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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 86 — Children’s Bicycle Helmet Safety

§ 6002. Purposes for grants

Statutory text

A grant made under section 6001 of this title may be used by a grantee to—

(1)

enforce a law that requires individuals under the age of 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets on their heads while riding on bicycles;

(2)

provide assistance, to individuals under the age of 16 who may not be able to afford approved bicycle helmets, to enable such individuals to acquire such helmets;

(3)

develop and administer a program to educate individuals under the age of 16 and their families on the importance of wearing such helmets in order to improve bicycle safety; or

(4)

carry out any combination of the activities described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).

The Administrator shall review grant applications for compliance with this section prior to awarding grants.

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.

  1. Children’s Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–267 title II § 203 · 108 Stat. 722

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6002

    (Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 203, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 727.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 203, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 727.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 203. PURPOSES FOR GRANTS. A grant made under section 202 may be used by a grantee (1) enforce a law that requires individuals under the age of 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets on their heads while riding on bicycles; (2) provide assistance, to individuals under the age of 16 who may not be able to afford approved bicycle helmets, to enable such individuals to acquire such helmets; (3) develop and administer a program to educate individuals under the age of 16 and their families on the importance of wearing such helmets in order to improve bicycle safety; or (4) carry out any combination of the activities described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). The Administrator shall review grant applications for compliance with this section prior to awarding grants.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 203, , 108 Stat. 727.)

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