Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/994

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[86 STAT. 952]
PUBLIC LAW 92-000—MMMM. DD, 1972
[86 STAT. 952]

952

PUBLIC LAW 92-513-OCT 20, 1972 INSPECTION

Test vehicles, availability, cost limitation.

Compliance certification.

Exports, nonapplicability.

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STAT.

CERTIFICATION

SEC. 105. (a) Every manufacturer of passenger motor vehicles or of passenger motor vehicle equipment shall establish and maintain such records, make such reports, and provide such items and information (including the supplying of vehicles or equipment for testing) as the Secretary may reasonably require to enable him to determine whether such manufacturer has acted or is acting in compliance with this title and bumper standards prescribed pursuant to this title and shall, upon request of an officer or employee duly designated by the Secretary, permit such officer or employee to inspect vehicles and appropriate books, papers, records, and documents relevant to determining whether such manufacturer has acted or is acting in compliance with this title and bumper standards prescribed pursuant to this title. Such manufacturer shall make available all such items and information in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Secretary may prescribe. Vehicles and equipment for testing shall be made available under this subsection at a negotiated price that does not exceed the manufacturer's cost. (b) For purposes of enforcement of this title, officers or employees duly designated by the Secretary, upon presenting appropriate credentials and a written notice to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, are authorized (1) to enter any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which passenger motor vehicles or passenger motor vehicle equipment is manufactured, or held for introduction into interstate commerce or are held for sale after such introduction; and (2) to inspect such factory, warehouse, or establishment. Each such inspection shall be conducted at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner and shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness. (c)(1) Every manufacturer or distributor of a passenger motor vehicle subject to a Federal bumper standard under this title, or an item of passenger motor vehicle equipment subject to such a standard, shall furnish to the distributor or dealer at the time of delivery of such vehicle or item of equipment hj such manufacturer or distributor a certification that each such vehicle or item of equipment conforms to applicable Federal bumper standards. The Secretary is authorized to issue rules prescribing the manner and form of such certification. (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to any passenger motor vehicle or item of passenger motor vehicle equipment which is intended solely for export (and is so labeled or tagged on the vehicle or equipment itself and on the outside of the container, if any) and which is exported.

PROHIBITED ACTS

SEC. 106. (a) No person shall— (1) manufacture for sale, sell, ojffer for sale, or introduce or deliver for introduction in interstate commerce, or import into the United States, any passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment manufactured on or after the date any applicable Federal bumper standard takes effect under this title unless it is in conformity with such standard;