[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5598-S5599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2171. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. 
Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for 
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ____. LIMOUSINE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL SAFETY 
                   STANDARDS.

       (a) Limousine Standards.--
       (1) Safety belt and seating system standards for 
     limousines.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prescribe a final 
     rule that--
       (A) amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Numbers 
     208, 209, and 210 to require to be installed in limousines on 
     each designated seating position, including on side-facing 
     seats--
       (i) an occupant restraint system consisting of integrated 
     lap-shoulder belts; or
       (ii) an occupant restraint system consisting of a lap belt, 
     if an occupant restraint system described in clause (i) does 
     not meet the need for motor vehicle safety; and
       (B) amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 207 
     to require limousines to meet standards for seats (including 
     side-facing seats), seat attachment assemblies, and seat 
     installation to minimize the possibility of failure by forces 
     acting on the seats, attachment assemblies, and installations 
     as a result of motor vehicle impact.
       (2) Report on retrofit assessment for limousines.--Not 
     later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary 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 
     report that assesses the feasibility, benefits, and costs 
     with respect to the application of any requirement 
     established under paragraph (1) to a limousine introduced 
     into

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     interstate commerce before the date on which the requirement 
     takes effect.
       (b) Safety Regulation of Limousines.--
       (1) In general.--Section 30102(a)(6) of title 49, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) modifying a passenger motor vehicle (as defined in 
     section 32101) that has already been purchased by the first 
     purchaser (as defined in subsection (b)(1)) by increasing the 
     wheelbase of the passenger motor vehicle so that the 
     passenger motor vehicle has increased seating capacity.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply beginning on the date that is 1 year after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
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