94 STAT. 1824
PUBLIC LAW 96-425—OCT. 10, 1980
United States passenger automobiles of the same model type which have less than 75 percent of their value added in the United States or Canada, together with the reasons for such action. "(2) The Secretary shall include the results of such examination in each annual report that is made to the Congress under subsection (a) more than 180 days after an exemption has been granted under section 503(b)(3) of this subsection, or transmit the results of such examination directly to the Congress before such a report in any case in which circumstances so warrant.". Manufacturer's
(b) TRANSITION PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN N E W DOMESTIC P R O D U C -
production plan, TION.—Section 503(b) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2003(b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(4)(A) If a plan has been submitted by a manufacturer and approved by the Secretary under subparagraph (B), the EPA Administrator shall for each of the four model years covered by such plan include under paragraph (1)(A) (and exclude under paragraph (1)(B)) with respect to that manufacturer not more than 150,000 passenger automobiles which are manufactured by that manufacturer but which do not qualify as domestically manufactured if— "(i) the model type or types involved have not previously been domestically manufactured; "(ii) at least 50 percent of the cost to the manufacturer of each such automobile is attributable to value added in the United States or Canada; "(iii) in the case of any such automobile the assembly of which is completed in Canada, that automobile is imported into the United States not later than 30 days following the end of the model year involved; and "(iv) such automobile model type or types are domestically manufactured before the close of the fourth model year covered by such plan. "(B)(i) A manufacturer may submit to the Secretary for approval a plan, including supporting material, which shall set forth the actions, and the dates by which such actions are to be taken, which will assure that the automobile model type or types referred to in subparagraph (A) will be domestically manufactured before the end of the fourth model year covered by such plan. "(ii) The Secretary shall promptly consider and act upon any plan submitted under this subparagraph. The Secretary shall approve any such plan unless— "(I) the Secretary finds that the plan is inadequate to meet the requirements of this paragraph, or "(II) the manufacturer has previously submitted a plan which has been approved by the Secretary under this paragraph. "(C) This paragraph shall only apply with respect to model years beginning after model year 1980.. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 501(8) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2001(8)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Such term also includes any predecessor or successor of such a manufacturer to the extent provided under rules which the SGcrGtsrv slid.ll DrGscrib© (2) Section 503(b)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2003(b)(1)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting "and passenger automobiles which are included within this category pursuant to paragraph (3)" after "manufactured by such manufacturer"; and
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