119-hr1361

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1361 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1361

 To clarify certain regulations to allow for the installation of 
 pulsating light systems for high-mounted stop lamps, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 13, 2025

 Mr. Webster of Florida (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Gooden, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Stauber, Mr. 
 Edwards, Mr. Collins, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Dunn of Florida, and Mr. Mann) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To clarify certain regulations to allow for the installation of 
 pulsating light systems for high-mounted stop lamps, and for other 
 purposes.

 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 ``Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. REAR-END COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS.

    (a) Clarification on Pulsating Light Systems.--Beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act, Standard 108 shall be deemed to allow 
for the use of pulsating light system on vehicles covered by such 
Standard.

    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to update Standard 108 to--

    (1) include performance-based standards for pulsating light 
 systems; and

    (2) allow for the use on motor vehicles of such systems.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Pulsating light system.--The term ``pulsating light 
 system'' means a system for a high-mounted stop lamp in which--
        (A) when the brake of the vehicle is applied, the 
 lamp pulses rapidly no more than 4 times and for no 
 more than 1.2 seconds, after which such lamp converts 
 to a continuous light as a normal stop lamp until the 
 time such brake is released; and
        (B) the pulses described in subparagraph
        (A) may 
 not repeat upon a subsequent application of the brake 
 of the vehicle for a lock-out period of at least 5 
 seconds after the release of the brake described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) .

    (2) Standard 108.--The term ``Standard 108'' means Federal 
 Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 108, contained in 

section 571.108 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
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