Sec. 8. Highway traffic safety research and report
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The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (referred to in this section as the Secretary ), shall conduct research to identify reliable, evidence-based methods for detecting cannabis-impaired driving. In conducting the research under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate. The Secretary shall evaluate each method for detecting cannabis-impaired driving identified pursuant to the research conducted under subsection
(a)to determine whether the method is likely to contribute to racially disparate impacts in the enforcement of traffic safety laws. In evaluating a method for detecting cannabis-impaired driving under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with— civil rights stakeholders; and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate. The civil rights stakeholders consulted under subparagraph (A)(i) may develop recommendations and best practices designed to prevent racially disparate impacts in the enforcement of traffic safety laws with respect to the use of any method for detecting cannabis-impaired driving. The Secretary shall consider any recommendations or best practices developed under clause
(i)in determining whether to adopt for purposes of any guidance issued, regulation promulgated, or grant administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a method for detecting cannabis-impaired driving identified pursuant to the research conducted under subsection (a). Any recommendations or best practices developed under clause
(i)shall be made publicly available on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register and on the website of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a report describing— the research conducted under subsection (a); and each evaluation conducted under subsection (b), including— a description of the consultation process carried out under paragraph
(2)of that subsection; a description of each recommendation or best practice developed by civil rights stakeholders under subparagraph
(B)of that paragraph; and an explanation of the reasons for adopting or not adopting for purposes of any guidance issued, regulation promulgated, or grant administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration— each method for detecting cannabis-impaired driving identified pursuant to the research conducted under subsection (a); and each recommendation or best practice developed by civil rights stakeholders under subsection (b)(2)(B).