Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act of 2019
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to implement regulations to require (1) all new commercial motor vehicles with a gross weight of 26,001 pounds or more to be equipped with speed-limiting technology, (2) any existing speed-limiting technology already installed in such vehicles to be used while in operation, and (3) the speed-limiting technology to be set to a maximum speed of 65 miles per hour.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 2033 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2033
To require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate standards and
regulations requiring all new commercial motor vehicles to be equipped
with technology to limit maximum operating speed, to require existing
speed-limiting technologies already installed in certain commercial
motor vehicles to be used while in operation, and to require that the
maximum safe operating speed of commercial motor vehicles shall not
exceed 65 miles per hour.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 27, 2019
Mr. Isakson (for himself and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate standards and
regulations requiring all new commercial motor vehicles to be equipped
with technology to limit maximum operating speed, to require existing
speed-limiting technologies already installed in certain commercial
motor vehicles to be used while in operation, and to require that the
maximum safe operating speed of commercial motor vehicles shall not
exceed 65 miles per hour.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe
Operating Speed Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD AND FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER
SAFETY REGULATION FOR SPEED-LIMITING TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, during the period beginning on January 1, 2004,
and ending on December 31, 2013, 10,440 people were killed in
motor vehicle crashes in which the speed of a commercial motor
vehicle likely contributed to severity;
(2) a 2007 survey of truck drivers by the Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety determined that 64 percent of the
drivers were in favor of a speed-limiting requirement;
(3) according to a 2012 study commissioned by Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, trucks not using a speed-
limiting technology had a speed limit-relevant crash rate
almost 2 times higher than the rate of trucks using a speed-
limiting technology;
(4) speed-limiting devices have been required to be
installed and used on commercial motor vehicles throughout the
world, including in--
(A) Australia, which has required the use of those
devices since 1990;
(B) the United Kingdom, which has required the use
of those devices since 1992; and
(C) the European Union, which has required the use
of those devices since 1994; and
(5) the Department of Transportation has been examining the
issues involving speed-limiting technologies since at least
2006.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Commercial motor vehicle.--The term ``commercial motor
vehicle'' means a motor vehicle used in commerce that has a
gross vehicle weight rating or a gross vehicle weight of not
less than 26,001 pounds.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Transportation.
(3) Speed-limiting technology.--The term ``speed-limiting
technology'' means a technology that prevents a commercial
motor vehicle from exceeding a preprogrammed maximum speed.
(c) Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard and Motor Carrier Safety
Regulation.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
(A) acting through the Administrator of the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, issue a
final rule that establishes a Federal motor vehicle
safety standard that requires that all commercial motor
vehicles manufactured after the effective date of the
standard shall be equipped with a speed-limiting
technology; and
(B) acting through the Administrator of the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration, issue a final rule
that establishes a Federal motor carrier safety
regulation that requires that any existing speed-
limiting technology already installed in a commercial
motor vehicle shall be used at any time during which
the commercial motor vehicle is in operation, in
accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) Requirements.--In issuing a final rule pursuant to
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
(A) include requirements to ensure that each speed-
limiting technology--
(i) accurately measures the speed of the
applicable commercial motor vehicle; and
(ii) maintains a maximum speed of not
faster than 65 miles per hour to ensure the
safety of commercial motor vehicle drivers and
the public, regardless of whether the speed-
limiting technology was installed in the
commercial motor vehicle--
(I) prior to the effective date of
the standard or regulation; or
(II) for purposes of achieving
compliance with the standard under
paragraph (1)(A); and
(B) as necessary, amend any Federal motor vehicle
safety standards or Federal motor carrier safety
regulations to require that all commercial motor
vehicles shall travel at a speed of not faster than 65
miles per hour.
(d) Implementation.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, each commercial motor vehicle that is
subject to the standard established under subsection (c)(1)(A)
shall ensure that a speed-limiting technology establishes and
maintains for the commercial motor vehicle a maximum safe speed
of not faster than 65 miles per hour.
(2) Verification of compliance with requirements.--The
owner of each commercial motor vehicle subject to a requirement
under this section shall verify, and submit to the Secretary a
certification of, compliance with the requirement at such time
and in such manner as the Secretary may establish, by
regulation.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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