New Law Will Install Kill Switches In All New Cars

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Okay, I was misled by 'kill switch' being in quotes.

Here it is.  It's a self driving car feature, comparably to stopping
when the car in front of you stops, on the highway.  I haven't
reviewed the wording for the reported dangers.

SEC. 24220. ADVANCED IMPAIRED DRIVING TECHNOLOGY.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) alcohol-impaired driving fatalities represent
        approximately \1/3\ of all highway fatalities in the United
        States each year;
            (2) in 2019, there were 10,142 alcohol-impaired driving
        fatalities in the United States involving drivers with a blood
        alcohol concentration level of .08 or higher, and 68 percent of
        the crashes that resulted in those fatalities involved a driver
        with a blood alcohol concentration level of .15 or higher;
            (3) the estimated economic cost for alcohol-impaired
        driving in 2010 was $44,000,000,000;
            (4) according to the Insurance Institute for Highway
        Safety, advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention
        technology can prevent more than 9,400 alcohol-impaired driving
        fatalities annually; and
            (5) to ensure the prevention of alcohol-impaired driving
        fatalities, advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention
        technology must be standard equipment in all new passenger
        motor vehicles.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention
        technology.--The term ``advanced drunk and impaired driving
        prevention technology'' means a system that--
                    (A) can--
                            (i) passively monitor the performance of a
                        driver of a motor vehicle to accurately
                        identify whether that driver may be impaired;
                        and
                            (ii) prevent or limit motor vehicle
                        operation if an impairment is detected;
                    (B) can--
                            (i) passively and accurately detect whether
                        the blood alcohol concentration of a driver of
                        a motor vehicle is equal to or greater than the
                        blood alcohol concentration described in
                        section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code;
                        and
                            (ii) prevent or limit motor vehicle
                        operation if a blood alcohol concentration
                        above the legal limit is detected; or
                    (C) is a combination of systems described in
                subparagraphs (A) and (B).
            (2) New.--The term ``new'', with respect to a passenger
        motor vehicle, means that the passenger motor vehicle--
                    (A) is a new vehicle (as defined in section 37.3 of
                title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor
                regulation)); and
                    (B) has not been purchased for purposes other than
                resale.
            (3) Passenger motor vehicle.--The term ``passenger motor
        vehicle'' has the meaning given the term in section 32101 of
        title 49, United States Code.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
        of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the
        National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
    (c) Advanced Drunk and Impaired Driving Prevention Technology
Safety Standard.--Subject to subsection (e) and not later than 3 years
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a
final rule prescribing a Federal motor vehicle safety standard under
section 30111 of title 49, United States Code, that requires passenger
motor vehicles manufactured after the effective date of that standard
to be equipped with advanced drunk and impaired driving prevention
technology.
    (d) Requirement.--To allow sufficient time for manufacturer
compliance, the compliance date of the rule issued under subsection (c)
shall be not earlier than 2 years and not more than 3 years after the
date on which that rule is issued.
    (e) Timing.--If the Secretary determines that the Federal motor
vehicle safety standard required under subsection (c) cannot meet the
requirements and considerations described in subsections (a) and (b) of
section 30111 of title 49, United States Code, by the applicable date,
the Secretary--
            (1) may extend the time period to such date as the
        Secretary determines to be necessary, but not later than the
        date that is 3 years after the date described in subsection
        (c);
            (2) shall, not later than the date described in subsection
        (c) and not less frequently than annually thereafter until the
        date on which the rule under that subsection is issued, submit
        to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
        the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
        House of Representatives a report describing, as of the date of
        submission of the report--
                    (A) the reasons for not prescribing a Federal motor
                vehicle safety standard under section 30111 of title
                49, United States Code, that requires advanced drunk
                and impaired driving prevention technology in all new
                passenger motor vehicles;
                    (B) the deployment of advanced drunk and impaired
                driving prevention technology in vehicles;
                    (C) any information relating to the ability of
                vehicle manufacturers to include advanced drunk and
                impaired driving prevention technology in new passenger
                motor vehicles; and
                    (D) an anticipated timeline for prescribing the
                Federal motor vehicle safety standard described in
                subsection (c); and
            (3) if the Federal motor vehicle safety standard required
        by subsection (c) has not been finalized by the date that is 10
        years after the date of enactment of this Act, shall submit to
        the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
        Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
        Representative a report describing--
                    (A) the reasons why the Federal motor vehicle
                safety standard has not been finalized;
                    (B) the barriers to finalizing the Federal motor
                vehicle safety standard; and
                    (C) recommendations to Congress to facilitate the
                Federal motor vehicle safety standard.