[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 117 (Friday, July 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5691]
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SA 2339. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Markey)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2266
proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill H.R. 22, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt employees with health coverage under
TRICARE or the Veterans Administration from being taken into account
for purposes of determining the employers to which the employer mandate
applies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. USED CAR SAFETY RECALL REPAIRS.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Used
Car Safety Recall Repair Act''.
(b) 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.''.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on that
date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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