3.0.0 665 2022-11-01T17:17:27Z 2022-11-01T17:17:27Z Senate S 2019-03-05 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-05T22:45:36Z Stop Underrides Act 116 1511 HR 2019-03-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Identical bill CRS 2019-03-05 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-03-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2019-03-05 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-03-05 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-03-05 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-03-05 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-03-05 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-03-05 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-03-05 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-03-05 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-03-11 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2019-03-27 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2019-04-10 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-04-30 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2020-08-10 False Transportation and Public Works Accidents Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Transportation Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Motor carriers Motor vehicles Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-03-05 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-22T16:30:27Z Stop Underrides Act

This bill requires the installation of rear, side, and front underride guards on certain trucks and trailers.

Specifically, the Department of Transportation must require the installation of rear, side, and front underride guards on the following:

  • a trailer or semi-trailer that is more than 10,000 pounds, and
  • a single unit truck for which the bottom of the carriage is greater than 22 inches above the ground and that is more than 10,000 pounds.

For rear and side underride guards, DOT must require adherence to a performance standard that requires the guards to be able to prevent intrusion from the body or frame of a trailer, semi-trailer, or truck into the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle that contacts the guard while traveling at 35 miles per hour.

In addition, DOT must require drivers to (1) conduct a pre-trip inspection of the underride protection system on their vehicles; (2) identify rusted metal compromising structural integrity, cracked welds, or missing or loose fasteners; and (3) complete any necessary repairs.

DOT must establish a Committee on Underride Protection to oversee the ongoing underride guard rulemaking process.

DOT must publish data on victims of truck underride crashes.

]]> Stop Underrides Act Display Title Stop Underrides Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Stop Underrides Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries caused by underride crashes, to improve motor carrier and passenger motor vehicle safety, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s665is/xml/BILLS-116s665is.xml 2019-03-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.