[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 118 (Sunday, July 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5872-S5873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2475. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2266 proposed by Mr. McConnell 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:

       On page 522, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

     SEC. 32612. COLLISION AVOIDANCE TECHNOLOGIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 24 months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a 
     rulemaking to establish a Federal motor vehicle safety 
     standard that requires any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle 
     weight rating greater than 26,000 pounds to be equipped with 
     a crash avoidance and mitigation system, such as--
       (1) a forward collision warning system;
       (2) a forward collision automatic braking system; and

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       (3) a lane departure warning system.
       (b) Performance and Standards.--The regulations prescribed 
     under subsection (a) shall establish performance requirements 
     and standards to prevent collisions with moving vehicles and 
     stopped vehicles.
       (c) Final Rule; Effective Date.--Not later than 2 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall issue a final rule under subsection (a). The rule 
     prescribed by the Secretary under this subsection shall take 
     effect on the date that is 2 years after the date on which 
     the rule is published.
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