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40 USC CHAPTER 171 - SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES 01/06/03

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TITLE 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS

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CHAPTER 171 - SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

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CHAPTER 171 - SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

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17101. Definitions.

17102. Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor

vehicles by Federal Government.

17103. Commercial standards for passenger safety devices.

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40 USC Sec. 17101 01/06/03

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Sec. 17101. Definitions

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In this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) Federal government. - The term "Federal Government"

includes the government of the District of Columbia.

(2) Motor vehicle. - The term "motor vehicle" means a vehicle,

self-propelled or drawn by mechanical power, designed for use on

the highways principally for the transportation of passengers,

except a vehicle designed or used for military field training,

combat, or tactical purposes.

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(Pub. L. 107-217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)

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17101 40:703. Pub. L. 88-515, Sec. 3, Aug.

30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696.

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In clause (1), the words "the legislative, executive, and

judicial branches of the Government of the United States" are

omitted as unnecessary.

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40 USC Sec. 17102 01/06/03

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TITLE 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS

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CHAPTER 171 - SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

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Sec. 17102. Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor

vehicles by Federal Government

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The Federal Government shall not purchase a motor vehicle for use

by the Government unless that motor vehicle is equipped with

reasonable passenger safety devices that the Administrator of

General Services requires. Those devices shall conform with

standards the Administrator prescribes under section 17103 of this

title.

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(Pub. L. 107-217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)

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17102 40:701. Pub. L. 88-515, Sec. 1, Aug.

30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696.

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The words "manufactured on or after the effective date of this

section" are omitted as executed.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 17103 of this title.

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40 USC Sec. 17103 01/06/03

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TITLE 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS

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Sec. 17103. Commercial standards for passenger safety devices

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The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe and publish

in the Federal Register commercial standards for passenger safety

devices the Administrator requires under section 17102 of this

title. Changes in the standards take effect one year and 90 days

after the publication of the standards in the Federal Register.

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(Pub. L. 107-217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)

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17103 40:701 note. Pub. L. 88-515, Secs. 2, 4,

Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696.

40:702.

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The first sentence of section 4 of the Act of August 30, 1964,

and 40:702 (last sentence) are omitted as executed.

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 17102 of this title.

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