[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2663]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--United States Automotive Manufacturers Occupant 
Safety Research Partnership

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 30, 1996, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993,
U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), General Motors Corporation filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the 
Federal Trade Commission disclosing an expansion of the scope of the 
United States Automotive Manufacturers Occupant Safety Research 
Partnership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending 
the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, in addition 
to the nature and objectives originally published, the parties will 
combine their efforts to accelerate research on so-called ``smart'' air 
bags. To accomplish this objective, the parties, working in conjunction 
with government entities, universities and suppliers, will collect and 
examine field data that shows how occupants behave in air bag-equipped 
vehicles, work on understanding the nature and frequency of ``out-of-
position'' occupant injuries from air bags, work with government 
agencies on new regulatory standards for vulnerable occupants and 
research the various complex technology ideas for ``smart'' air bags. 
The parties may also perform other acts allowed by the National 
Cooperative Research and Production Act that would advance these goals.
    No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned 
activity of the joint venture. Membership in the venture remains open, 
and General Motors intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in membership.
    On July 7, 1992, General Motors filed its original notification 
pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice 
published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of 
the Act on August 11, 1992 (57 FR 35845). On August 21, General Motors 
filed its last notification, changing the name but not the scope of the 
joint venture. A notice of that name change was published on October 6, 
1992 (57 FR 46047).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2663 Filed 2-3-97; 8:45 am]
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