Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 86 — Children’s Bicycle Helmet Safety
§ 6001. Establishment of program
Statutory text
In general
The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may, in accordance with section 6002 of this title, make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, and nonprofit organizations for programs that require or encourage individuals under the age of 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets. In making those grants, the Administrator shall allow grantees to use wide discretion in designing programs that effectively promote increased bicycle helmet use.
Federal share
The amount provided by a grant under this section shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the program for which the grant is made. In crediting the recipient State, political subdivision, or nonprofit organization for the non-Federal share of the cost of such a program (other than planning and administration), the aggregate of all expenditures made by such State, political subdivision, or nonprofit organization (exclusive of Federal funds) for the purposes described in section 6002 of this title (other than expenditures for planning and administration) shall be available for such crediting, without regard to whether such expenditures were actually made in connection with such program.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Children’s Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–267 title II § 202 · 108 Stat. 722
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6001
(Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 202, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 726.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 202, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 726.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. (a) In General.— The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may, in accordance with section 203, make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, and nonprofit organizations for programs that require or encourage individuals under the age of 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets. In making those grants, the Administrator shall allow grantees to use wide discretion in designing programs that effectively promote increased bicycle helmet use. (b) Federal Share.— The amount provided by a grant under this section shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the program for which the grant is made. In crediting the recipient State, political subdivision, or nonprofit organization for the non-Federal share of the cost of such a program (other than planning and administration), the aggregate of all expenditures made by such State, political subdivision, or nonprofit organization (exclusive of Federal funds) for the purposes described in section 203 (other than expenditures for planning and administration) shall be available for such crediting, without regard to whether such expenditures were actually made in connection with such program.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 201, , 108 Stat. 726, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Children’s Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1994’.”