49 USC 32302: Passenger motor vehicle information

49 USC 32302: Passenger motor vehicle information Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995

From Title 49-TRANSPORTATIONSUBTITLE VI-MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMSPART C-INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTSCHAPTER 323-CONSUMER INFORMATION

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§32302. Passenger motor vehicle information

(a) Information Program.-The Secretary of Transportation shall maintain a program for developing the following information on passenger motor vehicles:

(1) damage susceptibility.

(2) crashworthiness.

(3) the degree of difficulty of diagnosis and repair of damage to, or failure of, mechanical and electrical systems.

(4) vehicle operating costs dependent on the characteristics referred to in clauses (1)–(3) of this subsection, including insurance information obtained under section 32303 of this title.

(b) Motor Vehicle Information.-To assist a consumer in buying a passenger motor vehicle, the Secretary shall provide to the public information developed under subsection (a) of this section. The information shall be in a simple and understandable form that allows comparison of the characteristics referred to in subsection (a)(1)–(3) of this section among the makes and models of passenger motor vehicles. The Secretary may require passenger motor vehicle dealers to distribute the information to prospective buyers.

(c) Insurance Cost Information.-The Secretary shall prescribe regulations that require passenger motor vehicle dealers to distribute to prospective buyers information the Secretary develops and provides to the dealers that compares insurance costs for different makes and models of passenger motor vehicles based on damage susceptibility and crashworthiness.

( Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1035 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
32302(a)	15:1941(c) (19th–60th words).	Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, §201(c), (e), 86 Stat. 956 .
	15:1941(d) (1st–13th words).	Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, §201(d), 86 Stat. 956 ; July 14, 1976, Pub. L. 94–364, §201, 90 Stat. 981 .
32302(b)	15:1941(c) (1st–18th and 61st–last words), (d) (14th–last words).
32302(c)	15:1941(e).

In subsection (a), the words before clause (1) are substituted for "The Secretary shall compile the information described in subsection (c) of this section" and "existing information and information to be developed relating to" for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.

In subsection (b), the words "After the study has been completed" are omitted as executed. The words "To assist a consumer in buying a passenger motor vehicle" are substituted for "so as to be of benefit in their passenger motor vehicle purchasing decisions", and the words "the Secretary shall provide to the public" are substituted for "the Secretary is authorized and directed to devise specific ways in which . . . can be communicated to consumers" and "furnish it to the public", to eliminate unnecessary words. The word "existing" is omitted as obsolete.

In subsection (c), the words "not later than February 1, 1975" are omitted as executed. The words "prescribe regulations" are substituted for "by rule establish" for consistency in the revised title and because "rule" is synonymous with "regulation".