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PUBLIC LAW 93-492-OCT. 27, 1974
[88 STAT.
Public Law 93-492 AN ACT
October 27, 1974 To aui^nd the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to authorize [S. 355]
appropriations for the fiscal years 1975 and 1976; to provide for the remedy of certain defective motor vehicles without charge to the owners thereof; to require that schoolbus safety standards be prescribed; to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to provide for a special demonstration project; and for other purposes.
Motor Vehicle and Schoolbus Safety Amendments of 1974. IS u s e 1409 note.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress ossembled^ That this Act may be cited as the "Motor Vehicle and Schoolbus Safety Amendments of 1974".
TITLE I—MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 121 of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 1409) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 121. There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act, not to exceed $55,000,000 for the jRscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976." SEC. 102. NOTIFICATION AND REMEDY. (a) 15 USC 1402.
REQUIREMENT
OF NOTIFICATION
AND REMEDY.—Title I of
the
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 1391, et seq.) is amended by striking out section 113 and by adding at the end of such title the following new part: "PART B—DISCOVERT, NOTIFICATION, AND REMEDY or MOTOR VEHICLE DEFECTS "NOTIFICATION RESPECTING MANUFACTURER'S FINDING OF DEFECT OR FAILURE TO COMPLY
15 USC 1411.
"SEC. 151. If a manufacturer— "(1) obtains knowledge that any motor vehicle or item of replacement equipment manufactured by him contains a defect and determines in good faith that such defect relates to motor vehicle safety; or "(2) determines in good faith that such vehicle or item of replacement equipment does not comply with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard prescribed pursuant to section 103of this Act; he shall furnish notification to the Secretary and to owners, purchasers, and dealers, in accordance with section 153, and he shall remedy the defect or failure to comply in accordance with section 154. " NOTIFICATION R E S P E C T I N G SECRETARY ' S F I N D I N G OF D E F E C T OR FAILURE
TO COMPLY
15 USC 1412.
"SEC. 152. (a) If through testing, inspection, investigation, or research carried out pursuant to this Act, or examination of communications under section 158(a)(1), or otherwise, the Secretary determines that any motor vehicle or item of replacement equipment— "(1) does not comply with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard prescribed pursuant to section 103 of this Act; or
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