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GAO-14-421R 1 (2014-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqdu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-325607 March 12, 2014 The Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV Chairman The Honorable John Thune Ranking Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Fred Upton Chairman The Honorable Henry Waxman Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) entitled Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection (RIN: 2127-AK56). We received the rule on February 25, 2014. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on November 25, 2013. 78 Fed. Reg. 70,416. The rule has an effective date of November 28, 2016, although optional early compliance is permitted by the final rule. The final rule completes the first initiative of NHTSA's 2007 NHTSA's Approach to Motorcoach Safety plan and is one of the principal undertakings of the Department of Transportation's 2009 Motorcoach Safety Action Plan and fulfills a statutory mandate of the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2012, incorporated into the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. This final rule amends the federal motor vehicle safety standard on occupant crash protection to require lap/shoulder seat belts for each passenger seating position in all new over-the-road buses, and in new buses other than over-the-road buses with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 11,793 kilograms (26,000 pounds), with certain exclusions. By requiring the passenger lap/shoulder seat belts, this final rule significantly reduces the risk of fatality and serious injury in frontal crashes and the risk of occupant ejection in rollovers, thus considerably enhancing the safety of these vehicles. Enclosed is our assessment of NHTSA's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review of the procedural steps taken indicates that NHTSA complied with the applicable requirements. GAO-i 4-421 R

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