[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1471 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1471

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to determine the feasibility 
  of placing bar codes on passenger motor vehicles to facilitate the 
          tracing of stolen vehicles, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1997

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to determine the feasibility 
  of placing bar codes on passenger motor vehicles to facilitate the 
          tracing of stolen vehicles, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Auto Theft Deterrent Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. USE OF BAR CODES TO TRACE STOLEN VEHICLES.

    (a) Feasibility Study.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
        conduct a study to determine the feasibility and advisability 
        of prescribing standards for the placement of bar codes on 
        passenger motor vehicles and the placement of devices for 
        reading such bar codes at toll gates on roads, bridges, and 
        tunnels for the purpose of facilitating the tracing of stolen 
        vehicles, including stolen vehicles that are abandoned.
            (2) Deadline.--The Secretary shall complete the study not 
        later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.
    (b) Standards.--Based on the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a), and not before the date that is 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary is authorized to 
prescribe by regulation standards for the placement of bar codes on 
passenger motor vehicle equipment manufactured in, or imported into, 
the United States. Such standards shall not apply to a passenger motor 
vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment--
            (1) intended only for export;
            (2) labeled for export on the vehicle or equipment and the 
        outside of any container of the vehicle or equipment; and
            (3) exported.
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