[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5455 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5455

    To clarify certain regulations to allow for the installation of 
  pulsating light systems for high-mounted stop lamps, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2023

   Mr. Webster of Florida (for himself and Mr. Trone) 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 clarify certain regulations to allow for the installation of 
  pulsating light systems for high-mounted stop lamps, 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 ``Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. REAR-END COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS.

    (a) Clarification on Pulsating Light Systems.--Beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act, Standard 108 shall be deemed to allow 
for the use of pulsating light system on vehicles covered by such 
Standard.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to update Standard 108 to--
            (1) include performance-based standards for pulsating light 
        systems; and
            (2) allow for the use on motor vehicles of such systems.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Pulsating light system.--The term ``pulsating light 
        system'' means a system for a high-mounted stop lamp in which--
                    (A) when the brake of the vehicle is applied, the 
                lamp pulses rapidly no more than 4 times and for no 
                more than 1.2 seconds, after which such lamp converts 
                to a continuous light as a normal stop lamp until the 
                time such brake is released; and
                    (B) the pulses described in subparagraph (A) may 
                not repeat upon a subsequent application of the brake 
                of the vehicle for a lock-out period of at least 5 
                seconds after the release of the brake described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            (2) Standard 108.--The term ``Standard 108'' means Federal 
        Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 108, contained in section 
        571.108 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
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