Highway Safety Act of 1983

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Highway Safety Act of 1983 - Title I: Automotive Safety Improvement Act of 1983 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to prescribe bumper standards for passenger motor vehicles manufactured or imported after September 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to reopen rulemaking proceedings to implement the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on side impact protection. Requires the issuance of final regulations on such standard by July 1, 1984. Requires the Secretary to make grants to States which have in effect a law requiring the use of child safety seats which meet the requirements of a specified safety standard. Authorizes appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1984 through 1985. Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicles Safety Act of 1966 to require manufacturers of passenger automobiles to install airbags in such automobiles manufactured on or after September 1, 1985. Directs the Secretary to amend a specified safety standard to require automobile manufacturers to install antilacerative windshields in all passenger automobiles manufactured on or after September 1, 1984. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress by September…