[Njabs-talk] Action Needed - Update on Motor Vehicle Safety Act

[EVELYN E. VALDEZ]

NJABS::

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: jhartle at nfb.org
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