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type: "LegalText"
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title: "49 U.S.C. § 32304B"
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description: "Child safety"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 49
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title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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chapter_number: "323"
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chapter_name: "CONSUMER INFORMATION"
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section: "32304B"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 32304B"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 49 U.S.C. § 32304B - Child safety
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## Text
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(a) Definitions.— In this section:
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(1) Passenger motor vehicle.— The term “passenger motor vehicle” has the meaning given that term in section 32101.
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(2) Rear-designated seating position.— The term “rear-designated seating position” means designated seating positions that are rearward of the front seat.
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(3) Secretary.— The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Transportation.
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(b) Rulemaking.— Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue a final rule requiring all new passenger motor vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight to be equipped with a system to alert the operator to check rear-designated seating positions after the vehicle engine or motor is deactivated by the operator.
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(c) Means.— The alert required under subsection (b)—
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(1) shall include a distinct auditory and visual alert, which may be combined with a haptic alert; and
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(2) shall be activated when the vehicle motor is deactivated by the operator.
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(d) Phase-in.— The rule issued pursuant to subsection (b) shall require full compliance with the rule beginning on September 1st of the first calendar year that begins 2 years after the date on which the final rule is issued.
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(Added Pub. L. 117–58, div. B, title IV, § 24222(a)(1), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 835.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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References in TextThe date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–58, which was approved Nov. 15, 2021.
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