[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 900 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 900

   To require auto dealers to fix outstanding safety recalls before 
           selling or leasing a used passenger motor vehicle.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 13, 2015

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Markey) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require auto dealers to fix outstanding safety recalls before 
           selling or leasing a used passenger motor vehicle.

    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 ``Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act''.

SEC. 2. USED PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE CONSUMER PROTECTION.

    Section 30120 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(k) Limitation on Sale or Lease of Used Passenger Motor 
Vehicles.--(1) A dealer may not sell or lease a used passenger motor 
vehicle until any defect or noncompliance determined under section 
30118 with respect to the vehicle has been remedied.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if--
            ``(A) the recall information regarding a used passenger 
        motor vehicle was not accessible at the time of sale or lease 
        using the means established by the Secretary under section 
        31301 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act 
        (49 U.S.C. 30166 note); or
            ``(B) notification of the defect or noncompliance is 
        required under section 30118(b), but enforcement of the order 
        is set aside in a civil action to which 30121(d) applies.
    ``(3) Notwithstanding section 30102(a)(1), in this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `dealer' means a person that has sold at 
        least 10 motor vehicles to 1 or more consumers during the most 
        recent 12-month period; and
            ``(B) the term `used passenger motor vehicle' means a motor 
        vehicle that has previously been purchased other than for 
        resale.
    ``(4) By rule, the Secretary may exempt the auctioning of a used 
passenger motor vehicle from the requirements under paragraph (1) to 
the extent that the exemption does not harm public safety.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on that date that is 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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