Safe Kids and Cars Act of 2005
Latest action · Mar 8, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2266)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Kids and Cars Act of 2005 - Directs the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a review process to increase utilization of child dummies in motor vehicle safety tests.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) supplement ongoing consumer information programs relating to child safety with information regarding hazards to children in nontraffic, noncrash accident situations; (2) submit a report to Congress on the extent to which driver visibility of the area surrounding light passenger vehicles and obstructions to such visibility affect pedestrian safety in nontraffic, noncrash situations; (3) report to Congress on enhanced vehicle safety technologies, including auto-reverse functions; and (4) maintain and make public a database of injuries and deaths in nontraffic, noncrash events involving motor vehicles.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 8, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | Mar 8, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Mar 8, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2266)
- Mar 8, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2262-2266)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Administrative procedure
- Automobiles
- Child safety
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Data banks
- Department of Transportation
- Families
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Internet
- Law
- Mortality
- Motor vehicle safety
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technology assessment
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Transportation and Public Works
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