[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3536 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3536

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle 
safety standard requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with 
 a forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2015

 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, and 
  Mr. Lewis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle 
safety standard requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with 
 a forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system, 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 ``Safe Roads Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe a motor vehicle safety 
standard under section 30111 of title 49, United States Code, that 
requires a commercial motor vehicle to be equipped with a forward 
collision avoidance and mitigation braking system.

SEC. 3. MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

    The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe a regulation under 
section 31136 of title 49, United States Code, that requires all 
commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with a forward collision 
avoidance and mitigation braking system beginning on the date that is 3 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Commercial motor vehicle.--The term ``commercial motor 
        vehicle'' has the meaning given such term in section 31132 of 
        title 49, United States Code.
            (2) Forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking 
        system.--The term ``forward collision avoidance and mitigation 
        braking system'' means a system on a motor vehicle that, based 
        on a predefined distance and closing rate with respect to an 
        obstacle in the path of the vehicle--
                    (A) alerts the driver of the obstacle; and
                    (B) if necessary to avoid or mitigate a collision 
                with the obstacle, automatically applies the brakes of 
                the vehicle.
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