,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #baea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #be1    
#bjad ,mr4 ,markey 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,blumenthal7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to enhance the early warning         
reporting requirements for motor vehicle
 manufacturers4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,early ,warning
 ,reporting ,system ,improvement ,act of
 #bjad4  #b4 ,additional early warning  
reporting requirements ,section         
#cjaff7m7 of title #di1 ,united ,states 
,code is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph    
7#c77;,c7-- 7,a7 by striking ,the       
manufacturer and inserting the          
following3  7i7 ,in general ,the        
manufacturer  2 and  7,b7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7ii7 ,fatal     
incidents ,if an incident described in  
clause 7i7 involves fatalities1 the     
,secretary shall require the            

manufacturer to submit1 as part of its  
incident report-- 7,i7 all initial      
claims or notice documents that notified
 the manufacturer of the incident2      
7,,ii7 any police reports or other      
documents describing or reconstructing  
the incident2 and  7,,iii7 any          
amendments or supplements to the        
documents described in subclause 7,i71  
except for-- 7aa7 medical documents and 
bills2  7bb7 property damage invoices or
 estimates2 and  7cc7 documents related 
to damages4  2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#d71 
by amending subparagraph 7,c7 to read as
 follows3  7,c7 ,disclosure  7i7 ,in    
general ,the information provided to the
 ,secretary pursuant to this            
subsection-- 7,i7 shall be disclosed    
publicly unless exempt from disclosure  
under section #eeb7;b7 of title #e2 and 
7,,ii7 shall be entered into the early  
warning reporting database in a manner  
that is searchable by manufacturer name1
 vehicle or equipment make and model    
name1 model year1 and type of potential 

defect4  7ii7 ,presumption ,in          
administering this subparagraph1 the    
,secretary shall presume in favor of    
maximum public availability of          
information4  7iii7 ,inapplicability of 
confidentiality provisions ,in          
administering this paragraph1 the       
confidentiality provisions under section
 #eeb7;b77#d7 of title #e1 shall not be 
construed to prevent the public         
disclosure of-- 7,i7 production         
information regarding passenger motor   
vehicles2  7,,ii7 information on        
incidents involving death or injury2    
7,,iii7 numbers of property damage      
claims2 or  7,,iv7 aggregated numbers of
 consumer complaints4  2 and  7#c7 by   
adding at the end the following3  7#f7  
,use of early warning reports ,the      
,secretary shall consider information   
gathered under this section in          
proceedings described in sections #cjaah
 and #cjafb4  4  #c4 ,improved ,national
 ,highway ,traffic ,safety              
,administration vehicle safety databases

  7a7 ,in general ,not later than #b    
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 and after consultation with 
frequent users of its publicly available
 databases1 the ,secretary of           
,transportation 7referred to in this    
section as the ,secretary7 shall improve
 public accessibility to information on 
the ,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety 
,administration's publicly accessible   
vehicle safety databases by-- 7#a7      
improving organization and              
functionality1 including design features
 such as drop-down menus1 and allowing  
for data from all of the publicly       
accessible vehicle safety databases to  
be searched1 sorted1 aggregated1 and    
downloaded in a manner-- 7,a7 consistent
 with the public interest2 and  7,b7    
that facilitates easy use by consumers2 
7#b7 providing greater consistency in   
presentation of vehicle safety issues2  
7#c7 improving searchability about      
specific vehicles and issues through    
standardization of commonly used search 

terms and the integration of databases  
to enable all to be simultaneously      
searched using the same keyword search  
function2 and  7#d7 ensuring that all   
documents1 studies1 investigations1     
inspections1 incident reports1 and other
 materials related to an incident that  
are created or obtained by the ,national
 ,highway ,traffic ,safety              
,administration be made publicly        
available in a manner that is searchable
 in databases by-- 7,a7 manufacturer    
name1 vehicle or equipment make and     
model name1 and model year2  7,b7 type  
of potential defect2  7,c7 number of    
injuries or fatalities2 and  7,d7 any   
other element that the ,secretary       
determines to be in the public interest4
  7b7 ,inspection and investigation     
information ,the ,secretary shall-- 7#a7
 provide public notice of all inspection
 and investigation activities conducted 
by the ,secretary under section #cjaff  
of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code2 and
  7#b7 make such notices1 and notice of 

any enforcement or other action taken as
 a result of an inspection or           
investigation-- 7,a7 available to       
consumers on the ,internet immediately  
after such notice is issued2 and  7,b7  
searchable by manufacturer name1 vehicle
 or equipment make and model name1 model
 year1 system or component1 and the type
 of inspection or investigation being   
conducted4