Requires the Secretary of Transportation to update federal crash-test dummies and the New Car Assessment Program so that vehicle safety testing uses dummies representing adult women as well as adult men.

Official title: She DRIVES Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 21-JAN-2025

Referred 21-JAN-2025

Approved by committee 05-FEB-2025

Reported 31-JUL-2025

On the calendar 31-JUL-2025

Key points

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue rules adding 50th percentile adult male and 5th percentile adult female THOR frontal impact test devices, with final rules for the female device due within 120 days.
Requires side impact testing devices for adult male and adult female occupants, with a proposed rule due within 2 years and a final rule within 30 months.
Requires updates to the New Car Assessment Program testing procedures to use these devices, and requires a report within 1 year on other testing devices used abroad, with a follow-up report within 5 years after that.

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Transportation and Public Works

Sponsor Deb Fischer (R-NE) Cosponsors · 13

■ 7 D■ 6 R

7 Democrats

6 Republicans