' In fty homc 8trte, for uample, rn ellertlve annual vehlcle lr$pectlon lew hlr been on the books lor many year6. Ou.r hkhweys ere reportrclly the brst ot any Etat€, End our departeent ol publlc Bslety has lons bceu rrcofinlrdd es D€rhsps the Eost efiectlve ln the Nrtlon. I lrral8t thet the ejtsbu$hment of the Natlonal Elghway Safety conrmlttte <strong>and</strong> the Motor Vehlcle Sstety Advl6ory Codhtttee wiu me&n a contlnuBtlon ol the progresslve Stat4 saarE ,n the neld ol hlghway mfety. It Beems to Ee th8t lt wou.ld be loElul 8nd Droper to call on ttle stat4 experts, Such es Col. Homer Garrison, dlrector of the Texm Depgrtment o{ Publlc Ssfety, to help formulatc hlghway selety plans. Not to t8ke proper aclvantage ol the kno$ledse rnd exprrlehce of such men rs Colonel Garrl.$on
lW !q=pgqg& trfr. clratnnan, r ests unsnfibout @n8ant to extend tny retnErks et thls polnt ln the REcoRD d,nd lnclude extraneou.s rnatter, The CHAIRMAN. rs there objecilon to the teque$t of the gentlernan from MichigEn? There was no objecflon. . Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Chalrman, r 5upport thls btll. It ls nn excellent one. It would providc adequate protectlon to the Americah pubuc, <strong>and</strong> yet lt would not do undue vlolence to an lndustry whlch le Bo llhportant to the dlstrlct thBt I hBve thb honor to represent. Mr. Chalrman, I want to a(l(l I bflef backgroutrd explanetlon Ebout sectlon 116 of the blll whlch I propo$ed d,nd whlch, as the report stat€s, the comftlttee adopted out of an abundance of cautlon to make sure that tf"l arltltrust lEws wlll not be afiected by thls act. fn our heErlnEs the automoblle menuf8cturers requested the lncluslon ln ths bill of a provision expUcltly recomldhE the need for m8nulecturers to cooperate reesonably \r.lthln the frumework of the antltrust laws for llmlted end speclfl.ed purposes ln the areas of ffifety <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ardg. However, the Department of Ju$tlce e.dvlsed ln letter$ deted Aprll 6 <strong>and</strong> June 2, f966, whlch I request bo prlnted at the ehd of these remarks, th8t such a provlslorr wBs uruteces$sry because the entitrust lEws do ndt prohlbtt coopefEtlve efiorts to develop safety devlce6 or to exchenge lnfomatlon concernlng stbnd8rds where such efiorts Seem necessEry <strong>and</strong> constructive &nd arG not accompanied by unduly re$trlctive colleterel agreements-that ls, such ef- Iorts Ere to be judSed under the "rule of reason" hnd do not constltute per se vloletlons of the entitrwt law-<strong>and</strong>, also, beceuse under the Noerr doctrlne the entitrust laws do not pfevent mEnufacturers from consultlng snd cooperBtlng for the purposeE of presenilng lndustry posltlons on stenclsrds to governrnen- 734 hdbllr lDdurEy, TDe uctrdErEtr ln elfect coEtltutr B Err d.rrtt btll, I[ th6 couEd oi theso @mDtr ft Eh8ll Eats vsloua cffipafl8ou betvecq thts dfsft B[d A. 3006 lr th6 lorh orlglnBlly propfred bt ydu. (Iys ut cometilnB tD B Eeparata lett* otr proposrd blll g. 3005-) For pur. IEse! ol fe*dy so sb.Bll lofer ldeatticatloh, to ths latter tD thc lolloFlnE sB the ,.AdEtnlttrf,ttoD blu,, aEd t6 the mendE;Dtr by thc lnduEtry s ths "tDdutry propGcd propocal," A. 6UilM8T O' TE INDU5BT PROFOSL Undef thc lndustry prolrcssl the S.cretafy would be requlred b estebllEh re8illailoaa, lE Adcordanco Wlth Fectlon { ol the Admtnlstretlve Froceduro Act, nqklb8 efiectlvs s E federsl hotot vehlclG s&lety rtEndgtd: ( I ) my motdr veblcle sf,lety at<strong>and</strong>sd thst h* been trdoptod by the vehlcle Equtpm6nt Salcty Comnrlsslon ( VESC) , <strong>and</strong> (2) any other motor yeblcl8 selety Bt6nderd, plovlded (l) hc flBt allows such lf,ltlEl lltrle (not exccedlng two years llom thc dct6 ol enactEent ol the Act) flB he constdcft reasoruble lor motot vehlcle manulactEor! to propce <strong>and</strong> lor th6 \tE.gC to edopt s p8rtlculqr motor yeblclo stety Etf,aded, (lt) alter determlDlnB wlth respect to I partlcular BubJtrt elthf that no staDdard rrlatr fi thgt extsttDs BtsDdfrda dr compltsncr therowlth ta tusdequts, h6 then proFEsg *n approprl&tG Btendard to thc VESC, atrd (tlt) tbe TfF.SC fatlr td act upon thr requc8t wlthtn 180 dByr or Buch longer tlme E tha <strong>Sec</strong>retey 6F+cldm tr rct4 by lsutnB E Btald. afd whtch th! Sccretary deterElnea l,r tDAdequatg td prot€ct th6 trubllc sgElmt uE6ssEablB rl8ts ot accldenh m dsth or lDJuy to persns rerultlu8 therelroE- Tte 8eletary would he requlrcd to lollow a Embef dl crlterle oDumfBted la trctlon 10?(h) aDd to lncludr lE SEy order eEt8bllshlng sslety EtEndilds flDdlDBs of fAct atrd concluBlona on all televant Eatters, pfsu- Bbly lncludlng compllsco Flth tho vstoul crlt.rlB Bet forth. A sbhd*d sould btrome efiectlyo ho EmnE than 180 dfyd bor lstcr than two yeffi slt€r thc data oE Fhich tt waa lsEuod, ctccpt th&t lor good csu6e Ehod the <strong>Sec</strong>r6tary mlght Bptrtly & l*td dat4. ThB ButoEoblle llleuircturEr! would bo *uthdlzrd lndlvldu8Uy or collectlvrly to Iomulate md prolrcoe Flety staDdards ttr tal ag6ns1g5. TTre extent of Fermlslble cooperstlve activitles under tlre antitnlst laws as thug lnterpreted by the Depsrtment glves $ufflclent latitude for lndustry coopersflon tn play a slgnlflcent role ln $afety development. Accordingly, <strong>and</strong> slnce manufacturers are eDtitled to rely on thla tnt€rpretation by the Depertment es to whst cooperatlve Edtlvitle8 816 pefinlsslble, there ls no need for llrcludlng ln r thls blll a provlslon spelllnE out whBt cooperative actlvltle8 lndustry may engage ln ln the safety snd stBnderds fleld under the entltrust lews. I therefore offered, <strong>and</strong> the committee adopted, sectlon 116, whlch 16 the Eame s.g sectlon l13 of the blu pE68ed by the Scnete, to m8ke 6re thEt nothlng ln thl8 btU cha.nges the Bntltfust lf,w8 <strong>and</strong> th8t m8nufacturera cffi rely on the Department'g advlcB [.g to the mBanlng ol those lBsls. DrAlftm Or JUsrrE. t'"tt' EdnorabL wARRr cl. *orJffi1 Uflltsd gi4ter con6ldlerf,tlon by the VES'C frd the <strong>Sec</strong>retey, Ttrey would *l8o be authorlzed "lndlvl{lusUy or cdlectlvely" to cohply volrlnterlly wlth such a proposed stsndard untll le8ally btf,dlng Fder4l or StEtG st&ndardr coverlng th6 she Errblrct matter have beceme efirctlve. Jolnt cmptratlon L[ d*tgnlng, testlDg, eEd prducln8 mobr Yehlclc or hotor vehlclO equipment lor the puFdEe ol complytng wlth tha at<strong>and</strong>ilds prop*ed by ihefi would al8o bo authortzed. Ilowever, the Act would provldg thet nothhB theleln contalned should bG deehrd to elempt lrou the antttrust l*r8 of the Untttd StEtes aDy conduct th*t vould othersls bc unlaqrul under Euch l&Ea. Wheres the AdErlElrtrBtlol bUl would Ello authfilEe the <strong>Sec</strong>retsry to lormulatd 6taDderd8 to prot€ct thr publlc sgainst q&ldent{ or death. lnjufy, df Fropert! damge teslltlng therelroE. the tndustry pfopoBel vould provlde that the authorlty ol the S€cretery to cEtsbllsh atEbdsdr l| ll$ltrd td protEct- IDB tb6 publlG EBtlDEt d€sth <strong>and</strong> IErEonaI tnlry. Hlr Buthorlty to lomuleta stsndudi d.atgned to protrct thG publtc aBaIDst property damEgo cfued by lccldents would bs elhhated, Undsr tha Admlnt8traildu blll tt rould bc unlEFlul lor EEy peron b muul#ture ld BEle.8GU, ottr iof 8*le, or lntroducG or dc- sffite. llv.f lor Introductlon lD lntEEtatG coruefce, Wwhlngtm, D,C, 20510 or tmpet ttto tbe Uulted States euy motot Dil^l EtFAsr MAoNusF: At you requfft, vthldlG s tt E ot motor veh,clE equlphetrt tbr Drltrtmebt ol Justtce hereby ofr$s ltr unlss lt lg ltr cdnfomlty wlth at<strong>and</strong>8rda pro- Comnents on the amondmentr tO tho dratt 4rlbed by tbc EncrGt$lr. HoEevsr, uf,dor blll m iuto aslety propffied by ih6 autd- the hdutry btll tt Tould ouly b6 il ofrGnE VoI.I
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