[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 400 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 400

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Transportation to require automobile manufacturers to provide automatic 
   door locks and interior-opening trunk locks on new passenger cars 
                        manufactured after 2005.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2003

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Transportation to require automobile manufacturers to provide automatic 
   door locks and interior-opening trunk locks on new passenger cars 
                        manufactured after 2005.

    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 ``Auto Safety Assurance Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. ANTICARJACKING AUTOMOBILE SAFETY LOCKS.

    (a) In General.--Title 49 of the United States Code is amended by 
inserting after section 30127 the following new section:
``Sec. 30128. Occupant safety locks
    ``Not later than January 1, 2004, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall prescribe under this chapter an amendment to Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standard 206 (49 C.F.R. 571.206) issued under the 
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. The amendment 
shall require that all passenger cars (as such term is defined in 
section 30127(a)(3)) manufactured after December 31, 2005, shall be 
fitted with--
            ``(1) equipment that automatically locks the doors of the 
        vehicle when--
                    ``(A) the vehicle transmission is engaged; or
                    ``(B) the vehicle reaches a specified rate of 
                speed; and
            ``(2) vehicle trunk lock mechanisms that permit unlatching 
        from inside the trunk.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding after 
the item related to section 30127 the following new item:

``30128. Occupant safety locks.''.
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