SAFE Act of 2020

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4123 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct research regarding and require the use of driver monitoring systems to minimize or eliminate motor vehicle driver distraction. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 1, 2020 Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. BLUMENTHAL)) in- troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct re- search regarding and require the use of driver monitoring systems to minimize or eliminate motor vehicle driver distraction. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stay Aware For Every- 4 one Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Act of 2020’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4123.IS S4123 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4123 IS SEC. 2. RESEARCH REGARDING REDUCTION OR ELIMI- 1 NATION OF DRIVER DISTRACTION. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 3 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor- 4 tation shall conduct research regarding the installation 5 and use on motor vehicles of driver monitoring systems 6 to minimize or eliminate— 7 (1) driver distraction; 8 (2) driver disengagement; 9 (3) automation complacency by drivers; and 10 (4) foreseeable misuse of advanced driver-assist 11 systems. 12 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 13 of completion of the research under subsection (a), the 14 Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Com- 15 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 16 Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 17 the House of Representatives a detailed report describing 18 the findings of the research. 19 (c) RULEMAKING.— 20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years after 21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 22 Transportation shall issue a final rule to establish 23 performance standards for driver monitoring sys- 24 tems and require those systems to be installed on all 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4123.IS S4123 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4123 IS new passenger motor vehicles, subject to paragraph 1 (2). 2 (2) COMPLIANCE DATE.—The compliance date 3 of the performance standards and installation re- 4 quirement prescribed under paragraph (1) shall be 5 not later than 2 motor vehicle model years after the 6 effective date of the final rule issued under that 7 paragraph. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Jul 13, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4123.IS S4123 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS