Volume 76 · 437
Public Law 87–637
To provide that hydraulic brake fluid sold or shipped in commerce for use in motor vehicles shall meet certain specifications prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce.
Approved September 5, 1962
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide that hydraulic brake fluid sold or shipped in commerce for use in motor vehicles shall meet certain specifications prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That not later than
Hydraulic brake fluid.
Standards.
Public in F. R.
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register specifications for hydraulic brake fluids for use in motor vehicles. The standards so published shall provide the public with safe and efficient hydraulic fluids for motor vehicle hydraulic braking systems in order to promote highway safety.
Sec. 2.
The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for sale, in commerce, or the importation into the United States, or the introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or causing to be transported in, commerce, or for the purpose of sale, or delivery after sale, in commerce, of any such hydraulic brake fluid which does not meet the specifications prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce as set forth in the first section of this Act shall be unlawful.
Whoever knowingly and willfully violates this section shall
Penalties.
be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
Sec. 3.
As used in this Act—
The term “commerce” means (A) commerce between any place
Definitions.
in a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a possession of the United States and any place outside thereof, and (B) commerce wholly within the District of Columbia or any such possession; and
The term “motor vehicle” means any vehicle or machine propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used on the highways.
Sec. 4.
This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment except
Effective date.
that section 2 shall take effect on such date as the Secretary of Commerce shall determine but such date shall be not more than ninety days after the date of publication of specifications first established under the first section or this Act. If such specifications first established are thereafter changed, such standards as so changed shall take effect on such date as the Secretary of Commerce shall determine, but such date shall be not more than ninety days after the date of their publication in accordance with the provisions of the first section of this Act.
Approved September 5, 1962.