[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5540-S5541]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2291. Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Blumenthal) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
22, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with 
health coverage under TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being 
taken into account for purposes of determining the employers to which 
the employer mandate applies under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 34205 and insert the following:

[[Page S5541]]

     SEC. 34205. RECALL GRANT PROGRAMS.

       (a) State Notification of Open Safety Recalls.--
       (1) Grant program.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     grant program for States to notify registered motor vehicle 
     owners of safety recalls issued by the manufacturers of those 
     motor vehicles.
       (2) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
     subsection, a State shall--
       (A) submit an application in such form and manner as the 
     Secretary shall prescribe;
       (B) agree that when a motor vehicle owner registers the 
     motor vehicle for use in that State, the State will--
       (i) search the recall database maintained by the National 
     Highway Traffic Safety Administration using the motor vehicle 
     identification number;
       (ii) determine all safety recalls issued by the 
     manufacturer of that motor vehicle that have not been 
     completed; and
       (iii) notify the motor vehicle owner of the safety recalls 
     described in clause (ii); and
       (C) provide such other information or notification as the 
     Secretary may require.
       (b) Recall Completion Pilot Grant Program.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a pilot 
     program to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a 
     State process for increasing the recall completion rate for 
     motor vehicles by requiring each owner or lessee of a motor 
     vehicle to have repaired any open recall on that motor 
     vehicle.
       (2) Grants.--To carry out the program under this 
     subsection, the Secretary shall award a grant to a State to 
     be used to implement the pilot program described in paragraph 
     (1) in accordance with the requirements under paragraph (3).
       (3) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
     subsection, a State shall--
       (A) submit an application in such form and manner as the 
     Secretary shall prescribe;
       (B) meet the requirements and provide notification of 
     safety recalls to registered motor vehicle owners under the 
     grant program described in subsection (a);
       (C) except as provided in paragraph (4), agree to require, 
     as a condition of motor vehicle registration, including 
     renewal, that the motor vehicle owner or lessee complete all 
     remedies for defects and noncompliance offered without charge 
     by the manufacturer or a dealer under section 30120 of title 
     49, United States Code; and
       (D) provide such other information or notification as the 
     Secretary may require.
       (4) Exception.--A State may exempt a motor vehicle owner or 
     lessee from the requirement under paragraph (3)(C) if--
       (A) the recall occurred not earlier than 75 days before the 
     registration or renewal date;
       (B) the manufacturer, through a local dealership, has not 
     provided the motor vehicle owner or lessee with a reasonable 
     opportunity to complete any applicable safety recall remedy 
     due to a shortage of necessary parts or qualified labor; or
       (C) the motor vehicle owner or lessee states that the owner 
     or lessee has had no reasonable opportunity to complete all 
     applicable safety recall remedies, in which case the State 
     may grant a temporary registration, of not more than 90 days, 
     during which time the motor vehicle owner or lessee shall 
     complete all applicable safety recall remedies for which the 
     necessary parts and qualified labor are available.
       (5) Award.--In selecting an applicant for a grant under 
     this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the State's 
     methodology for--
       (A) determining safety recalls on a motor vehicle;
       (B) informing the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle of the 
     safety recalls;
       (C) requiring the owner or lessee of a motor vehicle to 
     repair any safety recall prior to issuing any registration, 
     approval, document, or certificate related to a motor vehicle 
     registration renewal; and
       (D) determining performance in increasing the safety recall 
     completion rate.
       (6) Performance period.--A grant awarded under this 
     subsection shall require a performance period of at least 2 
     years.
       (7) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the completion of 
     the performance period under paragraph (6) and the 
     obligations under the pilot program, the grantee shall submit 
     a performance report to the Secretary that contains such 
     information as the Secretary considers necessary to evaluate 
     the extent to which safety recalls have been remedied.
       (8) Evaluation.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
     which the Secretary receives the report under paragraph (7), 
     the Secretary shall evaluate the extent to which safety 
     recalls identified under paragraph (3) have been remedied.
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