LegHist.PL89-563.Volume.ONE.Sec.Ten.and

The DurDo8c ol H.R. 13228 ls to reducc
ttzfrc mcldents snd the armmpuSrllg:
deatbs utl lnjuries- In order to echleve
thls end, the lesislsflon: First. provldea
for tJle establbhbent ol lHeral slebr
stendtrda for motor vehicles and vehtcle
equlprnent; s€cond, sslety rcsearrh g,nd
deyelopment prograEs are lnstltuted:
snal thlnl, afl etp&nslon of the nBtlonf,l
drlver reglster ls Nuthorlz€d.
Thr secretary ts requlftd to est8bllgh
strhdErds for ftotor vehlcle8 and thctf
equlpment. They are to t€ pr8ctlcBble,
tiHng lnto Eccount f,{onofirlc futor$ tnd
technoloslcal Bbliity to schleve tJte deslEd
re5dt. Standards msy be uended
or Evoked es nece3sary by the Secretary,
In dctcmlnlru rtandardE the s€cFGtrty
tr ftqutftd to: Flrst, conslder rclcv8nt
srlcty dats; Eecond. conEult wtth
tbc VchlclG Equlpment glfety CoEEls-
816 and Euch Stste of ,.nt€r8trtG f,aer
d4. t he deeml_ 4ece6sanr;, th|fd,
condder whether s Drrpo$ed Etrndard
l$ Effionable, pmctlcable, sd "pptoprlat€;
Bnd, fourth, corBlder the extent
to whtch the propGed stmdErd wlll furtfier
the purposes of the sct. To secure
lDfomation upon whlch to bffie hls
orders the S€cretary ls efirpowered to
conduct re*arch, test|ns, a.nd to m8kc
grant$ to State$ and nonproflt in$titutlohs
qualiffed to conduct such work.
The blll requlres the Secretsry to lssue
lnlttal Federal satety studartk by January
3f, 1967. New snd revl5ed-if necessary-standuds
are requlred by
January 31, f968.
Any safety regulatlon ls$ued by the
Secretery is subject to judiciBl revtee,l
under the bill- An adversely allected
per$on may reque8t a court of appgalo,
wlthln 60 deys ot lta lssudnc+, to revlew
the order of the Strl.ettrry, who must
file with the court a record of the proceedlngs
on which he based his orders.
The couft may require edditional evldence
lt materlal. The tlndinss f,nd
order of the Secretary will be sustelned
when supported by substEnttal evldence
on the basis of the entire record; he mfly
elso be required to modify hls findirrgs
and order-
The bill prohlblto the manufacture.
Itrrportetion, or sale ol vehicleE whlch
feil to meet Is$ued stand8rd,6. T'hesd
provlstons do not trpply to ressle ol used
carE. Ttre blll dms proyide some control
over used car resales. The Secretary
is Euthorized to make a study of safety
stmdud$ for 6uch verucle8, a^s well E!
lNp€ctlon requlrerdents ln each Etat€,
end to feport hlB flndlncs to Conaresr
withln I year of enactment. Wit.hjD
the next yeBr. sfety standards are to lre
l5sued mverhg used Ers.
penElties Ere provided for vlolauoE!.
up to $1,000 for each vlolauon; ee#h
vehlcle lnvolved ls I sepdfBte vlol8ilon,
The maxidum clvll penalty for a serles
of vtolEtions i$ $400,000. IflJunctlve rettef
ls also available to the Seretary to stop
a Eerles ol violatlon-$. The Secret&ry ls
requlred to glve notlce to anyohe Egalrot
whom ad thjuction is contempl;bed and
ls requlred to give such persoD En opportunlty
for complience. In cs.srs ot
Iilouse Debate
crtminal cont€rnpt lor vlolailorri ol an |l!l-
Junctlve older, trlal by Jury ,.9 avsflsble.
ManuJMturirg ere requlred to k#D
record8, wlrlch the Serretf,ry os.n u$e to
detdmine whettrer such me.Eutedtuterr
ue compl:rln8 rlth stsndsrds. Tr8dc
secreta afe td be prot€cterr. Iloilce must
be glven by a EErrujlacturer ot any defect
relBtlng to sslety; nottce to be gjyen
by certlfled mEil to f,rst retsil purrhaftr
Md defller. A coFy ol such bduce EuS
be foroarded to the gecretsry; ttrG
mEE'ufactu.ter Erust prohptly corrmt tfrc
defect,
The blll establlshei B N8tl,onal Ttltfic
.g8fety Acency, heEdcd by En AdrlllhlstBtor,
6ppqlnted by ttrc prealdent, pcr*
forlutng such dutles u are delegetrrt hln
by the Sccretary, the Bdr[tnlEterln8
th|! ert. The Secrctsry rd.ust reFort
tlre CohgreJ$ by MarCh I ol €eeh y€df.
of
to
Ttre salcty ls dealt wlth ln ittl€ II of
tlrc bUl.
eEdh tlre
A slety lebel ls regulrlrl ftr
glvlng p€rtlnent, ,nformatlotr.
Ahnded^$ aro to lte e6tabtlEhed. under
the auttrorlty gftnted tlre s€cretsry ln
tltlc I. Tbb tltle
"orl.Elr,Bl
equlpment
will requlre that
tires, or deluc
tura," et c4t€ru, mean the sme tlrlnt
lor each menulacturer so thBt the customer
cBn more readlly detetmine
parEtive values.
cortl-
Authorlt*tlons for th€ blll are: Tlut
I4xcept tlre safety---tll nrjlllon for llsul
1967, $17 million for 1968, end S23
milllon for 1969. TtIe sefety authorllatlonB
ere $2,0 milllcn fDr fi$cfll 1967
Bnd $1,{50,000 for each of 1968 rnd 1969-
A NBtlonal Motor Vehtcle Safety Adr'lsory
Councll ls establtshed, con$t$tlng
of flve members from the gener*l public.
flve members from the lndustry, and
three members of State End locBl government
to f,clr.lse and consult wlth thc
Srcretery of Commerce on the msndatory
stRndErds tequlred by the btll.
Eight membero have slgned additionEl
vlews opposlng the present structure of
the Advlsory councll. They polnt out
thet ldst mlnute changes in the btu re-
Satdlng the Council were approved 13 to
l2 to accomrnodtrte the sftretary ol
Commerce by the femoval ot Senate
conflmatlon of AdrrlsotV Council members.
They belleve thet thls removgl
wlll nesate much of the trdependent
thiaklng End Jud8ment on motor vehlcle
salety problems whlch would others'l5€
lre Evellable to the S€cretary.
One member has flled lndi!'lduEl vlew8
Famlnr that thc blll ls no cuft-all: that
accldentg are caused by many lactoru,
cff de$lgn betnE only a small part. Hc
supporl$ the btl] but fears that Fetleral
standards may Bctually tnhlblt the development
oI sfer cBE.
Mr. StEaker, f know ol no objecilon
ttre nrte, and f ur8e that lt be e(lopt€d.
to
Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Spe8ke!, f flelcl
such tlme a.s he may Eqtrlre to the Fentleman
fmm Florldn tMr. BErr[EEl.
Mt. BE{NETT- Mr. Smaker. for a
decnde, I heve s.rnsored leglelatlon to
requlre thf,t cert8ln s8fety stenderdB are
tnet fot all motor vehtclE sold ln lnterstate
dtrunette. DuflnE the 89th Con-
Eresc, f hav6 lntrcdueed t$o bUlB, H-R.
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