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On November 1, 2000, Congress enacted the Transportation Recall
Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act, Public
Law 106-414, which contains provisions on improving the performance
of child restraints. Under Section 14(i), "Improving the Safety
of Child Restraints – Booster Seat Education Program,"
the TREAD Act mandates that the "Secretary of Transportation
within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act develop
[a] 5 year strategic plan to reduce deaths and injuries caused by
failure to use the appropriate booster seat
in the 4 to 8 year old age group by 25 percent." The National
Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), as the designated agency of the U.S.
Department
of Transportation, has developed a plan in response to this requirement.
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