,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bh1 #bjba,mr4  
,johnson of ,georgia 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 and   
,mr4 ,bergman7 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 that requires 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 #bjba4  #b4 ,motor vehicle      
safety standard  7a7 ,motor vehicle     
safety standard for truck tractors with 
electronic stability control ,not later 
than #a year after the date of enactment
 of this section1 the ,secretary of     
,transportation shall-- 7#a7 prescribe a
 motor vehicle safety standard under    
section #cjaaa of title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code1 that requires any        
truck-tractor subject to ,federal motor 
vehicle safety standard #acf 7#di       
,c4,f4,r4 #ega4acf2 relating to         
electronic stability control systems for
 heavy vehicles7 that is 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 for    
truck tractors with electronic stability
 control ,not later than #a year after  
the date of enactment of this section1  

the ,secretary shall prescribe a        
regulation under section #caacf of title
 #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 that       
requires an automatic emergency braking 
system installed in any truck-tractor   
subject to ,federal motor vehicle safety
 standard #acf 7#di ,c4,f4,r4 #ega4acf2 
relating to electronic stability control
 systems for heavy vehicles7 in         
operation on or after the effective date
 to be used at any time during which the
 truck-tractor is in operation4  7c7    
,report on automatic emergency braking  
in medium commercial motor vehicles ,not
 later than #b years after the date of  
enactment of this section1 the          
,secretary shall-- 7#a7 complete a study
 on equipping commercial motor vehicles 
with automatic emergency braking to     
avoid or mitigate a collision with an   
obstacle in the path of the vehicle2    
7#b7 submit to the ,committee on        
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate and the ,committees on  
,transportation and ,infrastructure and 

,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of  
,representatives a report on the study  
described in paragraph 7#a72 and  7#c7  
if the ,secretary determines it to be   
necessary1 initiate a ,federal ,motor   
,vehicle ,safety ,standard for automatic
 emergency braking for all commercial   
motor vehicles1 if appropriate4  7d7    
,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 necessary1 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 means a motor vehicle or  
truck-tractor used in commerce to       
transport property that has a gross     
vehicle weight rating or a gross vehicle

 weight of not less than #aj1jja pounds4
  7#c7 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary  
means the ,secretary of ,transportation4