,,ii #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #dabj ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,july #a1 #bjbj ,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for ,mr4 ,markey 7for himself and ,mr4 ,blumenthal77 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 manufacturers1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,early ,warning ,reporting ,system ,improvement ,act of #bjbj4 #b4 ,additional early warning reporting requirements 7a7 ,in general ,section #cjaff7m7 of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#c7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,c7-- 7i7 by striking ,the manufacturer and all that follows through shall report and inserting the following3 7i7 ,in general ,the manufacturer of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment1 including the manufacturer of an autonomous vehicle or an automated driving system1 shall report 2 and 7ii7 by adding at the end the following3 7ii7 ,incidents with injuries or fatalities ,if an incident described in clause 7i7 involves a serious injury or fatality1 the ,secretary shall require the manufacturer to submit1 as part of the incident report under clause 7i7-- 7,i7 each initial claim or notice document that notified the manufacturer of the incident2 7,,ii7 any police reports or other documents describing or reconstructing the incident2 7,,iii7 any amendments or supplements to the documents described in subclause 7,i71 except-- 7aa7 medical documents and bills2 and 7bb7 property damage invoices or estimates2 and 7,,iv7 the assessment of the manufacturer of the circumstances that led to the incident1 including the analysis of the manufacturer with respect to the claims or notices with respect to allegations of a defect4 7iii7 ,reporting requirements ,notwithstanding section #egi4ba of title #di1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or a successor regulation71 no report under this subsection shall be limited by model year4 2 and 7,b7 by adding at the end the following3 7,d7 ,settlements ,notwithstanding any order entered in a civil action restricting the disclosure of information1 a manufacturer of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment shall comply with the requirements of this subsection and any regulation promulgated under this subsection4 2 7#b7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting the following3 7,c7 ,disclosure 7i7 ,in general ,the information provided to the ,secretary pursuant to this subsection-- 7,i7 shall be disclosed publicly unless-- 7aa7 exempt from disclosure under section #eeb7;b7 of title #e1 subject to clause 7ii72 or 7bb7 the information is subject to an order entered in a civil action restricting the disclosure of information2 and 7,,ii7 shall be entered into a public early warning reporting database established by the ,secretary in a manner that is searchable by manufacturer name1 vehicle or equipment make and model name1 model year1 and type of potential defect4 7ii7 ,inapplicability of confidentiality provisions ,in administering clause 7i77,i71 the ,secretary shall not consider section #eeb7;b77#d7 of title #e to prevent the public disclosure of-- 7,i7 production information regarding passenger motor vehicles2 7,,ii7 information on incidents involving death or serious 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 7b7 ,regulations ,to promote the public availability of information provided to the ,secretary of ,transportation under subsection 7m7 of section #cjaff of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 and the utility of that information to inspection and investigation activities conducted by the ,secretary under that section1 not later than #b years after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section4 7c7 ,nullification of early warning reporting class determination regulations ,on the effective date of the regulations promulgated under subsection 7b71 the regulations with respect to early warning reporting class determinations contained in appendix ,c of part #eab of title #di1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7as in effect on that date71 shall have no force or effect4 #c4 ,improved ,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety ,administration vehicle safety databases 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #b years after the date of enactment of this ,act1 and after consultation with frequent users of publicly available databases of the ,secretary of ,transportation 7referred to in this section as the ,secretary71 the ,secretary shall improve public accessibility to information on the publicly accessible vehicle safety databases of the ,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety ,administration by revising the publicly accessible vehicle safety databases-- 7#a7 to improve organization and functionality1 including design features such as drop-down menus2 7#b7 to allow 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#c7 to provide greater consistency in presentation of vehicle safety issues2 7#d7 to improve searchability about specific vehicles and issues through standardization of commonly used search terms and the integration of databases to enable each of the databases to be simultaneously searched using the same keyword search function2 and 7#e7 to ensure that each document1 study1 investigation1 inspection1 incident report1 and other materials related to an incident that are created or obtained by the ,national ,highway ,traffic ,safety ,administration are made publicly available in a timely 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 each inspection or investigation activity conducted by the ,secretary under section #cjaff of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code2 and 7#b7 make each notice described in paragraph 7#a71 each written response by a manufacturer to such a notice1 and each notice of any enforcement action or other action taken as a result of an inspection or investigation described in that paragraph-- 7,a7 available to consumers on the ,internet not later than #e days after the notice is issued or the written response is received2 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