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15 USC 1392 "°*^-

PUBLIC LAW 93-492-OCT. 27, 1974

[88 STAT.

(^) EXPIRATION.—Effective October 1, 1977, section 104 of such Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) is repealed. SEC. 108. FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY STANDARD. (a) KATIFICATION or STANDARD.—Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number nOl (49 C F R 571.301-75; Docket No. 73-^20, Notice 2) as published on March 21, 1974 (39 F.R. 10588-10590) shall take effect on the dates prescribed in such standard (as so published). (b) AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF STANDARD.—The Secretary may

amend the standard described in subsection (a) in order to correct technical errors in the standard, and may amend or repeal such standard if he determines such amendment or repeal will not diminish the level of motor vehicle safety. SEC. 109. OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS. The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 is amended by inserting after section 124 the following new section: 15 USC 1410b. «gj,(. 125. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall amend the Federal motor vehicle safety standard numbered 208 (49 C F R 571.208), so as to bring such standard into conformity with the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) of this section. Such amendment shall take effect not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this section. "(b) After the effective date of the amendment prescribed under subsection (a): "(1) No Federal motor vehicle safety standard may— " (A) have the effect of requiring, or " (B) provide that a manufacturer is permitted to comply with such standard by means of, any continuous buzzer designed to indicate that safety belts are not in use, or any safety belt interlock system. "(2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3), no Federal motor vehicle safety standard respecting occupant restraint systems may— " (A) have the effect of requiring, or " (B) provide that a manufacturer is permitted to comply with such standard by means of, an occupant restraint system other than a belt system. "(3)(A) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to a Federal motor vehicle safety standard which provides that a manufacturer is permitted to comply with such standard by equipping motor vehicles manufactured by him with either— " (i) a belt system, or "(ii) any other occupant restraint system specified in such standard. " (B) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to any Federal motor vehicle safety standard M'hich the Secretary elects to promulgate in accordance with the procedure specified in subsection (c), unless it is disapproved by both Houses of Congress by concurrent resolution in accordance with subsection (d). " (C) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to a Federal motor vehicle safety standard if at the time of promulgation of such standard (i) the 60-day period determined under subsection (d) has expired with respect to any previously promulgated standard which the Secretary has elected to promulgate in accordance with subsection (c), and (ii) both Houses of Congress have not by concurrent resolution within such jjeriod disapproved such previously promulgated standard.

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