Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

2/28/2008--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 19, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 or the K.T. Safety Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking for motor vehicles to require:
(1) automatic reversal of direction by power windows and panels when they detect an obstruction;
(2) an expanded rearward field of view to prevent backing incidents; and
(3) automatic transmissions to have an anti-rollaway system that requires the service brake to be depressed before the transmission can be shifted out of park, which shall function in any starting system key position in which the transmission can be shifted out of park. Requires the Secretary, if it is determined that no additional safety standards are reasonable and appropriate, to:
(1) report to Congress the reason such standards were not prescribed; and
(2) make available to the public information on which vehicles are or are not equipped with automatic reversal of direction by power windows and panels when they detect an obstruction. Provides a phase-in period for the power window and rearward visibility provisions. Requires:
(1) motor vehicle manufacturers for each year through 2010 to transmit to the Secretary the make and model of motor vehicles with automatic transmissions that do not have an anti-rollaway system; and
(2) the Secretary to make such information available to the public. Requires the Secretary to:
(1) establish and maintain a database of injuries and deaths in nontraffic, noncrash motor vehicle events;
(2) supplement an existing consumer information program on child safety or create a new program with information about hazards to children in nontraffic, noncrash incident situations; and
(3) make such information available to the public.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
• and 43 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
  • Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Nancy Boyda
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Vito Fossella
  • Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
  • Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
  • Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8]
  • Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
  • Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
  • Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
  • Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
  • Tom Lantos
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
  • Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
  • Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Michael McNulty
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. Jerry Moran [R, KS-1]
  • Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R, MT-0]
  • Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Christopher Shays
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
  • Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
  • Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R, KS-4]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
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Committees

• House Energy and Commerce
• 2 more
  • Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.1216

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		This Bill Has Become Law
February 27, 2007		December 19, 2007		February 14, 2008		February 28, 2008		February 28, 2008

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• Signed on Feb 28, 2008.
• Enacted on Feb 28, 2008. Became Public Law No: 110-189.
• Feb 25, 2008. Presented to President.
• Feb 15, 2008: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• Feb 14, 2008. Cleared for White House.
• Feb 14, 2008: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
• Passed by Unanimous Consent in the Senate on Feb 14, 2008. Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
• Jan 22, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Dec 19, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Dec 19, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1216.
• Dec 19, 2007: Mr. Rush moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Dec 19, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Dec 19, 2007: Received in the Senate.
• Added to calendar on Dec 18, 2007: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• Dec 18, 2007: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Feb 28, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
• Introduced on Feb 27, 2007.
• Feb 27, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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• Transportation
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• Government publicity
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• High technology
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• Medicine
• Motor vehicle safety
• Safety appliances
• Technology
• Traffic accidents and safety
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