H.R. 7772

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7772 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7772

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise the Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standards to establish a maximum allowable brightness 
standard for low beam headlamps on motor vehicles, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 3, 2026

Ms. Perez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise the Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standards to establish a maximum allowable brightness 
standard for low beam headlamps on motor vehicles, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Limiting Intense Glare for Highway 
and Two-lane Safety Act'' or the ``LIGHT Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final rule to revise 
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 108 (49 C.F.R. 571.108; 
relating to lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment) to 
establish a maximum allowable brightness standard for low beam 
headlamps on motor vehicles that is expressed in lumens or another 
appropriate (as determined by the Secretary) photometric measurement.
(b) Secretary Defined.--In this section, the term ``Secretary'' 
means the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator 
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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