Motor vehicle safety rulemaking and research priority plan

(a) Priority plan requirement The Administrator shall develop, and regularly update, a comprehensive motor vehicle safety rulemaking and research priority plan (in this section referred to as the priority plan). (b) Priority plan contents Each priority plan submitted and published under subsection (c) shall include the following: (1) A list of each motor vehicle safety rulemaking planned for the 36-month period beginning on the date on which the priority plan is submitted and published under subsection (c), including the following information with respect to each such rulemaking: (A) Any statutory authority, mandate, or deadline for such rulemaking. (B) The status of any research required to support such rulemaking and a link to a publicly accessible website that contains such research. (C) Whether any motor vehicle safety technology relevant to such rulemaking has been included in the NCAP. (D) Whether manufacturers or other entities with expertise in the engineering and testing of motor vehicles have developed performance test criteria for evaluating any such motor vehicle safety technology and whether such criteria could be used or modified to meet the objectives of such rulemaking. (E) The timing of expected milestones with respect to such rulemaking, including an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, a notice of proposed rulemaking, and a final rule. (2) A list of the research priorities that the Administration anticipates working on (without regard to whether a rulemaking is planned or any research has been finalized) during the 36-month period beginning on the date on which the priority plan is submitted and published under subsection (c), including information on the following: (A) The objectives of such research priorities, including an identification of any rulemaking to be supported by a research priority. (B) Any information, data, or evidence gathered in the NCAP with respect to such research priorities. (C) The timing of expected milestones with respect to such research priorities. (3) Except with respect to the initial priority plan submitted and published under subsection (c), a comparison of the contents of the priority plan to the contents of the previous version of the priority plan submitted and published under subsection (c). (4) A list of each motor vehicle safety rulemaking required by an Act of Congress but not included in the priority plan and a timeline of when the Administration intends to complete each such rulemaking. (c) Submission; publication Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall— (1) submit the priority plan to the relevant congressional committees; and (2) publish the priority plan on the website of the Administration. (d) Failure to comply If the Administrator fails to submit or publish the priority plan under subsection (c) by a date required under such subsection, the Administrator, not later than 30 days after such date, shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a written report that describes the reasons for such failure and provides an updated timeline and plan for submitting or publishing the priority plan.