Stop Underrides Act
Latest action · Mar 9, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Underrides Act
This bill requires the installation of rear, side, and front underride guards on certain trucks and trailers.
Specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must require the installation of rear, side, and front underride guards on the following
- a trailer or semi-trailer with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more, and
- a single unit truck for which the bottom of the carriage is greater than 22 inches above the ground and that is 10,000 pounds or more.
For rear and side underride guards, DOT must require adherence to a performance standard that requires the guards to be able to prevent intrusion from the body or frame of a trailer, semi-trailer, or truck into the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle that contacts the guard while traveling at 35 miles per hour.
In addition, DOT must require drivers to (1) conduct a pre-trip inspection of the underride protection system on their vehicles; (2) identify rusted metal compromising structural integrity, cracked welds, or missing or loose fasteners; and (3) complete any necessary repairs.
DOT must establish a Committee on Underride Protection to oversee the ongoing underride guard rulemaking process.
DOT must publish data on victims of truck underride crashes on a publicly accessible website and update such data quarterly.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2021 to Sep 20, 2022; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 8, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2021 |
| Highways and Transit Subcommittee | Referred Mar 9, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Mar 8, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 8, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 43, March 8, 2021, page H1121.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 605 | Stop Underrides Act | Related bill | Mar 4, 2021 |
| HR 1511 | Stop Underrides Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 6, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce the number of preventable deaths and injuries caused by underride crashes, to improve motor carrier and passenger motor vehicle safety, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stop Underrides Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 8, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
