[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1022 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1022

  To authorize manufacturers and dealers of cars, trucks, buses, and 
multipurpose passenger vehicles and motor vehicle repair businesses to 
install switches to be used by drivers to deactivate air bags in cars, 
          trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1997

  Mr. Miller of Florida (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
 Coble, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Frost, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Shays, 
 Mr. Flake, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
   Quinn, and Mr. Solomon) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize manufacturers and dealers of cars, trucks, buses, and 
multipurpose passenger vehicles and motor vehicle repair businesses to 
install switches to be used by drivers to deactivate air bags in cars, 
          trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles.

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

SECTION 1. DEACTIVATION DEVICE FOR AIR BAGS.

    Section 30122(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``A manufacturer'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
paragraph (2) and in regulations under subsection (c), a 
manufacturer'', by designating the text of the section, as amended, as 
a two em indented paragraph (1) with the heading ``General rule.--'', 
and by adding after that paragraph the following:
            ``(2) Exception for manufacturers, dealers, and motor 
        vehicle repair businesses.--Manufacturers and dealers of 
        passenger cars, trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger 
        vehicles and motor vehicle repair businesses may equip such 
        cars, trucks, buses, and vehicles with a device which the 
        drivers of such cars, trucks, buses, and vehicles may use to 
        deactivate the air bag installed at the driver and right front 
        passenger position. Such device shall cause the air bag to 
        activate when the engine of the passenger car, truck, bus, or 
        multipurpose passenger vehicle is turned off.
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