§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.