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 PUBLIC LAW 98-363—JULY 17, 1984

98 STAT. 435

Public Law 98-363 98th Congress An Act To amend the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to require States to use at least 8 per centum of their highway safety apportionments for developing and implementing comprehensive programs concerning the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 203(a)(1) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 203. (a)(1) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for carrying out section 402 of title 23, United States Code (relating to highway safety programs), by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), $126,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, and $132,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986.". (b) Section 203(a) of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(4)(A) Each State shall expend each fiscal year not less than 8 per centum of the amount apportioned to it for such fiscal year of the sums authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection, for developing and implementing comprehensive programs approved by the Secretary of Transportation concerning the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles. Upon request of the Governor of any State, the Secretary may reduce the amount required to be expended by the State for any fiscal year under the preceding sentence if the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the percentage of children under the age of four traveling in motor vehicles in the State who are properly restrained by a child restraint system is greater than 75 per centum. "(B) No project for developing and implementing a comprehensive program concerning the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles may be approved by the Secretary of Transportation in the fiscal years ending September 30, 1985, and September 30, 1986, unless the State applying for approval of such project enters into such agreements with the Secretary as the Secretary may require to ensure that such State will maintain its aggregate expenditures from all non-Federal sources for such programs at or above the average level of such expenditures in its two fiscal years preceding the date of enactment of this paragraph. "(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph shall not apply to sums authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1987.". SEC. 2. Section 203(b) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 is amended to read as follows: "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total of all obligations for highway safety programs carried out by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under section 402 of title 23, United States Code, shall not exceed $126,500,000 for the fiscal year

July 17, 1984 [H.R. 4616]

96 Stat. 2138. Appropriation authorization.

State and local governments.

96 Stat. 2138.

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