,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #biig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #d1 #bjba,mr4   
,rush introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require a study to evaluate the         
performance of crash avoidance systems  
at detecting and classifying            
pedestrians1 bicyclists1 and other      
vulnerable road users4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,crash  
,avoidance ,system ,evaluation ,act4    
#b4 ,study to evaluate the performance  
of crash avoidance systems  7a7 ,study  
,the ,secretary of ,transportation shall
 conduct a study to evaluate the        
performance of crash avoidance systems  
at detecting and classifying            
pedestrians1 bicyclists1 and other      
vulnerable road users1 including those  
with different skin tones that are      
representative of different racial and  
ethnic groups4  7b7 ,report ,not later  
than #b years after the date of         

enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall transmit a report of the results  
of the study required under subsection  
7a7 to the ,committee on ,energy and    
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate1 and make such report   
publicly available4  7c7 ,contracting   
,the ,secretary may enter into contracts
 with nonprofit institutions1 colleges1 
and universities to conduct research    
required for the study required under   
subsection 7a74  7d7 ,definition of     
crash avoidance ,as used in this        
section1 the term crash avoidance       
systems means any system in a motor     
vehicle used to prevent or mitigate a   
crash1 including a system using cameras1
 lidar1 or radar4