Sec. 24217. Improved vehicle safety databases
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Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, after consultation with frequent users of publicly available databases, the Secretary shall improve public accessibility to information relating to the publicly accessible vehicle safety databases of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by revising the publicly accessible vehicle safety databases— to improve organization and functionality, including design features such as drop-down menus; to allow data from applicable publicly accessible vehicle safety databases to be searched, sorted, aggregated, and downloaded in a manner that— is consistent with the public interest; and facilitates easy use by consumers; to provide greater consistency in presentation of vehicle safety issues; to improve searchability regarding specific vehicles and issues, which may include the standardization of commonly used search terms; and to ensure nonconfidential documents and materials relating to information created or obtained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are made publicly available in a manner that is— timely; and searchable in databases by any element that the Secretary determines to be in the public interest.