[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1406 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1406

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct research regarding 
    and require the use of driver monitoring systems to minimize or 
              eliminate motor vehicle driver distraction.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2021

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Klobuchar) 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 direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct research regarding 
    and require the use of driver monitoring systems to minimize or 
              eliminate motor vehicle driver distraction.

    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 ``Stay Aware For Everyone Act of 
2021'' or the ``SAFE Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH REGARDING REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF DRIVER 
              DISTRACTION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall conduct research 
regarding the installation and use on motor vehicles of driver 
monitoring systems to minimize or eliminate--
            (1) driver distraction;
            (2) driver disengagement;
            (3) automation complacency by drivers; and
            (4) foreseeable misuse of advanced driver-assist systems.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of completion 
of the research under subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation 
shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives a detailed report describing the findings of the 
research.
    (c) Rulemaking.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
        issue a final rule to establish performance standards for 
        driver monitoring systems and require those systems to be 
        installed on all new passenger motor vehicles, subject to 
        paragraphs (2) and (3).
            (2) Compliance date.--The compliance date of the 
        performance standards and installation requirement prescribed 
        under paragraph (1) shall be not later than 2 motor vehicle 
        model years after the effective date of the final rule issued 
        under that paragraph.
            (3) Privacy.--The rule issued under paragraph (1) shall 
        incorporate appropriate privacy and data security safeguards, 
        as determined by the Secretary of Transportation.
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