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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Chapter 171 — Safety Standards for Motor Vehicles

§ 17102. Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government

Statutory text

The Federal Government shall not purchase a motor vehicle for use by the Government unless that motor vehicle is equipped with reasonable passenger safety devices that the Administrator of General Services requires. Those devices shall conform with standards the Administrator prescribes under section 17103 of this title.

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. Pub. L. 107–217 · 116 Stat. 1062

    Enacted · 40 U.S.C. § 17102

    (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
1710240:701.Pub. L. 88–515, § 1, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696.

The words “manufactured on or after the effective date of this section” are omitted as executed.

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–217, , 116 Stat. 1279.)

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