Requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to update its vehicle safety rulemaking plans, reform its New Car Assessment Program ratings, speed up exemption decisions, and study several vehicle safety topics.

• Creates a new NCAP Office and an 18-member NCAP Advisory Committee to advise on the consumer crash-rating program, and requires a voluntary manufacturer performance testing process within one year.
• Requires the agency to publish a rulemaking and research priority plan every two years and to review existing motor vehicle safety standards every four years.
• Raises the vehicle exemption eligibility cap from 2,500 to 90,000 vehicles, limits exemptions to five years, and deems an exemption application approved if the agency misses its one-year decision deadline without written justification.
• Allows recall notices to be sent by certified mail, email, or other electronic means, and creates working groups on automated driving consumer education and post-crash vehicle fire rescue.

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee

Transportation and Public Works