[Nfbsatx] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Action Needed - Update on Quiet Car Legislation

[Jose Martinez]

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From: "Hartle, Jesse" <JHartle at nfb.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:38:07 -0600
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Action Needed - Update on Quiet Car Legislation
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org

Fellow Federationists:

This Monday, November 29, the Senate will begin the process of
getting the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, S. 3302, passed on the
Unanimous Consent Calendar.

This legislation contains provisions of our Pedestrian Safety
Enhancement Act, which would require that the Department of
Transportation establish a motor vehicle safety standard that would
require hybrid and electric vehicles to be equipped with an alert
sound to alert pedestrians of their presence and operation.  While
our portion of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act has support from the
automobile industry, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation has been working diligently to resolve other
differences in the bill and to prepare the final legislation for
Senate action.

The Unanimous Consent process begins with a hotline call to all
members of the Senate, informing the members that this bill is being
considered for the Unanimous Consent Calendar.  Members of the Senate
will then have forty-eight hours to object to the bill moving on the
Unanimous Consent Calendar.  If no member objects, the bill is
considered passed without floor action, and will then be sent to the
House of Representatives for floor action.  However, if even a single
member objects, the bill cannot move forward until that member
releases their hold on the legislation.

I am asking that you contact your senators early next week and urge
them to support the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, S. 3302.  You can be
connected to your senators' offices by calling the Capitol
switchboard at (202) 224-3121.  I will send out another alert early
next week to relay the latest news regarding this important legislation.

Thank you all for your hard work.

Jesse M. Hartle
Government Programs Specialist
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
Telephone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2233
E-mail: <mailto:jhartle at nfb.org>jhartle at nfb.org
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