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PUBLIC LAW 88-201-DEC. 13, 1963

"TITLE III—ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE PROGRAMS "SEC. 301. (a) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States and a further purpose of this Act to encourage countries and areas to establish programs under which their citizens and nationals would volunteer to serve in order to help meet the needs of less developed countries or areas for trained manpower, and to encourage less developed countries or areas to establish programs under which their citizens and nationals would volunteer to serve in order to meet their needs for trained manpower. " (b) Not more than $300,000 may be used to caiTy out the purposes of this title in fiscal year 1964. Activities carried out by the President in furtherance of the purposes of this title shall be limited to the furnishing of knowledge and skills relating to the selection, training, and programing of volunteer manpower. None of the fmids available to carry out the purposes of this Act which are used in furtherance of the purposes of this title may be contributed to any international organization or to any foreign government or agency thereof; nor may such funds be used to pay the costs of developing or operating volunteer programs of such organization, government, or agency, or to pay any other costs of such organization, government, or agency. " (c) Such activities shall not compromise the national character of the Feace Corps." Approved December 13, 1963. Public Law 88-201 AN ACT To provi(le that seat belts sold or shipijed in interstate commerce for use in motor vehicles shall meet certain safety standards.

Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register minimum standards for seat belts for use in motor vehicles other than those of carriers subject to safety regulations under part II of the Interstate Commerce Act. Such standards shall be designed to provide the public with safe seat belts so that passenger injuries in motor vehicle accidents can be kept to a mininmm. Standards first established under this section shall be prescribed and published not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. (a) The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, in interstate commerce, or the importation into the Ignited States, or the introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or causing to be transported in, interstate commerce, or for the purpose of sale, or delivery after sale, in interstate commerce, of any seat belt manufactured on or after the date this section takes effect shall be unlawful unless such seat belt meets the standards prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce as set forth in the first section of this Act. (b) Whoever knowingly and willfully violates this section shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year or both. SEC. 3. As used in this Act— (1) The term "interstate commerce" includes commerce between one State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and another State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

December 13, 1963 [H. R. 134]

Seat belts. Safety standards. Publication i n F. R. 54 Stat. 919. 49 USC 30 1.

Restriction.

Penalty.

Definitions.

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