Automated wheelchair securement systems

(a) Study The Administrator shall conduct a study on the feasibility of incorporating, into motor vehicles, automated wheelchair securement systems to increase the safety of wheelchair users in motor vehicles. (b) Coordination with university transportation centers In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consult with university transportation centers established and operated under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code. (c) Report Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the relevant congressional committees and make publicly available a report on the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a) that includes an analysis of the feasibility of incorporating, into motor vehicles, automated wheelchair securement systems. (d) Automated wheelchair securement system defined In this section, the term automated wheelchair securement system means an automated system that, using a universal docking interface geometry standard, secures a wheelchair within a motor vehicle utilizing a deployable anchor.