[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4171 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4171

   To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study and 
   transmit a report to Congress on improving the safety of persons 
 present at roadside emergency scenes and to encourage States to enact 
                and enforce laws based upon that report.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 1998

 Mr. Hall of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study and 
   transmit a report to Congress on improving the safety of persons 
 present at roadside emergency scenes and to encourage States to enact 
                and enforce laws based upon that report.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STUDY ON SAFETY AT ROADSIDE EMERGENCY SCENES.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study 
to evaluate options for improving the safety of persons present at 
roadside emergency scenes, including motor vehicle accident scenes.
    (b) Laws and Options To Be Evaluated.--In conducting the study 
under this Act, the Secretary shall evaluate--
            (1) the effectiveness of State laws aimed at improving the 
        safety of persons present at roadside emergency scenes;
            (2) the feasibility of requiring a person operating a motor 
        vehicle that is approaching a roadside emergency scene to--
                    (A) move to the furthest traffic lane from the 
                roadside emergency scene available for traffic that is 
                moving in the direction the person is traveling; and
                    (B) decrease motor vehicular speed to 10 miles per 
                hour less than the posted speed limit; and
            (3) other options for improving the safety of persons 
        present at roadside emergency scenes.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the 
results of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a), together 
with any recommendations for improving the safety of persons present at 
roadside emergency scenes, including motor vehicle accident scenes.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that States should enact and 
enforce laws to improve the safety of persons present at roadside 
emergency scenes, including motor vehicle accident scenes, in 
accordance with the recommendations contained in the report required by 
section 1(c) thus making it unnecessary for Congress to enact Federal 
legislation to withhold Federal highway funds until such State laws are 
enacted and enforced.
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