Sec. 2. Study on motor vehicle refueling assistance for qualified individuals with disabilities
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation (in this Act referred to as the Secretary ), in consultation with the Attorney General, shall conduct a study on motor vehicle refueling assistance to qualified individuals with disabilities. The study required by subsection
(a)shall address the following: The adequacy of Federal regulations and guidance in effect at the time the study is conducted to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to receive motor vehicle refueling assistance in a safe, timely, convenient, and consistent manner. Data on the practices of gas stations for providing motor vehicle refueling assistance to qualified individuals with disabilities. Measures available to gas stations to improve motor vehicle refueling assistance for qualified individuals with disabilities, including an assessment of the cost and feasibility of implementing such measures, taking into account variations in the equipment and technology used by gas stations at the time of the study. The extent to which the location of gas stations in rural or urban areas affects the measures available to such gas stations to improve motor vehicle refueling assistance for qualified individuals with disabilities. The feasibility of requiring gas stations to install a freestanding device operable with a closed fist and reachable from inside a motor vehicle (referred to in this subsection as a calling device ) to be used by a qualified individual with a disability to alert a station attendant that such individual requires motor vehicle refueling assistance, including an assessment of— the extent to which the installation of a calling device would improve the ability of qualified individuals with disabilities to receive motor vehicle refueling assistance in a safe, timely, convenient, and consistent manner; the measures necessary to ensure that a calling device be designed and installed in accordance with all accessibility guidelines for public accommodations under title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12181 et seq. ); the need for appropriate signage at gas stations— that clearly identifies the purpose of a calling device and the hours during which motor vehicle refueling assistance is available through use of the device; and that is clearly visible to a qualified individual with a disability inside a motor vehicle in the refueling area of a gas station; the cost to a gas station to install and maintain a calling device and the burden of such cost on small and large gas stations; and funding opportunities to offset the cost of installing calling devices, including grant programs and new or existing tax credits. Methods of disseminating information relating to the availability of motor vehicle refueling assistance in consultation with State officials, including the use of Internet-based and smart phone technology to allow individuals to search by location for gas stations with operable calling devices. In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with groups representing individuals with disabilities, groups representing veterans, gas station owners, and other interested parties.
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