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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1361
5	5	To clarify certain regulations to allow for the installation of pulsating light
6	6	systems for high-mounted stop lamps, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY13, 2025
9	9	Mr. W
10	10	EBSTERof Florida (for himself, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, Mr.
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12	12	OODEN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. STAUBER,
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14	14	DWARDS, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. BACON, Mr. DUNNof Florida, and Mr.
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16	16	ANN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
17	17	on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee
18	18	on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by
19	19	the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
20	20	in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
21	21	A BILL
22	22	To clarify certain regulations to allow for the installation
23	23	of pulsating light systems for high-mounted stop lamps,
24	24	and for other purposes.
25	25	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
26	26	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
27	27	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
28	28	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Collision Avoidance 4
29	29	Systems Act of 2025’’. 5
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33	33	SEC. 2. REAR-END COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS. 1
34	34	(a) C
35	35	LARIFICATION ON PULSATINGLIGHTSYS-2
36	36	TEMS.—Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 3
37	37	Standard 108 shall be deemed to allow for the use of pul-4
38	38	sating light system on vehicles covered by such Standard. 5
39	39	(b) R
40	40	ULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the 6
41	41	date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-7
42	42	tation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to up-8
43	43	date Standard 108 to— 9
44	44	(1) include performance-based standards for 10
45	45	pulsating light systems; and 11
46	46	(2) allow for the use on motor vehicles of such 12
47	47	systems. 13
48	48	(c) D
49	49	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
50	50	(1) P
51	51	ULSATING LIGHT SYSTEM .—The term 15
52	52	‘‘pulsating light system’’ means a system for a high- 16
53	53	mounted stop lamp in which— 17
54	54	(A) when the brake of the vehicle is ap-18
55	55	plied, the lamp pulses rapidly no more than 4 19
56	56	times and for no more than 1.2 seconds, after 20
57	57	which such lamp converts to a continuous light 21
58	58	as a normal stop lamp until the time such 22
59	59	brake is released; and 23
60	60	(B) the pulses described in subparagraph 24
61	61	(A) may not repeat upon a subsequent applica-25
62	62	tion of the brake of the vehicle for a lock-out 26
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66	66	period of at least 5 seconds after the release of 1
67	67	the brake described in subparagraph (A). 2
68	68	(2) S
69	69	TANDARD 108.—The term ‘‘Standard 108’’ 3
70	70	means Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Num-4
71	71	ber 108, contained in section 571.108 of title 49, 5
72	72	Code of Federal Regulations. 6
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