[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7260 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7260

    To allow for safety regulation of vehicles that are modified to 
           increase seating capacity, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2018

  Mr. Faso (for himself, Mr. Tonko, and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To allow for safety regulation of vehicles that are modified to 
           increase seating capacity, 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 ``Limousine Safety Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SAFETY REGULATION OF LIMOUSINES.

    Section 30102(a)(6) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting at the end the following:
                    ``(C) altering a motor vehicle that has already 
                been purchased by the first purchaser (as such term is 
                defined in subsection (b)) by increasing the wheelbase 
                of the vehicle so that the vehicle has increased 
                seating capacity.''.
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