113 S2760 IS: Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Enhancement Act of 2014
U.S. Senate
2014-07-31
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This Act may be cited as the
Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Enhancement Act of 2014
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2.In this Act, unless expressly provided otherwise, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation.<enum>I</enum><header>Highway safety</header><section id="idFB7047FD2A3B489D85AE3283FCE0DB2D"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><subsection id="id089E097C16C44FEA9894358F3BB626CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following sums are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account):</text><paragraph id="idBBB895F5DEEC4635AEC06A9F70686EF6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Highway safety programs</header><text>For carrying out <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">section 402</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code—</text><subparagraph id="idFD0204E165664CD5B3CB4462D89A15F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$241,146,351 for fiscal year 2015;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92632F31DB8944AA83AF073150272EDB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$253,203,669 for fiscal year 2016;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04B01939A71F49BAB1C24577CF2577A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$265,863,852 for fiscal year 2017;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1D1F538E5B064525B10CDEB37D7C7CCB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$279,157,045 for fiscal year 2018;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD9896049D3A74D5CAF0D1ED69C639784"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$293,114,898 for fiscal year 2019; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id601894C4C8354F199204E0FAC47E4D2E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$307,770,643 for fiscal year 2020.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id072670CE659B4ABFB5BBC1756F36B946"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Highway safety research and development</header><text>For carrying out <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/403">section 403</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code—</text><subparagraph id="id5698D77DC63D4064BBECC81BAE7AA292"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$117,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id657552F7896C442DB048767366D671F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$122,850,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA844935CF845490CB2E139FD057CEB39"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$128,992,500 for fiscal year 2017;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2F383F635ADB4A25A3B19A3997EFB42C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$135,442,125 for fiscal year 2018;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0AA1C3DD8C864D7A930277CEB6197C4A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$142,214,232 for fiscal year 2019; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3C505B6FF6784F9F85C8D44C857BEEDF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$149,353,294 for fiscal year 2020.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF0C75A4365C948BC88377A4D33E6F578"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National priority safety programs</header><text>For carrying
out <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/405">section 405</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code—</text><subparagraph id="id74469FB57BC249E5820613E66F0D8DCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$278,705,019 for fiscal year 2015;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id68F148CADB7C4D09BFA530BFD62491AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$292,640,270 for fiscal year 2016;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21FB6ECF8B7445D7B3C8285804691832"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$307,272,283 for fiscal year 2017;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4074AB03FC7E4FCBB3BF9CD34E87353C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$322,635,898 for fiscal year 2018;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56A8EACDD2824F879B470981EB75BFDB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$338,767,693 for fiscal year 2019; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id558B8639E82945ADBCC14AE475C472C5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$355,706,078 for fiscal year 2020.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFC2243FDFDDC4233B8828BAF0FA702CD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>National driver register</header><text>For the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration to carry out chapter 303 of title
49, United States Code—</text><subparagraph id="idAAC3C734415A43939FC88F5E3C1C72BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA9AFDF3881BA46A087825AE55E285274"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$5,250,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93BF14D24AB04C34A97972BB0C0B2F90"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$5,512,500 for fiscal year 2017;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id846B9B4C0D534FEE9D5BAB0C20606E8B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$5,788,125 for fiscal year 2018;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1E85DDA56D6B4930B2F3DE85250B56DD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$6,077,532 for fiscal year 2019; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21A2FBA3730042C7AFA203E9AAFA576E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$6,381,409 for fiscal year 2020.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAEB8A0E1077D4E0496C609EB590EA2FA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>High visibility enforcement program</header><text>For carrying
out section 2009 of SAFETEA–LU (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">23 U.S.C. 402</external-xref> note)—</text><subparagraph id="id034A6C206BF642409C68F87A4EC7E250"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$29,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01F12C9DF7FE4F76942F914614D9A045"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$30,450,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E874CC934804060A61DC44D84904C95"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$31,972,500 for fiscal year 2017;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8050367255ED489DAEB2ED925D4583FF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$33,571,125 for fiscal year 2018;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37B3B169C4F7493BB624F752BBEC2D4A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$35,249,682 for fiscal year 2019; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45D680C04518491688EC0BD7776BBA82"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$37,012,167 for fiscal year 2020.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0024F03101944F808B1B0F61C7CD8371"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text>For administrative and
related operating expenses of the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration in carrying out <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 23,
United States Code, and this title—</text><subparagraph id="id060FA7D696CE43FD98F4C50E76A87153"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$28,148,630 for fiscal year 2015;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD1B071F854B645F0AC2FF3D846B0CC78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$29,556,062 for fiscal year 2016;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9A805301983945F0BC99C4E764CD846A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$31,033,865 for fiscal year 2017;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF4B038FF233B48EBA13081B9775041A7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$32,585,558 for fiscal year 2018;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5D195E467E4742269F465296335296C4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$34,214,836 for fiscal year 2019; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40F7CBE25F4E4CBF81DF0D9DFBD15D1E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$35,925,587 for fiscal year 2020.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id63A43F67C1084165A9AD629F2337F1F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on other uses</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, in this title,
and in the amendments made by this title, the amounts made
available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account) for a program under such chapter—</text><paragraph id="id100EA9D375314CC1AFD1B8703C3433C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall only be used to carry out such program; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEA80E41E92154DC998E8A461F18C4DE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may not be used by States or local governments for
construction purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id385C281F57EE4FE8A8D61275E4ABB178"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability of title 23</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/4">chapter 4</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, and in this title,
amounts made available under subsection (a) for fiscal years 2015 through
2020 shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds
were apportioned or allocated under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/23/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of title 23, United States
Code.</text></subsection><subsection id="idB21EADFA5081472F9C418FB2ABDB8B2C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulatory authority</header><text>Grants awarded under this title shall be in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9BBD19A4BABA4F3381C8479300EE5618"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State matching requirement</header><text>If a grant awarded under
this title requires a State to share in the cost, the aggregate
of all expenditures for highway safety activities made during any
fiscal year by the State and its political subdivisions (exclusive
of Federal funds) for carrying out the grant (other than planning
and administration) shall be available for the purpose of crediting
the State during such fiscal year for the non-Federal share of
the cost of any project under this subtitle (other than planning
or administration) without regard to whether such expenditures
were actually made in connection with such project.</text></subsection><subsection id="id87693370527049D886DB22E4C289B48C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant application and deadline</header><text>To receive a grant
under this title, a State shall submit an application, and the
Secretary shall establish a single deadline for such applications
to enable the award of grants early in the next fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><section id="idC49D7C18F91D4D5EA24C4A70FC033E42"><enum>102.</enum><header>Highway safety programs</header><subsection id="id48845DF287DE40A8A387D08BEE5B4A6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Uniform guidelines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">Section 402(a)(2)(A)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id62353471B7C843DA834D5CABF13E3367"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (vi);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8905552E3C54458080BBBFD90F920197"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (vii) as clause (ix); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFAB2F631BF1A4C1BB6DDD362D101906E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (vi) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF72B1213DEF4FC79B68BCFFFBF88591" style="OLC"><clause id="idED2328B0D2074A8CAB799624B77D5450"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>to reduce injuries and deaths to older drivers;</text></clause><clause id="idCE1D83B891AB47C392CE6F32B25777B6"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>to improve emergency medical services response to crash sites; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBD2FF77573784540903BAD944B0C8B01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration of State programs</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">Section 402(b)(1)(F)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id672F69A1CAE04B48B49B72E2DCFB07C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iii) through (v) as clauses (iv) through (vi), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6E6852C5B49F428CA9EF852416D30973"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5F126EBD3F04222B2F0F3AD3B21ADA6" style="OLC"><clause id="idB9E4CA9CE4494D76BB7D018311804C08"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>countermeasures designed to decrease deaths and injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists traveling in
the roadways;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA0BC2F3CF284408F9D2B6ACD89B00E63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">Section 402(g)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2C4B89CB24F47198ECB00EF7E2B560E" style="OLC"><subsection id="id63BFE9B82A824B6A8D2FA3435676AA80"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the appropriation or expenditure of funds for
highway construction, maintenance, or design (other than design of safety
features of highways to be incorporated into guidelines).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idDCB1A5881B9140F887BD5A69B5758022"><enum>103.</enum><header>Ignition interlock grant criteria</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/405">Section 405(d)(6)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by amending subparagraph (A) to read
as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7919D86584354893903CEFF1CBBF5C67" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id7961A6DAEC8E429DAC15B84955DEFEB4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make a separate grant under this subsection to each State that adopts and is
enforcing a law that requires any individual convicted of driving under
the influence of alcohol or of driving while intoxicated to receive a
restriction on driving privileges that limits the individual to operating
only motor vehicles
with an ignition interlock installed. The State may provide limited
exceptions
for circumstances when—</text><clause id="idBE26689FB750484E8C0A5156AF631E4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a State-certified ignition interlock provider is not available within 100 miles of the individual's
residence;</text></clause><clause id="id161DB97B16C5425FA8F4342C5CCAA59A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual is required to operate an employer's motor vehicle in the course and scope of
employment and the business entity that owns the vehicle is not owned or
controlled by the individual; or</text></clause><clause id="idBC25E82F56494FCE804DC938CE16C9CF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the individual is certified by a medical doctor as being unable to provide a deep lung breath
sample for analysis by an ignition interlock device.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idB35B378340984642A0634C2D797DA359"><enum>104.</enum><header>Highway research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/403">Section 403</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following:</text><quoted-block act-name="" id="id481B6FEA73CD4CCA9633B03F1BFBECAF" style="OLC"><subsection id="id32E37A7CCA744D4B80A926D1955B2CAA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of any project or activity carried out under this section may be up
to 100 percent if so specified in the project agreement.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section commented="no" id="id0E408655C5044AFB826102749D91AC57"><enum>105.</enum><header>Miscellaneous
and technical amendments</header><subsection commented="no" id="id1B0109BD966D4ABE8B280C54162964D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Highway safety programs</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/402">Section 402</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id73F6F4419A664D19A7DD5C36DA92D3AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking <quote>except as provided in paragraph (3)</quote>
and inserting <quote>except as provided in paragraph (2)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8267778E6D1C40E293B4ACA7C04D95A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)(E)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4648425ECD2F47AEB521C11A1030A2E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in which a State</quote> and inserting <quote>for which a State</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF43FF656793943349E417DBBE2B130D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (k)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id83315E05F2074C01A0C5449DD0C94DB6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(4), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)(A)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id29E1E0A2CF49417EB54FDF2B2C0FAC48"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Highway safety research and development</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/403">Section 403(e)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>of title 49</quote> after <quote>chapter 301</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id7DF724222F084218BD00EE42CD24504E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>National priority safety programs</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/405">Section 405</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id2B3DE95B94B741DDB03D75B98F59101B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(5), by striking <quote>section 402(c)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 402</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id4FD8C6D7A97F4ACBB976CA0778ABED91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f)(2), and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E674133B6284B148B90A00BE9D09394" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id2996B9622C2743CC9022BB148C9EB6ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant amount</header><text>The allocation of grant funds to a State under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be in
proportion to the State's apportionment under section 402 for fiscal year
2009, except that the amount of a grant awarded to a State for a fiscal
year may not exceed 25 percent of the
amount apportioned to the State under section 402 for fiscal year 2009.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7B9D9F5FB1F744A8965CFFE2C4B5962B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(4)(A)(iv), by striking <quote>developed under subsection (g)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Motor vehicle safety</header><section commented="no" id="H9B2A421B42D348949F883778ED5A9588"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30104">Section 30104</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6C32FA8BC96E4C63B0EF4CF72CC83551"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$98,313,500</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9C8564974D0249D2885AB3F0F417CD75"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>to carry out this part in each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 1999 and ending in fiscal year
2011.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1C12DCB1BCD44A9199579E45902FF127" style="USC"><text>to carry out this part—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="H4BEDB76EB61D4700BE033087E61B0C21"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$152,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBB644A79AB644C93895779AEB43BD1D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$170,240,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF28E4F4C007642D5ABCA1D12E1F31919"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$190,670,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id5D1A96256757489C8232E21A58653BB1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$213,550,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF54E2AB0D1A3497FA99B3B35CDCAA055"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$239,175,000 for fiscal year 2019; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7214180AE8C14E9884CA8C3F006B6878"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$268,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="id0417B936EB124433B440E52A159E0E05"><enum>202.</enum><header>Recall obligations under bankruptcy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30120A">Section 30120A</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code is amended by striking <quote>chapter 11 of title 11</quote> and inserting <quote>chapter 7 or <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/11/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 11</quote>.</text></section><section id="H9C8D64CFBAA1486693D9D224A5F6A53F"><enum>203.</enum><header>Civil penalties</header><subsection id="idFA1AC5D04227448D8CE626D7B770E83B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30165">Section 30165</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id8B32E92C02C548D0B46728E9F5C1DB1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text><subparagraph id="idDEE6B35353B14843A60592AC6848C6DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text><clause id="idBD347DF6A6A04F2F8B073399C97587D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>A person that violates any</quote> and inserting <quote>A person that violates or causes to be violated any</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idAC36BA5D52204D36AC8AEB8AA7CDD52B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA985179AEEE942B6972688E96ACD39C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the third sentence; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF93C772D7185448389E3EF55D0470D2A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3)—</text><subparagraph id="id2832F4A29327409C9545EEF8A5323F19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the second sentence by striking <quote>$5,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7CD9081E6C0240929E53FF3BCD6D015A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the third sentence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2586220305DC4C72AF06EDF1472F3B68"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the imposition of penalties under section
30165 of title 49, United States Code, prior to the issuance of a final
rule under section 31203(b) of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the
21st Century Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30165">49 U.S.C. 30165</external-xref> note).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id8558F6ECE4D5414E8EA4848D1B35F9BD"><enum>204.</enum><header>Criminal penalties</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30170">Section 30170</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9135A0ACF0B7455B95185A70203F5290" style="USC"><section commented="no" id="idD8AB4DEAF10040FAA32071FC4F47F96A"><enum>30170.</enum><header>Criminal penalties</header><subsection id="idD1CF2AD070584880A0EA6B9769BFD2BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person who violates any of section 30112, 30115, 30117 through 30122,
30123(a), 30125(c), 30127, 30141 through 30147, or 30166, or a regulation
prescribed thereunder shall be subject to criminal penalties of—</text>
<paragraph id="id1FF25F3619FA40F093C4E68BC6DB0E39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if death of an
individual results, a fine under title 18, or imprisonment for any term of
years or for life, or both;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE5F0EAFD4F00408D827F36BA89DE23A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if serious bodily
injury to any individual results, a fine under title 18 or imprisonment for
not more than 15 years, or both; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAF95D856427142798FC72B51DE5D6C53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in any other
case, a fine under title 18, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years,
or both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idE04B9DA18F454A3B82418144C94AB8A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agents</header><text>Any individual director, officer, or agent of a corporation who authorizes,
orders, or performs any of the acts or practices constituting in whole or
in part a violation of any of the sections described under subsection (a),
shall be subject to penalties under this
section without regard to any penalties to which that corporation may
be
subject under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id96DC7CFF84C4421FA37DFD6178A581AA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Forfeiture of assets</header><text>In addition to the penalties provided by subsection (a), the penalty for a criminal violation of
any of the sections described under subsection (a) may include a
forfeiture of assets associated with the violation.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id36D9F4700948494A893DACDF8F8AF627"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id445771A386B14EC5B3DE8DD7804F218B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Criminal violation</header><text>The term <term>criminal violation</term> means a violation of any of the sections described under subsection (a) for which the violator is
sentenced to pay a fine, be imprisoned, or both.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id01C90F771CD844DBB8374B9B58FFC0E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Serious bodily injury</header><text>The term <term>serious bodily injury</term> has the meaning given the term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1365">section 1365</external-xref> of title 18.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>III</enum><header>Rental car safety</header><section id="S1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as
the <quote><short-title>Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2014</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id40038404D9514B2AB31FBAAF268D8138"><enum>302.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30102">Section 30102(a)</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id498B94D252A24E59BFB4499E9A9B48DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs (12) and (13), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id51E9C7B7C1D348FD96632F0DA7C321BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (9) as paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2707AFEB65F448DF8A376FFD465D360F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A45E0FB5BBC426992925B4991F11763" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id9AEFF34716C84C33A5137EA0E234CC66"><enum>(1)</enum><text><term>covered
rental vehicle</term> means a motor vehicle that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6EFE836BBE504C39B58E6315B29240DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has a gross
vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9BBD05B1147C4B0789B7A7776673D902"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is rented without
a driver for an initial term of less than 4 months; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B4945FD4E214F398A5CEBB6D7F7140F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is part of a
motor vehicle fleet of 5 or more motor vehicles that are used for
rental
purposes by a rental company.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0315F25BB4EB4EB4A0476ADF886B04AF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (10), as redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0733C401A59E4491B24C10B68A360AA7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id7D0F70FED1184576837F4557D09242F4"><enum>(11)</enum><text><term>rental
company</term> means a person who—</text>
<subparagraph id="id995EEC9AF8B24AC0B50461C00A587FD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is engaged in the
business of renting covered rental vehicles; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1348793A424F44239A67EAB8A49B0F57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>uses for rental
purposes a motor vehicle fleet of 5 or more covered rental
vehicles.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idD8937CC355824BAEBEB4D5541163F99A"><enum>303.</enum><header>Remedies for
defects and noncompliance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30120">Section 30120(i)</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6AE4C8DD589A45A9929EBF2741D12657"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by adding <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">, or
rental</header-in-text></quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6DC2D0731FC64DB5A3A74F4B099BFA2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id52E3058FE2A14877B36D3126D26ED98A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(1) If notification</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id862C006246934B1BAA4A1B5A335BB021" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB6362D20395A44B7917C8A9C794CE1E2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If
notification</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idED5A8A8CEF4B457EB4D4EFA5422BAFD0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by indenting
subparagraphs (A) and (B) four ems from the left margin;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC5D17A63E8943CFA770A63909FE7B0C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or the manufacturer has provided to a rental company notification about
a covered rental vehicle in the company’s possession at the time of
notification</quote> after <quote>time of notification</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD8B3DBBD2E884CC6BAD80AB4DB649EF4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the dealer may sell or lease,</quote> and inserting <quote>the dealer or
rental company may sell, lease, or rent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id050A21EF132440FB821A49F46DE704B1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>sale or lease</quote> and inserting <quote>sale, lease,
or rental agreement</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8FB6F67CCD964F4BB3922847BC6F74C3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B8BF1F110B44F399B7BAB63D2265CFF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idD7777189018B49EF829645A64052C81E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection may be construed to
prohibit a dealer or rental company from offering the vehicle or
equipment for
sale, lease, or rent.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id715AB59C691C43E4937E3F12EF3C2BE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B51D552108841F78053E7590BB59455" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id1D4FB01F1CD44A26ADA93F6ADBFF1BE9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Specific rules
for rental companies</header>
<subparagraph id="id590E4F2A575B4ED58231FAEDCC079FF1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided under this paragraph, a
rental company shall comply with the limitations on sale, lease, or
rental set
forth in subparagraph (C) and paragraph (1) as soon as practicable,
but not
later than 24 hours after the earliest receipt of the notice to
owner under
subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 (including the vehicle
identification
number for the covered vehicle) by the rental company, whether by
electronic
means or first class mail.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCE11B3F0CDDC4EC9B4EC31E645172C6E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule
for large vehicle fleets</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if a
rental company receives a notice to owner covering more than 5,000
motor
vehicles in its fleet, the rental company shall comply with the
limitations on
sale, lease, or rental set forth in subparagraph (C) and paragraph
(1) as soon
as practicable, but not later than 48 hours after the earliest
receipt of the
notice to owner under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118
(including the
vehicle identification number for the covered vehicle) by the
rental company,
whether by electronic means or first class mail.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52E96AC825524B75958E3A3FB4EF33C4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special rule
for when remedies not immediately available</header><text>If a notification
required under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 indicates
that the remedy
for the defect or noncompliance is not immediately available and
specifies
actions to temporarily alter the vehicle that eliminate the safety
risk posed
by the defect or noncompliance, the rental company, after causing
the specified
actions to be performed, may rent (but may not sell or lease) the
motor
vehicle. Once the remedy for the rental vehicle becomes available
to the rental
company, the rental company may not rent the vehicle until the
vehicle has been
remedied, as provided in subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF0322C9644BF47F4AAED31C636479118"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Inapplicability
to junk automobiles</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), this
subsection does not prohibit a rental company from selling a
covered rental
vehicle if such vehicle—</text>
<clause id="id384490A65B2A42DE90A17F4BD25B5ADE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the
definition of a junk automobile under section 201 of the Anti-Car
Theft Act of
1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30501">49 U.S.C. 30501</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="id7A6DD732798246589B4E3AA140E874EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is retitled as a
junk automobile pursuant to applicable State law; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id45FFC4A303BF4919827EA8DF82C6351F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is reported to
the National Motor Vehicle Information System, if required under
section 204 of
such Act (49 U.S.C.
30504).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idA5A99AB8BC79428F80B35C24F62117E2"><enum>304.</enum><header>Making safety
devices and elements inoperative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30122">Section 30122(b)</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by inserting <quote>rental company,</quote> after
<quote>dealer,</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</section><section id="idE01EA2D2D1974F9D88EE3FEE7E67C9AA"><enum>305.</enum><header>Inspections,
investigations, and records</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30166">Section 30166</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id390C9FA5F6D3451DA2129412C9751945"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by striking <quote>or dealer</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>dealer, or rental company</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4754BFDB5F5F493985F1365B9566C8F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), by striking <quote>or dealer</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>dealer, or rental company</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id289A01283F1A4EA096B70EA1B6338132"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(f), by striking <quote>or to owners</quote> and inserting <quote>, rental
companies, or other owners</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="idE87C3435D15B447A9FDD389244317F97"><enum>306.</enum><header>Research
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation may conduct a study of—</text>
<paragraph id="id1C8F3541E74E45B9993C3C3DE6DB7E5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of the amendments made by
this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFFEA0970F3AC483FB192E7C63DE8ADB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other activities of rental companies (as
defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30102">section 30102(a)(11)</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code) related
to
their use and disposition of motor vehicles that are the subject of a
notification required under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30118">section 30118</external-xref> of title 49, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id975acd1ad9a649689563fb0e3fe5c185"><enum>307.</enum><header>Study</header>
<subsection id="id04287F70301B46359A17D0FE39131039"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b)(2)
of section 32206 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 785) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idFE8FDB56DF584398B4C9E58517B5C9A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF9D16BC58BC645F7964240F41953E126"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (F) as
subparagraph (G); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0206311678784DE3A56B0CE40132E22D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (E) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FDA06D36B634B59BEF5F32C4A0A52B8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idDCC7CC2BFFA6471FAC31F91A1B70CB82"><enum>(F)</enum><text>evaluate the
completion of safety recall remedies on rental trucks;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD1932650CE5D4E768B74D693880930F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Subsection
(c) of section 32206 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in
the 21st Century Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 785) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id38F5ED47986D4EE984F4A2ED57CE3359"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
indenting such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, an additional two ems
from
the left margin;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAA8D180FC13A4A11853B8108630E4EEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(c) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Report</header-in-text>.—Not later</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id772F7B1C424443969A681A28DCD60EFA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id88ECD796A360411A993DB52066049F03"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="id76CBFB5B5E7B49D1AC7C269CB666797F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
report</header><text>Not
later</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idECD76DA81AED46F9BD19939CD480B8A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), as redesignated,
by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs
(A) through (E) and (G) of subsection (b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3EC341463EE041DCAC39B078E0678472"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42B053B83ACF450CA51A9F06741B905B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id33F317B56616415B866EEBD18DBF248E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Safety recall
remedy report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of the <short-title>Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2014</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit a report to
the congressional committees set forth in paragraph (1) that
contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7BB75A162B804345B6504FADCA25F95B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings of
the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(F); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05F9BA854C5B451F95637F0015AE10B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any
recommendations for legislation that the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idDD15797490EF4335835EA6B30B973327"><enum>308.</enum><header>Public
comments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of
Transportation shall solicit comments regarding the implementation of this
title
from members of the public, including rental companies, consumer
organizations,
automobile manufacturers, and automobile dealers.</text>
</section><section id="id9A7B24A3A99743389210FADBD5C14DBB"><enum>309.</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title shall—</text><paragraph id="idF8148332C1E64AFF971BED3F1BA49AFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be construed to create or increase any liability, including for loss of use, for a manufacturer as
a result of having manufactured or imported a motor vehicle subject to a
notification of defect or noncompliance under subsection (b) or (c) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30118">section 30118</external-xref> of title 49, United States Code; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id25F2ACD443C8401FABD7CD8A3DFF9245"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supersede or otherwise affect the contractual obligations, if any, between such a manufacturer and
a rental company (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/49/30102">section 30102(a)</external-xref> of title 49, United
States Code, as amended by section 302 of this title).</text></paragraph></section><section id="id40279919e7574fa48aa8e61c6aea2872"><enum>310.</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Transportation may
promulgate rules, as appropriate, to implement this title and the
amendments
made
by this title.</text>
</section><section id="idd6ee2a1c7345452b9f5d49937dd1b791"><enum>311.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date
of
the
enactment of this title.</text>
</section>