3.0.0 1386 2023-01-11T13:49:09Z 2023-01-11T13:49:09Z Senate S 2021-04-27 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-27T21:29:22Z Protecting Roadside First Responders Act 117 2867 HR 2021-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Identical bill CRS 2021-04-27 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2228-2229) IntroReferral 2021-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2021-04-27 True Transportation and Public Works Accidents Congressional oversight First responders and emergency personnel Government buildings, facilities, and property Government studies and investigations Motor vehicles Pedestrians and bicycling Roads and highways Transportation programs funding Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2021-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2021-10-27T20:23:48Z Protecting Roadside First Responders Act

This bill addresses transportation matters relating to Move Over laws and crash avoidance technology. Move Over laws are intended to ensure first responder and motorist safety by requiring motorists to change lanes or slow down when approaching an authorized emergency vehicle that is parked or otherwise stopped on a roadway.

Specifically, the bill requires

  • the Department of Transportation (DOT) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to produce research findings on the efficacy of Move Over laws and related public awareness campaigns;
  • DOT to award grants to states to prevent death and injury from crashes involving vehicles striking vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside;
  • DOT to implement rules to establish minimum performance standards with respect to crash avoidance technology and to require mandating crash avoidance technology on all new passenger and commercial motor vehicles; and
  • all federal fleet vehicles to have crash avoidance technology and, if such vehicles are used for emergency response activities, be equipped with digital alert technology.
]]> Protecting Roadside First Responders Act Display Title Protecting Roadside First Responders Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for efforts relating to Move Over laws, to amend title 49, United States Code, to require crash avoidance technology on motor vehicles, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting Roadside First Responders Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1386is/xml/BILLS-117s1386is.xml 2021-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S2228-2229) 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.