[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2284 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2284

 To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish new standards 
for automobile hoods and bumpers to reduce pedestrian injuries, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2014

     Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Schatz) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish new standards 
for automobile hoods and bumpers to reduce pedestrian injuries, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Pedestrian Safety Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION.

    (a) Rulemaking.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, through the 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
shall issue a final rule that--
            (1) establishes standards for the hood and bumper areas of 
        motor vehicles, including passenger cars, multipurpose 
        passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a gross vehicle 
        weight rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less, in 
        order to reduce the number of injuries and fatalities suffered 
        by pedestrians who are struck by such vehicles; and
            (2) considers protection of vulnerable pedestrian 
        populations, including children and older adults.

SEC. 3. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

    Section 120(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``including pedestrian hybrid beacons,'' 
        after ``traffic control signalization,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``roadway improvements that provide 
        separation between pedestrians and motor vehicles, including 
        pedestrian sidewalks and crossing islands,'' after ``safety 
        rest areas,''.

SEC. 4. INCLUSION OF SAFETY ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS IN HIGHWAY SAFETY 
              IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

    Section 148(a)(4)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                            ``(xxv) Safety public awareness 
                        campaigns.''.
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