Report and recommendations

(a) Report Not later than 24 months after the date on which the Secretary of Transportation enters into an agreement under section 2, the Secretary shall— (1) submit to Congress a report that includes the findings of the study under section 2; and (2) publish the report on the public website of the Department of Transportation. (b) Recommendations Not later than 2 months after the date on which the Secretary of Transportation satisfies the requirements of subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress recommendations that are based on the findings of the study under section 2, including recommendations— (1) to reduce severe traffic injuries and traffic fatalities; and (2) to change the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, the National Occupant Protection Use Surveys, and the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or another set of Federal surveys, to collect as much data as practicable with respect to the use of a touch screen-based system while driving a motor vehicle and the use of a smartphone while driving a motor vehicle, given the variation in the methods of data collection by States and units of local government. (c) Categories In submitting the recommendations described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Transportation— (1) may not include a recommendation that only restates an existing requirement for a department or agency of the Federal Government; and (2) shall divide the recommendations into the following categories: (A) Any recommendations that a department or agency of the Federal Government, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, may implement under the existing authority of the department or agency, including any authority of the department or agency to develop or update guidance or standards on motor vehicle technology. (B) Any recommendations that would require the enactment of Federal law for a department or agency of the Federal Government, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to implement.