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Auto Theft Deterrent Act of 1996
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.
Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of Transportation to study the feasibility of placing bar codes on passenger motor vehicles and installing bar code readers at toll gates, bridges, and tunnels to help trace stolen vehicles. The Secretary must complete the study within 6 months of enactment. Based on the study results, the Secretary is authorized (but not before 18 months after enactment) to prescribe regulations setting standards for bar code placement on passenger motor vehicles manufactured in or imported into the United States. The standards would not apply to vehicles intended for export.
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Actions (3)
- Oct 9, 1996 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials. · house
- Sep 28, 1996 Referred to the House Committee on Commerce. · house
- Sep 28, 1996 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 28, 1996
Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
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 1996”.
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. <all>
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