HR 3536
114th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security
Safe Roads Act of 2015
Introduced: September 17, 2015
Introduced by:
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Democratic
· Georgia
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Sep 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Sep 17, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 17, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Safe Roads Act of 2015
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to prescribe minimum motor vehicle safety standards requiring commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with a forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system.
The term "forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking system" means a system on a motor vehicle that:
- alerts the driver of an obstacle; and
- if necessary to avoid or mitigate a collision with the obstacle, automatically applies the vehicle's brakes.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.