G/TBT/N/USA/1533/Add.1  
 
11 September 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  11 September 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[ ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
88 Federal Register (FR) 61674, 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 571:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-07/html/2023 -18413.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-09-07/pdf/2023 -18413.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/modification/23_12232_00_e
.pdf 
New deadline for comments (if applicable):  6 November 2023  
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 
Act of 2012 (MAP -21) directs NHTSA to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to amend Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, "Occupant crash protection," to require  a seat belt use 
warning system for rear seats. Pursuant to this mandate and following on an earlier Advance Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking , NHTSA is proposing to require a seat belt warning system for the rear seats 
of passenger cars, trucks, most buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle 
weight rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less. This document also prop oses to enhance 
 
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  the existing front seat belt warning requirements, including requiring a seat belt warning for the 
front outboard passenger seat and increasing the duration of the warning.  
You should submit your comments early enough to be received not later than 6 November 2023. In 
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, NHTSA is also seeking comment on a revision to an 
existing information collection. For additional information, see the Paperwork Reduction Act section 
under the Regulatory Notices and Analyses section below. All comments relating to the information 
collection requirements should be submitted to NHTSA and to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section on or before 6 November 2023.  
This not ice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2023-0032. The Docket 
Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2023-
0032/doc ument  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments 
received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. 
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO  Members and their stakeholders by 
4pm Eastern Time  on 6 November 2023 will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted 
to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
The advanced notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1533  is identified by Docket 
Number NHTSA -2019-0093. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2019-0093/document  and provides access to primary 
and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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