Pedestrian Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9297 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9297

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish certain safety
standards and disclose certain information relating to pedestrians and
                motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2026

Ms. Scanlon (for herself, Mr. Thompson of California, and Ms. Friedman)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish certain safety
standards and disclose certain information relating to pedestrians and
                motor vehicles, 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 ``Pedestrian Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 301 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. Sec. 30130. Pedestrian safety standards.
    ``(a) General Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.--
            ``(1) Rulemaking proceeding.--Not later than 3 years after
        the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall
        initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish or modify, as
        applicable, safety standards for motor vehicles to reduce the
        likelihood of, and the number of deaths and injuries associated
        with, collisions by considering certain features of motor
        vehicles designed to protect covered road users, including--
                    ``(A) hood design;
                    ``(B) bumper design;
                    ``(C) windshield design;
                    ``(D) vehicle height; and
                    ``(E) vehicle weight.
            ``(2) Final rule.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the
                date of initiating such rulemaking proceeding, the
                Secretary shall issue a final rule pursuant to
                paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Effective date.--The final rule described in
                subparagraph (A) shall require full compliance with
                each safety standard for motor vehicles established or
                modified, as applicable, pursuant to the final rule not
                later than 2 years after the date on which the final
                rule is issued.
    ``(b) Motor Vehicle Minimum Visibility Safety Standards.--
            ``(1) Rulemaking proceeding.--Not later than 4 years after
        the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall
        initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish minimum
        visibility standards for motor vehicles to reduce the
        likelihood of collisions.
            ``(2) Final rule.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the
                date of initiating such rulemaking proceeding, the
                Secretary shall issue a final rule pursuant to
                paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Effective date.--The final rule described in
                subparagraph (A) shall require full compliance with
                each minimum visibility standard for motor vehicles
                established pursuant to the final rule not later than 2
                years after the date on which the final rule is issued.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Collision.--The term `collision' means a crash
        between a motor vehicle and a covered road user, including such
        a crash--
                    ``(A) that occurs at a low speed; and
                    ``(B) that occurs in a driveway, parking lot, or
                private road.
            ``(2) Covered road user.--The term `covered road user'
        means a pedestrian, bicyclist, or other vulnerable road
        user.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subchapter II of
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:

``Sec. 30130. Pedestrian safety standards.''.

SEC. 3. PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE INFORMATION.

    Section 32302 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
                (4); and
                    (B) by inserting before paragraph (4), as so
                redesignated, the following:
            ``(3) Comparative ratings.--The Secretary shall publish
        comparative ratings of the vulnerable road user safety
        technology ratings described in paragraph (2)(A)(iv).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Driver Visibility.--
            ``(1) Notice.--Not later than 4 years after the date of
        enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall publish a
        notice, for purposes of public review and comment, to establish
        a means for providing to consumers information relating to
        driver visibility of pedestrians, bicyclists, and other
        vulnerable road users, in accordance with subsection (a).
            ``(2) Inclusions.--The notice under paragraph (1) shall
        include--
                    ``(A) an appropriate methodology for--
                            ``(i) determining which technologies and
                        design features shall be included in the
                        information;
                            ``(ii) developing performance test criteria
                        for use by manufacturers in evaluating
                        technologies and design features;
                            ``(iii) determining a distinct rating of
                        driver visibility; and
                            ``(iv) updating overall vehicle ratings to
                        incorporate driver visibility ratings; and
                    ``(B) such other information and analyses as the
                Secretary determines to be necessary to implement the
                rating of driver visibility.
            ``(3) Comparative ratings.--The Secretary shall publish
        comparative ratings of the driver visibility ratings described
        in paragraph (2)(A)(iv).
            ``(4) Report.--Not later than 5 years after the date of
        enactment of this subsection, 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 describes a plan for implementing
        an information and rating system for driver visibility, in
        accordance with subsection (a).''.
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