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PUBLIC LAW 92-513-OCT. 20, 1972

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(4) I n any actions brought under paragraph (1) of this subsection and under subsection (a) of this section, subpenas for witnesses who are required to attend a United States district court may run into any other district. CIVIL ACTION

SEC. 108. (a) Any owner of a passenger motor vehicle who sustains damages as a result of a motor vehicle accident because such vehicle did not comply with any applicable Federal bumper standard under this title may bring a civil action against the manufacturer of that vehicle in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or in the United States district court for the judicial district in which that owner resides, to recover the amount of those damages, and in the case of any such successful action to recover that amount, costs and reasonable attorneys' fees shall be awarded to that owner. (b) Any such axjtion shall be brought within three years of the date of the motor vehicle accident.

statute of limitation.

P U B L I C ACCESS TO INFORMATION

SEC. 109. Subject to section 104(b), copies of any communications, documents, reports, or other information sent or received by the Secretary in connection with his duties under this title shall be made available to any member of the public, upon request, at cost. E T F E C TO N STATE L A W S

SEC. 110. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no State or political subdivision thereof shall have any authority to establish or enforce with respect to any passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment offered for sale any bumper standard which is not identical to a Federal bumper standard. (b)(1) Until a Federal bumper standard takes effect with respect to an aspect of performance of a passenger motor vehicle or of an item of passenger motor vehicle equipment, neither this Act nor the National 80 Stat. 7 1 8 Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 1391, et seq.) Is use Issi. shall affect the authority of a State to continue to enforce any bumper "°testandard which is applicable to the same aspect of performance of such vehicle or item of equipment, which is not in conflict with any Federal standard promulgated under title 1 of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, and which was in effect or had been promulgated on the date of enactment of this Act. Government(2) The Federal Government or the government of any State or ^^^^^^ ^^,h i c l e s. owned v e political subdivision thereof may establish a bumper standard appli- st^andar/s cable to vehicles or equipment procured for its own use which is not identical to the Federal standard under section 102 if such requirement imposes an additional or higher standard of performance. AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 111. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $5,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1973; $9,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974; and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. REPORTS

SEC. 112. The Secretary shall report to the Congress and to the President not later than March 31 of each year on the progress in carrying out the purposes of this title. Each such report shall contain a statement of the cost savings that have resulted from the administra-

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