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Proposed

Bill · 119th Congress · HR 7772

LIGHT Safety Act

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Introduced 2026-03-03Topic: transportation · public safety

Summary

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This bill would require the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, acting through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to issue a final rule within one year of the bill becoming law. The rule would revise Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108, which covers vehicle lamps and reflective devices. The revision would set a maximum allowable brightness for low beam headlamps on motor vehicles. The limit would be measured in lumens or another photometric measure chosen by the Secretary.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-03-04HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.refer
2026-03-03HouseReferred 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.refer
2026-03-03HouseReferred 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.refer
2026-03-03Introduced in Houseintroduce
2026-03-03Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.