[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 206 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 206

  To require that passenger vans shall be subject to the same Federal 
  motor vehicle safety standards as are applicable to passenger motor 
vehicles and to require manufacturers of motor vehicles to provide for 
dissemination to the public all vehicle warranty and repair information 
                           provided dealers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

  Mr. Jacobs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that passenger vans shall be subject to the same Federal 
  motor vehicle safety standards as are applicable to passenger motor 
vehicles and to require manufacturers of motor vehicles to provide for 
dissemination to the public all vehicle warranty and repair information 
                           provided dealers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STANDARDS FOR PASSENGER VANS.

    (a) Standards.--In the administration of the National Traffic and 
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 passenger vans shall be subject to the 
same safety standards as are applicable under that Act to passenger 
motor vehicles.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect with respect 
to passenger vans which are manufactured after 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF WARRANTY AND REPAIR 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) Information.--Part B of title I of the National Traffic and 
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

   ``collection and dissemination of warranty and repair information

    ``Sec. 161. (a) Each motor vehicle manufacturer shall provide to 
the Secretary, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, all 
motor vehicle warranty and repair information that the manufacturer 
provides to its dealers. The Secretary, acting through the Auto Safety 
Hotline of the National Traffic Safety Administration, shall make the 
information readily available to the public.
    ``(b) A manufacturer which does not provide information in 
accordance with subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty 
under section 109 and a civil action under section 110.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect upon the expiration of 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

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