,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cggc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjai,mr4 
,johnson of ,georgia 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,garca of ,illinois1 and ,mrs4 ,watson  
,coleman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,transportation and ,infrastructure1   
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,transportation to prescribe a motor    
vehicle safety standard requiring new   
commercial motor vehicles to be equipped
 with an automatic emergency braking    
system1 to require automatic emergency  
braking installed in commercial motor   
vehicles to be used while in operation1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,safe ,roads ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,motor 

vehicle safety standard  7a7 ,motor     
vehicle safety standard ,not later than 
#a year after the date of the enactment 
of this ,act1 the ,secretary of         
,transportation shall--  7#a7 prescribe 
a motor vehicle safety standard under   
section #cjaaa of title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code1 that requires all        
commercial motor vehicles manufactured  
after the effective date of the standard
 to be equipped with an automatic       
emergency braking system2 and  7#b7     
include standards that establish the    
performance requirements for automatic  
emergency braking systems4  7b7 ,federal
 motor carrier safety regulation ,not   
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary 
of ,transportation shall prescribe a    
regulation under section #caacf of title
 #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 that       
requires an automatic emergency braking 
system installed in any commercial motor
 vehicle in operation on or after the   
effective date shall be used at any time

 during which the commercial motor      
vehicle is in operation4  7c7           
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,automatic emergency braking system ,the
 term automatic emergency braking system
 means a system on a commercial motor   
vehicle that1 based on a predefined     
distance and closing rate with respect  
to an obstacle in the path of the       
vehicle--  7,a7 alerts the driver of the
 obstacle2 and  7,b7 if necessary to    
avoid or mitigate a collision with the  
obstacle1 automatically applies the     
brakes of the vehicle4  7#b7 ,commercial
 motor vehicle ,the term commercial     
motor vehicle has the meaning given such
 term in section #caacb of title #di1   
,united ,states ,code4