorder are 
capable of being read by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration if a representative of the Administration who has 
physical access to the vehicle can, through the use of computer 
hardware and software, whether provided by the manufacturer of such 
vehicle or otherwise, gain access to such data in a format that allows 
the Administration to analyze the safety performance of such vehicle.
    ``(c) Event Data Recorder Defined.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `event data recorder' has the meaning given such term in 
section 563.5(b) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
    ``(d) Effective Date of Rule.--The rule promulgated under 
subsection (a) shall take effect not later than 30 days after the date 
on which such rule is promulgated.
``Sec. 30131. Privacy of data in event data recorders
    ``(a) Ownership of Data.--The data stored in an event data recorder 
described in section 30129(a) or 30130(a) are the property of the owner 
or lessee of the motor vehicle in which such event data recorder is 
installed.
    ``(b) Access to Data.--The data stored in an event data recorder 
described in section 30129(a) or 30130(a) may not be accessed by any 
person other than the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle in which 
such event data recorder is installed, unless--
            ``(1) a court authorizes retrieval of the data in 
        furtherance of a legal proceeding;
            ``(2) the owner or lessee of such motor vehicle consents to 
        the retrieval of the data for any purpose, including to 
        diagnose, service, or repair such motor vehicle; or
            ``(3) the data are retrieved by a government motor vehicle 
        safety agency for the purpose of improving motor vehicle safety 
        and the personally identifiable information of any owner, 
        lessee, or occupant of such motor vehicle, including the 
        vehicle identification number of such motor vehicle, is not 
        publicly disclosed in connection with the data.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
30128 the following new items:

30129. Event data recorders required for model year 2012 or later.
30130. Readability of data in event data recorders prior to model year 
                            2012.
30131. Privacy of data in event data recorders.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF EDR DATA.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to 
Congress a report on the feasibility of requiring that, after the 
involvement in a crash event of a motor vehicle equipped with an event 
data recorder under section 30129(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
such event data recorder automatically transmit to the Secretary, in 
electronic form, the data recorded with respect to the crash event.
    (b) Contents of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include--
            (1) an analysis, with respect to the time when such 
        analysis is conducted, of systems and capabilities for 
        automatic electronic transmission of event data recorder data 
        in the event of a crash and the extent to which it is the 
        practice of motor vehicle manufacturers to collect such data;
            (2) an analysis of any benefits, whether monetary or 
        nonmonetary, of maintaining a database containing the data that 
        would be automatically transmitted to the Secretary under the 
        requirement described in subsection (a);
            (3) an analysis of the cost to motor vehicle manufacturers 
        of complying with such requirement as compared to the cost of 
        requiring the submission of the same information by means other 
        than automatic electronic transmission;
            (4) the Secretary's recommendation of a reasonable timeline 
        for manufacturers to comply with the requirement described in 
        subsection (a); and
            (5) an analysis of any privacy issues posed by such 
        requirement and recommendations for how they might be addressed 
        or eliminated.
Example Output:
Consumer Auto Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to promulgate a rule that: (1) requires each motor vehicle manufacturer to equip each motor vehicle manufactured in model year 2012 or later with an event data recorder (EDR) that meets certain specifications; and (2) establishes a universal data retrieval method by which recorded data in an EDR may be retrieved and put into readable form regardless of manufacturer or model of the motor vehicle.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a process by which an individual or entity may transmit EDR data to the Secretary; and (2) create an EDR database for research and analysis.

Directs the Secretary to promulgate a rule that requires each motor vehicle manufacturer to ensure that the data recorded by an EDR in a motor vehicle manufactured before model year 2012 is capable of being read by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Prohibits the retrieval of data stored in an EDR by any person other than the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle in which such device is installed, unless: (1) a court authorizes it, the owner or lessee consents, or the data is retrieved by a government motor vehicle safety agency; and (2) neither the personally identifiable information of the vehicle owner, lessee,or occupant nor the vehicle identification number (VIN) is publicly disclosed in connection with the data.