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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 979 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access |
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| 6 | 6 | | to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY5, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILIRAKIS(for himself and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in |
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| 12 | 12 | | addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Transportation |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 15 | 15 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule |
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| 18 | 18 | | requiring access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehi- |
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| 19 | 19 | | cles, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AM Radio for Every 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Vehicle Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Emergency Management Agency. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) AM |
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| 34 | 34 | | BROADCAST BAND .—The term ‘‘AM 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | broadcast band’’ means the band of frequencies be-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tween 535 kilohertz and 1705 kilohertz, inclusive. 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) AM |
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| 38 | 38 | | BROADCAST STATION.—The term ‘‘AM 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | broadcast station’’ means a radio broadcast sta-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tion— 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) licensed by the Federal Communica-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tions Commission for the dissemination of radio 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | communications intended to be received by the 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | public; and 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) operated on a channel in the AM 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | broadcast band. 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (4) A |
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| 48 | 48 | | PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | gress’’ means— 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | and Transportation of the Senate; 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (C) the Committee on Transportation and 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (D) the Committee on Homeland Security 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | of the House of Representatives; and 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (E) the Committee on Energy and Com-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | merce of the House of Representatives. 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (5) C |
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| 65 | 65 | | OMPTROLLER GENERAL .—The term 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘Comptroller General’’ means the Comptroller Gen-6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | eral of the United States. 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (6) D |
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| 69 | 69 | | EVICE.—The term ‘‘device’’ means a piece 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of equipment or an apparatus that is designed— 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (A) to receive signals transmitted by a 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | radio broadcast station; and 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (B) to play back content or programming 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | derived from those signals. 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (7) D |
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| 76 | 76 | | IGITAL AUDIO AM BROADCAST STATION .— 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (A) I |
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| 78 | 78 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘digital 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | audio AM broadcast station’’ means an AM 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | broadcast station that uses an In Band On 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | Channel DAB System (as defined in section 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | 73.402 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (or a successor regulation)) for broadcasting 20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | purposes. 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (B) E |
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| 86 | 86 | | XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘digital audio 22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | AM broadcast station’’ does not include an All- 23 |
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| 88 | 88 | | digital AM station (as defined in section 73.402 24 |
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| 92 | 92 | | of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | successor regulation)). 2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (8) IPAWS.—The term ‘‘IPAWS’’ means the 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | public alert and warning system of the United 4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | States described in section 526 of the Homeland Se-5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321o). 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | (9) M |
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| 99 | 99 | | ANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘manufac-7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | turer’’ has the meaning given the term in section 8 |
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| 101 | 101 | | 30102(a) of title 49, United States Code. 9 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (10) P |
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| 103 | 103 | | ASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE .—The term 10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘passenger motor vehicle’’ has the meaning given 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | the term in section 32101 of title 49, United States 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | Code. 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (11) R |
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| 108 | 108 | | ADIO BROADCAST STATION .—The term 14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘radio broadcast station’’ has the meaning given the 15 |
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| 110 | 110 | | term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 16 |
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| 111 | 111 | | 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 17 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (12) R |
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| 113 | 113 | | ADIO STATION LICENSE .—The term 18 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ‘‘radio station license’’ has the meaning given the 19 |
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| 115 | 115 | | term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 20 |
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| 116 | 116 | | 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 21 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (13) R |
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| 118 | 118 | | ECEIVE.—The term ‘‘receive’’ means to 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | receive a broadcast signal via over-the-air trans-23 |
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| 120 | 120 | | mission. 24 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (14) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 1 |
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| 125 | 125 | | means the Secretary of Transportation. 2 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (15) S |
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| 127 | 127 | | IGNAL.—The term ‘‘signal’’ means radio 3 |
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| 128 | 128 | | frequency energy that a holder of a radio station li-4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | cense intentionally emits or causes to be emitted at 5 |
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| 130 | 130 | | a specified frequency for the purpose of transmitting 6 |
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| 131 | 131 | | content or programming to the public. 7 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (16) S |
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| 133 | 133 | | TANDARD EQUIPMENT .—The term 8 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘standard equipment’’ means motor vehicle equip-9 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ment (as defined in section 30102(a) of title 49, 10 |
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| 136 | 136 | | United States Code) that— 11 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (A) is installed as a system, part, or com-12 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ponent of a passenger motor vehicle as origi-13 |
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| 139 | 139 | | nally manufactured; and 14 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (B) the manufacturer of the passenger 15 |
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| 141 | 141 | | motor vehicle recommends or authorizes to be 16 |
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| 142 | 142 | | included in the passenger motor vehicle for no 17 |
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| 143 | 143 | | additional or separate monetary fee, payment, 18 |
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| 144 | 144 | | or surcharge, beyond the base price of the pas-19 |
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| 145 | 145 | | senger motor vehicle. 20 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (17) S |
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| 147 | 147 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 21 |
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| 148 | 148 | | State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 23 |
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| 150 | 150 | | United States, and each federally recognized Indian 24 |
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| 151 | 151 | | Tribe. 25 |
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| 155 | 155 | | SEC. 3. AM BROADCAST STATIONS RULE. 1 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (a) R |
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| 157 | 157 | | ULEREQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in con-3 |
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| 159 | 159 | | sultation with the Administrator and the Federal Commu-4 |
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| 160 | 160 | | nications Commission, shall issue a rule— 5 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (1) requiring devices that can receive signals 6 |
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| 162 | 162 | | and play content transmitted by AM broadcast sta-7 |
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| 163 | 163 | | tions be installed as standard equipment in pas-8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | senger motor vehicles— 9 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (A) manufactured in the United States for 10 |
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| 166 | 166 | | sale in the United States, imported into the 11 |
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| 167 | 167 | | United States, or shipped in interstate com-12 |
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| 168 | 168 | | merce; and 13 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (B) manufactured after the effective date 14 |
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| 170 | 170 | | of the rule; 15 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (2) requiring access to AM broadcast stations 16 |
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| 172 | 172 | | through the devices required under paragraph (1) in 17 |
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| 173 | 173 | | a manner that is easily accessible to drivers; and 18 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (3) allowing a manufacturer to comply with 19 |
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| 175 | 175 | | that rule by installing devices as described in para-20 |
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| 176 | 176 | | graph (1) that can receive signals and play content 21 |
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| 177 | 177 | | transmitted by digital audio AM broadcast stations. 22 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (b) C |
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| 179 | 179 | | OMPLIANCE.— 23 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (1) I |
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| 181 | 181 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | graph (2), in issuing the rule required under sub-25 |
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| 183 | 183 | | section (a), the Secretary shall establish an effective 26 |
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| 187 | 187 | | date for the rule that is not less than 2 years, but 1 |
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| 188 | 188 | | not more than 3 years, after the date on which the 2 |
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| 189 | 189 | | rule is issued. 3 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (2) C |
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| 191 | 191 | | ERTAIN MANUFACTURERS .—In issuing the 4 |
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| 192 | 192 | | rule required under subsection (a), the Secretary 5 |
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| 193 | 193 | | shall establish an effective date for the rule that is 6 |
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| 194 | 194 | | at least 4 years after the date on which the rule is 7 |
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| 195 | 195 | | issued with respect to manufacturers that manufac-8 |
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| 196 | 196 | | tured not more than 40,000 passenger motor vehi-9 |
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| 197 | 197 | | cles for sale in the United States in 2022. 10 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (c) I |
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| 199 | 199 | | NTERIMREQUIREMENT.—For passenger motor 11 |
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| 200 | 200 | | vehicles manufactured after the date of enactment of this 12 |
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| 201 | 201 | | Act and manufactured in the United States for sale in 13 |
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| 202 | 202 | | the United States, imported into the United States, or 14 |
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| 203 | 203 | | shipped in interstate commerce during the period begin-15 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ning on the day after the date of enactment of this Act 16 |
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| 205 | 205 | | and ending on the day before the effective date of the rule 17 |
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| 206 | 206 | | issued under subsection (a) that do not include devices 18 |
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| 207 | 207 | | that can receive signals and play content transmitted by 19 |
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| 208 | 208 | | AM broadcast stations, the manufacturer of the passenger 20 |
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| 209 | 209 | | motor vehicles— 21 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (1) shall provide clear and conspicuous labeling 22 |
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| 211 | 211 | | to inform purchasers of those passenger motor vehi-23 |
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| 212 | 212 | | cles that the passenger motor vehicles do not include 24 |
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| 216 | 216 | | devices that can receive signals and play content 1 |
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| 217 | 217 | | transmitted by AM broadcast stations; and 2 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (2) may not charge an additional or separate 3 |
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| 219 | 219 | | monetary fee, payment, or surcharge, beyond the 4 |
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| 220 | 220 | | base price of the passenger motor vehicles, for access 5 |
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| 221 | 221 | | to AM broadcast stations for the period described in 6 |
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| 222 | 222 | | this subsection. 7 |
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| 223 | 223 | | (d) R |
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| 224 | 224 | | ELATIONSHIP TOOTHERLAWS.—After the date 8 |
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| 225 | 225 | | of enactment of this Act, a State or a political subdivision 9 |
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| 226 | 226 | | of a State may not prescribe or continue in effect a law, 10 |
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| 227 | 227 | | regulation, or other requirement applicable to access to 11 |
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| 228 | 228 | | AM broadcast stations in passenger motor vehicles. 12 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (e) E |
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| 230 | 230 | | NFORCEMENT.— 13 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (1) C |
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| 232 | 232 | | IVIL PENALTY.—Any person who violates 14 |
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| 233 | 233 | | the rule issued under subsection (a) shall be liable 15 |
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| 234 | 234 | | to the United States Government for a civil penalty 16 |
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| 235 | 235 | | under section 30165(a)(1) of title 49, United States 17 |
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| 236 | 236 | | Code, as if that rule were a regulation described in 18 |
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| 237 | 237 | | that section. 19 |
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| 238 | 238 | | (2) C |
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| 239 | 239 | | IVIL ACTION.—The Attorney General may 20 |
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| 240 | 240 | | bring a civil action under section 30163 of title 49, 21 |
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| 241 | 241 | | United States Code, in an appropriate district court 22 |
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| 242 | 242 | | of the United States to enjoin a violation of the rule 23 |
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| 243 | 243 | | issued under subsection (a) of this section, as if that 24 |
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| 247 | 247 | | rule were a regulation described in subsection (a)(1) 1 |
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| 248 | 248 | | of that section 30163. 2 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (f) GAO S |
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| 250 | 250 | | TUDY.— 3 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (1) I |
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| 252 | 252 | | N GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 4 |
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| 253 | 253 | | shall conduct a comprehensive study on dissemi-5 |
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| 254 | 254 | | nating emergency alerts and warnings to the public. 6 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (2) R |
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| 256 | 256 | | EQUIREMENTS.—The study required 7 |
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| 257 | 257 | | under paragraph (1) shall include— 8 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (A) an assessment of— 9 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (i) the role of passenger motor vehi-10 |
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| 260 | 260 | | cles in IPAWS communications, including 11 |
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| 261 | 261 | | by providing access to AM broadcast sta-12 |
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| 262 | 262 | | tions; 13 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (ii) the advantages, effectiveness, limi-14 |
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| 264 | 264 | | tations, resilience, and accessibility of ex-15 |
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| 265 | 265 | | isting IPAWS communication technologies, 16 |
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| 266 | 266 | | including AM broadcast stations in pas-17 |
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| 267 | 267 | | senger motor vehicles; 18 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (iii) the advantages, effectiveness, lim-19 |
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| 269 | 269 | | itations, resilience, and accessibility of AM 20 |
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| 270 | 270 | | broadcast stations relative to other IPAWS 21 |
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| 271 | 271 | | communication technologies in passenger 22 |
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| 272 | 272 | | motor vehicles; and 23 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (iv) whether other IPAWS commu-24 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ing the President (or a designee) can reach 1 |
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| 279 | 279 | | at least 90 percent of the population of the 2 |
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| 280 | 280 | | United States at a time of crisis, including 3 |
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| 281 | 281 | | at night; and 4 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (B) a description of any ongoing efforts to 5 |
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| 283 | 283 | | integrate new and emerging technologies and 6 |
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| 284 | 284 | | communication platforms into the IPAWS 7 |
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| 285 | 285 | | framework. 8 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (3) C |
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| 287 | 287 | | ONSULTATION REQUIRED .—In conducting 9 |
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| 288 | 288 | | the study required under paragraph (1), the Comp-10 |
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| 289 | 289 | | troller General shall consult with— 11 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (A) the Secretary of Homeland Security; 12 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (B) the Federal Communications Commis-13 |
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| 292 | 292 | | sion; 14 |
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| 293 | 293 | | (C) the National Telecommunications and 15 |
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| 294 | 294 | | Information Administration; 16 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (D) the Secretary; 17 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (E) Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, and 18 |
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| 297 | 297 | | local emergency management officials; 19 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (F) first responders; 20 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (G) technology experts in resilience and ac-21 |
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| 300 | 300 | | cessibility; 22 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (H) radio broadcasters; 23 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (I) manufacturers of passenger motor vehi-24 |
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| 308 | 308 | | mined by the Comptroller General. 2 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (4) B |
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| 310 | 310 | | RIEFING AND REPORT.— 3 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (A) B |
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| 312 | 312 | | RIEFING.—Not later than 1 year 4 |
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| 313 | 313 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, the 5 |
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| 314 | 314 | | Comptroller General shall brief the appropriate 6 |
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| 315 | 315 | | committees of Congress on the results of the 7 |
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| 316 | 316 | | study required by paragraph (1), including rec-8 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ommendations for legislation and administrative 9 |
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| 318 | 318 | | action as the Comptroller General determines 10 |
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| 319 | 319 | | appropriate. 11 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (B) R |
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| 321 | 321 | | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days 12 |
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| 322 | 322 | | after the date on which the Comptroller General 13 |
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| 323 | 323 | | provides the briefing required under subpara-14 |
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| 324 | 324 | | graph (A), the Comptroller General shall sub-15 |
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| 325 | 325 | | mit to the appropriate committees of Congress 16 |
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| 326 | 326 | | a report describing the results of the study re-17 |
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| 327 | 327 | | quired under paragraph (1), including rec-18 |
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| 328 | 328 | | ommendations for legislation and administrative 19 |
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| 329 | 329 | | action as the Comptroller General determines 20 |
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| 330 | 330 | | appropriate. 21 |
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| 332 | 332 | | EVIEW.—Not less frequently than once every 5 22 |
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| 333 | 333 | | years after the date on which the Secretary issues the rule 23 |
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| 334 | 334 | | required by subsection (a), the Secretary, in coordination 24 |
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| 339 | 339 | | Commission, shall submit to the appropriate committees 1 |
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| 340 | 340 | | of Congress a report that shall include an assessment of— 2 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (1) the impacts of the rule issued under that 3 |
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| 342 | 342 | | subsection, including the impacts on public safety; 4 |
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| 343 | 343 | | and 5 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (2) possible changes to IPAWS communication 6 |
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| 345 | 345 | | technologies that would enable resilient and acces-7 |
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| 346 | 346 | | sible alerts to drivers and passengers of passenger 8 |
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| 347 | 347 | | motor vehicles. 9 |
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| 349 | 349 | | UNSET.—The rule issued pursuant to subsection 10 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (a) shall sunset and no longer be in effect on the date 11 |
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| 351 | 351 | | that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 12 |
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| 352 | 352 | | including the authority of the Secretary to carry out or 13 |
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| 353 | 353 | | enforce that rule. 14 |
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