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49 U.S.C. § 30120 — Remedies for defects and noncompliance
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**(a) Ways To Remedy.—**
(1) Subject to subsections (f) and (g) of this section, when notification of a defect or noncompliance is required under section 30118(b) or (c) of this title, the manufacturer of the defective or noncomplying motor vehicle or replacement equipment shall remedy the defect or noncompliance without charge when the vehicle or equipment is presented for remedy. Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the manufacturer shall remedy the defect or noncompliance in any of the following ways the manufacturer chooses:
(A) if a vehicle—
(i) by repairing the vehicle;
(ii) by replacing the vehicle with an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle; or
(iii) by refunding the purchase price, less a reasonable allowance for depreciation.
(B) if replacement equipment, by repairing the equipment, replacing the equipment with identical or reasonably equivalent equipment, or by refunding the purchase price.
(2) The Secretary of Transportation may prescribe regulations to allow the manufacturer to impose conditions on the replacement of a motor vehicle or refund of its price.
**(b) Tire Remedies.—**
(1) A manufacturer of a tire, including an original equipment tire, shall remedy a defective or noncomplying tire if the owner or purchaser presents the tire for remedy not later than 180 days after the later of—
(A) the day the owner or purchaser receives notification under [section 30119 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30119&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) if the manufacturer decides to replace the tire, the day the owner or purchaser receives notification that a replacement is available.
(2) If the manufacturer decides to replace the tire and the replacement is not avai
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**(a) Ways To Remedy.—**
(1) Subject to subsections (f) and (g) of this section, when notification of a defect or noncompliance is required under section 30118(b) or (c) of this title, the manufacturer of the defective or noncomplying motor vehicle or replacement equipment shall remedy the defect or noncompliance without charge when the vehicle or equipment is presented for remedy. Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the manufacturer shall remedy the defect or noncompliance in any of the following ways the manufacturer chooses:
(A) if a vehicle—
(i) by repairing the vehicle;
(ii) by replacing the vehicle with an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle; or
(iii) by refunding the purchase price, less a reasonable allowance for depreciation.
(B) if replacement equipment, by repairing the equipment, replacing the equipment with identical or reasonably equivalent equipment, or by refunding the purchase price.
(2) The Secretary of Transportation may prescribe regulations to allow the manufacturer to impose conditions on the replacement of a motor vehicle or refund of its price.
**(b) Tire Remedies.—**
(1) A manufacturer of a tire, including an original equipment tire, shall remedy a defective or noncomplying tire if the owner or purchaser presents the tire for remedy not later than 180 days after the later of—
(A) the day the owner or purchaser receives notification under [section 30119 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30119&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) if the manufacturer decides to replace the tire, the day the owner or purchaser receives notification that a replacement is available.
(2) If the manufacturer decides to replace the tire and the replacement is not available during the 180-day period, the owner or purchaser must present the tire for remedy during a subsequent 180-day period that begins only after the owner or purchaser receives notification that a replacement will be available during the subsequent period. If tires are available during the subsequent period, only a tire presented for remedy during that period must be remedied.
**(c) Adequacy of Repairs.—**
(1) If a manufacturer decides to repair a defective or noncomplying motor vehicle or replacement equipment and the repair is not done adequately within a reasonable time, the manufacturer shall—
(A) replace the vehicle or equipment without charge with an identical or reasonably equivalent vehicle or equipment; or
(B) for a vehicle, refund the purchase price, less a reasonable allowance for depreciation.
(2) Failure to repair a motor vehicle or replacement equipment adequately not later than 60 days after its presentation is prima facie evidence of failure to repair within a reasonable time. However, the Secretary may extend, by order, the 60-day period if good cause for an extension is shown and the reason is published in the Federal Register before the period ends. Presentation of a vehicle or equipment for repair before the date specified by a manufacturer in a notice under section 30119(a)(5) or 30121(c)(2) of this title is not a presentation under this subsection.
(3) If the Secretary determines that a manufacturer’s remedy program is not likely to be capable of completion within a reasonable time, the Secretary may require the manufacturer to accelerate the remedy program if the Secretary finds—
(A) that there is a risk of serious injury or death if the remedy program is not accelerated; and
(B) that acceleration of the remedy program can be reasonably achieved by expanding the sources of replacement parts, expanding the number of authorized repair facilities, or both.
The Secretary may prescribe regulations to carry out this paragraph.
**(d) Filing Manufacturer’s Remedy Program.—** A manufacturer shall file with the Secretary a copy of the manufacturer’s program under this section for remedying a defect or noncompliance. The Secretary shall make the program available to the public and publish a notice of availability in the Federal Register. A manufacturer’s remedy program shall include a plan for reimbursing an owner or purchaser who incurred the cost of the remedy within a reasonable time in advance of the manufacturer’s notification under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118. The Secretary may prescribe regulations establishing what constitutes a reasonable time for purposes of the preceding sentence and other reasonable conditions for the reimbursement plan. In the case of a remedy program involving the replacement of tires, the manufacturer shall include a plan addressing how to prevent, to the extent reasonably within the control of the manufacturer, replaced tires from being resold for installation on a motor vehicle, and how to limit, to the extent reasonably within the control of the manufacturer, the disposal of replaced tires in landfills, particularly through shredding, crumbling, recycling, recovery, and other alternative beneficial non-vehicular uses. The manufacturer shall include information about the implementation of such plan with each quarterly report to the Secretary regarding the progress of any notification or remedy campaigns.
**(e) Hearings About Meeting Remedy Requirements.—** On the motion of the Secretary or on application by any interested person, the Secretary may conduct a hearing to decide whether the manufacturer has reasonably met the remedy requirements under this section. Any interested person may make written and oral presentations of information, views, and arguments on whether the manufacturer has reasonably met the remedy requirements. If the Secretary decides a manufacturer has not reasonably met the remedy requirements, the Secretary shall order the manufacturer to take specified action to meet those requirements and may take any other action authorized under this chapter.
**(f) Fair Reimbursement to Dealers.—**
(1) **In general.—** — A manufacturer 11 See 2015 Amendment note below. shall pay fair reimbursement to a dealer providing a remedy without charge under this section if—
(A) at the time of providing service for each of the manufacturer’s motor vehicles it services, the dealer notifies the owner or the individual requesting the service of any open recall; and
(B) the notification requirement under subparagraph (A) is specified in a franchise, operating, or other agreement between the dealer and the manufacturer.
(2) **Definition of open recall.—** — In this subsection, the term “open recall” means a recall for which a notification by a manufacturer has been provided under section 30119 and that has not been remedied under this section.
**(g) Nonapplication.—**
(1) The requirement that a remedy be provided without charge does not apply if the motor vehicle or replacement equipment was bought by the first purchaser more than 15 calendar years, or the tire, including an original equipment tire, was bought by the first purchaser more than 5 calendar years, before notice is given under [section 30118(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30118/c&num=0&edition=prelim) or an order is issued under [section 30118(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30118/b&num=0&edition=prelim), whichever is earlier.
(2) This section does not apply during any period in which enforcement of an order under [section 30118(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30118/b&num=0&edition=prelim) is restrained or the order is set aside in a civil action to which [section 30121(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30121/d&num=0&edition=prelim) applies.
**(h) Exemptions.—** On application of a manufacturer, the Secretary shall exempt the manufacturer from this section if the Secretary decides a defect or noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. The Secretary may take action under this subsection only after notice in the Federal Register and an opportunity for any interested person to present information, views, and arguments.
**(i) Limitation on Sale or Lease of New Vehicles or Equipment, or Rental.—**
(1) **In general.—** — If notification is required by an order under [section 30118(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30118/b&num=0&edition=prelim) or is required under [section 30118(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30118/c&num=0&edition=prelim) and the manufacturer has provided to a dealer (including retailers of motor vehicle equipment) notification about a new motor vehicle or new item of replacement equipment in the dealer’s possession at the time of notification or the manufacturer has provided to a rental company notification about a covered rental vehicle in the company’s possession at the time of notification that contains a defect related to motor vehicle safety or does not comply with an applicable motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this chapter, the dealer or rental company may sell, lease, or rent the motor vehicle or item of replacement equipment only if—
(A) the defect or noncompliance is remedied as required by this section before delivery under the sale, lease, or rental agreement; or
(B) when the notification is required by an order under [section 30118(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30118/b&num=0&edition=prelim), enforcement of the order is restrained or the order is set aside in a civil action to which [section 30121(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30121/d&num=0&edition=prelim) applies.
(2) **Rule of construction.—** — Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prohibit a dealer or rental company from offering the vehicle or equipment for sale, lease, or rent.
(3) **Specific rules for rental companies.—**
(A) *In general.—* — Except as otherwise provided under this paragraph, a rental company shall comply with the limitations on sale, lease, or rental set forth in subparagraph (C) and paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 24 hours after the earliest receipt of the notice to owner under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 (including the vehicle identification number for the covered vehicle) by the rental company, whether by electronic means or first class mail.
(B) *Special rule for large vehicle fleets.—* — Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if a rental company receives a notice to owner covering more than 5,000 motor vehicles in its fleet, the rental company shall comply with the limitations on sale, lease, or rental set forth in subparagraph (C) and paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 48 hours after the earliest receipt of the notice to owner under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 (including the vehicle identification number for the covered vehicle) by the rental company, whether by electronic means or first class mail.
(C) *Special rule for when remedies not immediately available.—* — If a notification required under subsection (b) or (c) of section 30118 indicates that the remedy for the defect or noncompliance is not immediately available and specifies actions to temporarily alter the vehicle that eliminate the safety risk posed by the defect or noncompliance, the rental company, after causing the specified actions to be performed, may rent (but may not sell or lease) the motor vehicle. Once the remedy for the rental vehicle becomes available to the rental company, the rental company may not rent the vehicle until the vehicle has been remedied, as provided in subsection (a).
(D) *Inapplicability to junk automobiles.—* — Notwithstanding paragraph (1), this subsection does not prohibit a rental company from selling a covered rental vehicle if such vehicle—
(i) meets the definition of a junk automobile under section 201 of the Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992 ([49 U.S.C. 30501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30501&num=0&edition=prelim));
(ii) is retitled as a junk automobile pursuant to applicable State law; and
(iii) is reported to the National Motor Vehicle Information System, if required under section 204 of such Act ([49 U.S.C. 30504](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30504&num=0&edition=prelim)).
**(j) Prohibition on Sales of Replacement Equipment.—** No person may sell or lease any motor vehicle equipment (including a tire), for installation on a motor vehicle, that is the subject of a decision under section 30118(b) or a notice required under section 30118(c) in a condition that it may be reasonably used for its original purpose unless—
(1) the defect or noncompliance is remedied as required by this section before delivery under the sale or lease; or
(2) notification of the defect or noncompliance is required under section 30118(b) but enforcement of the order is set aside in a civil action to which section 30121(d) applies.
**(k) Recall Completion Rates.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall publish an annual list of recall completion rates for each recall campaign for which 8 quarterly reports have been submitted under subsection (f) of section 30118 as of the date of publication of the list.
(2) **Requirements.—** — The annual list under paragraph (1) shall include—
(A) for each applicable campaign—
(i) the total number of vehicles subject to recall; and
(ii) the percentage of vehicles that have been remedied; and
(B) for each manufacturer submitting an applicable quarterly report under section 30118(f)—
(i) the total number of recalls issued by the manufacturer during the year covered by the list;
(ii) the estimated number of vehicles of the manufacturer subject to recall during the year covered by the list; and
(iii) the percentage of vehicles that have been remedied.
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In this chapter—
(1) “automobile” has the same meaning given that term in [section 32901(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section32901/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) “certificate of title” means a document issued by a State showing ownership of an automobile.
(3) “insurance carrier” means an individual or entity engaged in the business of underwriting automobile insurance.
(4) “junk automobile” means an automobile that—
(A) is incapable of operating on public streets, roads, and highways; and
(B) has no value except as a source of parts or scrap.
(5) “junk yard” means an individual or entity engaged in the business of acquiring or owning junk automobiles for—
(A) resale in their entirety or as spare parts; or
(B) rebuilding, restoration, or crushing.
(6) “operator” means the individual or entity authorized or designated as the operator of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System under [section 30502(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30502/b&num=0&edition=prelim), or the Attorney General, if there is no authorized or designated individual or entity.
(7) “salvage automobile” means an automobile that is damaged by collision, fire, flood, accident, trespass, or other event, to the extent that its fair salvage value plus the cost of repairing the automobile for legal operation on public streets, roads, and highways would be more than the fair market value of the automobile immediately before the event that caused the damage.
(8) “salvage yard” means an individual or entity engaged in the business of acquiring or owning salvage automobiles for—
(A) resale in their entirety or as spare parts; or
(B) rebuilding, restoration, or cru
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**(a) Junk Yard and Salvage Yard Operators.—**
(1) Beginning at a time established by the Attorney General that is not sooner than the 3d month before the establishment or designation of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System under [section 30502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30502&num=0&edition=prelim), an individual or entity engaged in the business of operating a junk yard or salvage yard shall file a monthly report with the operator of the System. The report shall contain an inventory of all junk automobiles or salvage automobiles obtained by the junk yard or salvage yard during the prior month. The inventory shall contain—
(A) the vehicle identification number of each automobile obtained;
(B) the date on which the automobile was obtained;
(C) the name of the individual or entity from whom the automobile was obtained; and
(D) a statement of whether the automobile was crushed or disposed of for sale or other purposes.
(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply to an individual or entity—
(A) required by State law to report the acquisition of junk automobiles or salvage automobiles to State or local authorities if those authorities make that information available to the operator; or
(B) issued a verification under [section 33110 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section33110&num=0&edition=prelim) stating that the automobile or parts from the automobile are not reported as stolen.
**(b) Insurance Carriers.—** Beginning at a time established by the Attorney General that is not sooner than the 3d month before the establishment or designation of the System, an individual or entity engaged in business as an insurance carr
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**(a) General Definitions.—** In this chapter—
(1) “covered rental vehicle” means a motor vehicle that—
(A) has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less;
(B) is rented without a driver for an initial term of less than 4 months; and
(C) is part of a motor vehicle fleet of 35 or more motor vehicles that are used for rental purposes by a rental company.
(2) “dealer” means a person selling and distributing new motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment primarily to purchasers that in good faith purchase the vehicles or equipment other than for resale.
(3) “defect” includes any defect in performance, construction, a component, or material of a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment.
(4) “distributor” means a person primarily selling and distributing motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment for resale.
(5) “interstate commerce” means commerce between a place in a State and a place in another State or between places in the same State through another State.
(6) “manufacturer” means a person—
(A) manufacturing or assembling motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment; or
(B) importing motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment for resale.
(7) “motor vehicle” means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways, but does not include a vehicle operated only on a rail line.
(8) “motor vehicle equipment” means—
(A) any system, part, or component of a motor vehicle as originally manufactured;
(B) any similar part or component manufactured or sold for replacement or improvement of a system, part, or component, or as an accessory or addition to a motor vehicle; or
(C) any device or an article or apparel, including a motorcycle helmet and excluding medicine or eyeglasses
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**(a) Contents of Notification.—** Notification by a manufacturer required under [section 30118 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30118&num=0&edition=prelim) of a defect or noncompliance shall contain—
(1) a clear description of the defect or noncompliance;
(2) an evaluation of the risk to motor vehicle safety reasonably related to the defect or noncompliance;
(3) the measures to be taken to obtain a remedy of the defect or noncompliance;
(4) a statement that the manufacturer giving notice will remedy the defect or noncompliance without charge under [section 30120 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30120&num=0&edition=prelim);
(5) the earliest date on which the defect or noncompliance will be remedied without charge, and for tires, the period during which the defect or noncompliance will be remedied without charge under [section 30120 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30120&num=0&edition=prelim);
(6) the procedure the recipient of a notice is to follow to inform the Secretary of Transportation when a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer does not remedy the defect or noncompliance without charge under [section 30120 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30120&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(7) other information the Secretary prescribes by regulation.
**(b) Earliest Remedy Date.—** The date specified by a manufacturer in a notification under subsection (a)(5) of this section or [section 30121(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30121/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim) is the earliest date that part
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Apportionment.—** — The term “apportionment” includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws.
(2) **Asset management.—** — The term “asset management” means a strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets, with a focus on both engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information, to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practicable cost.
(3) **Carpool project.—** — The term “carpool project” means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools, and real-time ridesharing projects, such as projects where drivers, using an electronic transfer of funds, recover costs directly associated with the trip provided through the use of location technology to quantify those direct costs, subject to the condition that the cost recovered does not exceed the cost of the trip provided.
(4) **Construction.—** — The term “construction” means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway or any project eligible for assistance under this title, including bon
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**(a) Notification by Secretary.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall notify the manufacturer of a motor vehicle or replacement equipment immediately after making an initial decision (through testing, inspection, investigation, or research carried out under this chapter, examining communications under [section 30166(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30166/f&num=0&edition=prelim), or otherwise) that the vehicle or equipment contains a defect related to motor vehicle safety or does not comply with an applicable motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this chapter. The notification shall include the information on which the decision is based. The Secretary shall publish a notice of each decision under this subsection in the Federal Register. Subject to [section 30167(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30167/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the notification and information are available to any interested person.
**(b) Defect and Noncompliance Proceedings and Orders.—**
(1) The Secretary may make a final decision that a motor vehicle or replacement equipment contains a defect related to motor vehicle safety or does not comply with an applicable motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this chapter only after giving the manufacturer an opportunity to present information, views, and arguments showing that there is no defect or noncompliance or that the defect does not affect motor vehicle safety. Any interested person also shall be given an opportunity to present information, views, and arguments.
(2) If the Secretary decides under paragraph (1) of this subsection that the vehicle or equipment contains the defect or does not comply, the Secretary s
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**(a) Provisional Notification.—**
(1) The Secretary of Transportation may order a manufacturer to issue a provisional notification if a civil action about an order issued under [section 30118(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30118/b&num=0&edition=prelim) has been brought under [section 30163 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30163&num=0&edition=prelim). The provisional notification shall contain—
(A) a statement that the Secretary has decided that a defect related to motor vehicle safety or noncompliance with a motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this chapter exists and that the manufacturer is contesting the decision in a civil action in a United States district court;
(B) a clear description of the Secretary’s stated basis for the decision;
(C) the Secretary’s evaluation of the risk to motor vehicle safety reasonably related to the defect or noncompliance;
(D) measures the Secretary considers necessary to avoid an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety resulting from the defect or noncompliance;
(E) a statement that the manufacturer will remedy the defect or noncompliance without charge under [section 30120 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section30120&num=0&edition=prelim), but that the requirement to remedy without charge is conditioned on the outcome of the civil action; and
(F) other information the Secretary prescribes by regulation or includes in the order requiring the notice.
(2) A notification under this subsection does not relieve a manufacturer of liability for not giving notification required by an order under [section 30118(b) of this title](https://uscod
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 30120
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 112–141, § 31310(a)(3), struck out
first sentence which read ‘‘Notification required under
section 30118 of this title about a tire shall be sent by
first class mail (or, if the manufacturer prefers, by cer-
tified mail) to the most recent purchaser known to the
manufacturer.’’ and inserted ‘‘to the notification re-
quired under paragraphs (1) and (2)’’ after ‘‘addition’’
and ‘‘by the manufacturer’’ after ‘‘given’’ in introduc-
tory provisions.
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 112–141, § 31310(a)(4), substituted
‘‘in the manner prescribed by the Secretary, by regula-
tion’’ for ‘‘by certified mail or quicker means if avail-
able’’.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 112–141, § 31310(b), substituted
‘‘Additional’’ for ‘‘Second’’ in subsec. heading, des-
ignated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par.
heading, and added par. (2).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2012 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–141 effective Oct. 1, 2012,
see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effec-
tive and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note
under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AVAILABILITY OF RECALL
INFORMATION
Pub. L. 114–94, div. B, title XXIV, § 24103(a), Dec. 4,
2015, 129 Stat. 1702, provided that: ‘‘Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 4,
2015], the Secretary shall implement current informa-
tion technology, web design trends, and best practices
that will help ensure that motor vehicle safety recall
information available to the public on the Federal
website is readily accessible and easy to use, includ-
ing—
‘‘(1) by improving the organization, availability,
readability, and functionality of the website;
‘‘(2) by accommodat
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 30501
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts au-
thorized under this section remain available
until expended.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 979;
Pub. L. 103–331, title III, § 343, Sept. 30, 1994, 108
Stat. 2496; Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(25), Oct. 31, 1994,
108 Stat. 4380; Pub. L. 104–59, title III, § 343, Nov.
28, 1995, 109 Stat. 610; Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(59), Oct.
11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3394; Pub. L. 105–18, title II,
§ 8004, June 12, 1997, 111 Stat. 195; Pub. L. 105–130,
§ 6(c), Dec. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 2559.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
PUB. L. 103–272
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
30308 ..........
23:401 (note).
Oct. 25, 1982, Pub. L. 97–364,
§ 211, 96 Stat. 1747; Dec. 18,
1991, Pub. L. 102–240, § 2007,
105 Stat. 2080.
In subsection (a), the text of section 211(a) of the Na-
tional Driver Register Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–364, 96
Stat. 1747) is omitted as executed. The words ‘‘and the
provisions of Public Law 86–660 (74 Stat. 526)’’ and ref-
erences to fiscal years 1983–1987 and 1992 are omitted as
obsolete. The word ‘‘section’’ in the source provision is
translated as if it were ‘‘title’’ to reflect the apparent
intent of Congress.
PUB. L. 103–429
This amends 49:30308(b) to correct an error in the
codification enacted by section 1 of the Act of July 5,
1994 (Public Law 103–272, 108 Stat. 979).
PUB. L. 104–287
This amends 49:30308 to correct a grammatical error.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–130 substituted ‘‘1994,’’
for ‘‘1994, and’’ and inserted ‘‘and $1,855,000 for the pe-
riod of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998,’’ after
‘‘1997,’’.
Pub. L. 105–18 substituted ‘‘, 1996, and 1997’’ for ‘‘and
1996’’.
1996—Subsec. (a). P
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 30504
that State available to the operator to meet
the requirements of section 30502(d) of this
title.
(2) The Attorney General may make reason-
able and necessary grants to participating
States to be used in making titling information
maintained by those States available to the op-
erator.
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Oc-
tober 1, 1998, the Attorney General shall report
to Congress on which States have met the re-
quirements of this section. If a State has not
met the requirements, the Attorney General
shall describe the impediments that have re-
sulted in the State’s failure to meet the require-
ments.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 981;
Pub. L. 104–152, §§ 2(b), (c), 3(a), 6(a), July 2, 1996,
110 Stat. 1384, 1385; Pub. L. 105–102, § 3(b), Nov. 20,
1997, 111 Stat. 2215.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
30503(a) ......
15:2043(a)(1).
Oct. 25, 1992, Pub. L. 102–519,
§ 203, 106 Stat. 3391.
30503(b) ......
15:2043(a)(2).
30503(c) ......
15:2043(b).
30503(d) ......
15:2043(c).
In subsection (a), the words ‘‘for use in operating . . .
established or designated’’ are substituted for ‘‘for use
in establishing . . . established’’ for clarity and for con-
sistency with the source provisions restated in section
30502 of the revised title.
In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words ‘‘The
check’’
are
substituted
for
‘‘Such
instant
title
verification check’’ to eliminate unnecessary words. In
subclauses (A) and (B), the words ‘‘of the automobile’’
are substituted for ‘‘of the vehicle’’ for consistency in
the revised chapter.
In subsection (c)(1)(B), the words ‘‘section 30502(d) of
this title’’ are substituted for ‘‘s
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