,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dabb  ,,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 require 
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
issue a final rule revising motor       
vehicle seat back safety standards4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,modernizing ,seat ,back ,safety   
,act4  #b4 ,motor vehicle seat back     
safety standards  7a7 ,findings2        
purposes  7#a7 ,findings ,congress finds
 that--  7,a7 crashes involving seat    
structural failures in passenger motor  
vehicles pose a significant public      
health and safety threat1 particularly  
to children occupying rear seats2  7,b7 
thousands of preventable fatalities and 
life-threatening injuries have occurred 
as a result of motor vehicle seat       

failures2  7,c7 the ,national ,highway  
,traffic ,safety ,administration has    
neglected to improve the motor vehicle  
seat integrity standard for more than   
#ej years1 to the detriment of passenger
 motor vehicle safety2 and  7,d7 this   
,act is introduced in honor and memory  
of the victims of motor vehicle seat    
failures in crashes1 including those    
whose precious lives were cut far too   
short as a result of seat failures and  
those whose catastrophic injuries       
dramatically changed their lives1       
including ,taylor ,grace ,warner1       
,jayden-,faith ,fraser1 ,emily ,reavis1 
,owen ,reavis1 ,teddy ,schwab1 ,jaklin  
,romine1 ,russell ,selkirk1 ,travis     
,oldhouser1 ,thomas ,comella1 ,geneva   
,massie1 ,crystal ,collins1 ,mary       
,portis1 ,dzemila ,heco1 ,aaliyah       
,george1 ,heikki ,helava1 and ,clyde ,m4
 ,sneed4  7#b7 ,purposes ,the purposes  
of this ,act are-- 7,a7 to reduce the   
number of preventable deaths and        
injuries caused by motor vehicle seat   

failures2 and  7,b7 to improve passenger
 motor vehicle safety4  7b7 ,final rule 
,not later than #b years after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 subject to   
subsection 7c71 the ,secretary of       
,transportation shall issue a final rule
 updating section #ega4bjg of title #di1
 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 to     
reduce the potential for injury to all  
motor vehicle occupants due to seat back
 failure during all types of vehicle    
impact4  7c7 ,compliance date ,in       
issuing the final rule pursuant to      
subsection 7b71 the ,secretary of       
,transportation shall establish a date  
for required compliance with the final  
rule of not later than #b motor vehicle 
model years after the model year during 
which the effective date of the final   
rule occurs4