40 U.S.C.
United States Code, 1998 Edition
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 14 - SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
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CHAPTER 14—SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

Sec.
701.
Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government unless equipped with passenger safety devices.
702.
Commercial standards for passenger safety devices; publication in Federal Register.
703.
Definitions.

        

§701. Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government unless equipped with passenger safety devices

No motor vehicle manufactured on or after the effective date of this section shall be acquired by purchase by the Federal Government for use by the Federal Government unless such motor vehicle is equipped with such reasonable passenger safety devices as the Administrator of General Services shall require which conform with standards prescribed by him in accordance with section 702 of this title.

(Pub. L. 88–515, §1, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696.)

References in Text

For the effective date of this section, referred to in text, see section 4 of Pub. L. 88–515, set out as an Effective Date note below.

Effective Date

Section 4 of Pub. L. 88–515 provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] shall take effect on the date of its enactment [Aug. 30, 1964] except that the first section of this Act [enacting this section] shall take effect one year and ninety days after the date of publication of commercial standards first established under section 2 of this Act [enacting section 702 of this title]. If such standards as so first established are thereafter changed, such standards, as so changed, shall take effect one year and ninety days after the date of publication of such changed standards.”

Short Title

Pub. L. 88–515, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696, which is classified generally to this chapter, is popularly known as the “Roberts Act”.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 702 of this title.

§702. Commercial standards for passenger safety devices; publication in Federal Register

The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register commercial standards for such passenger safety devices as he may require under authority of section 701 of this title. The standards first established under this section shall be prescribed and published not later than one year from August 30, 1964.

(Pub. L. 88–515, §2, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696.)

Change of Commercial Standards

Change of standards first established under this section effective one year and ninety days after the date of publication of such changed standards, see section 4 of Pub. L. 88–515, set out as an Effective Date note under section 701 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 701 of this title.

§703. Definitions

As used in this chapter—

(1) The term “motor vehicle” means any vehicle, self-propelled or drawn by mechanical power, designed for use on the highways principally for the transportation of passengers except any vehicle designed or used for military field training, combat, or tactical purposes.

(2) The term “Federal Government” includes the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government of the United States, and the government of the District of Columbia.

(Pub. L. 88–515, §3, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696.)