[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3848 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3848

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an arrangement 
  with Temple University to conduct a study on the impact on highway 
   safety of distractions to drivers operating motor vehicles in the 
                             United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2000

  Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania 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 enter into an arrangement 
  with Temple University to conduct a study on the impact on highway 
   safety of distractions to drivers operating motor vehicles in the 
                             United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Driver Distraction Prevention Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall enter into an 
arrangement with Temple University's Institute for Survey Research, 
located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to conduct a study on the impact 
on highway safety of distractions to drivers operating motor vehicles 
in the United States.
    (b) Contents.--The study conducted under subsection (a) shall 
include each of the following:
            (1) An analysis of the impact on highway safety of the use 
        of communications and entertainment technologies by drivers, 
        including the use of--
                    (A) wireless telephones;
                    (B) pagers;
                    (C) facsimile machines;
                    (D) locator and global positioning devices;
                    (E) AM/FM radios;
                    (F) citizen band radios;
                    (G) dispatch radios;
                    (H) compact disc players;
                    (I) audio cassette players; and
                    (J) televisions and other video players.
            (2) An analysis of any other distractions to drivers, if 
        such distractions substantially impact highway safety.
            (3) A review and analysis of any other studies of the 
        impact on highway safety of distractions to drivers.
            (4) An analysis of any technologies, existing or proposed, 
        that reduce distractions to drivers.
            (5) Recommendations for any public or private strategies, 
        including any proposals for legislative or regulatory action, 
        to reduce the negative impacts on highway safety of 
        distractions to drivers.
    (c) Transmittal.--The Secretary shall require under any arrangement 
entered into under subsection (a) that, not later than 1 year after the 
date on which the Secretary entered into such arrangement, Temple 
University's Institute for Survey Research transmit copies of the study 
conducted under this Act to the Secretary and to Congress.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
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