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		Statutory Authorities
																													Laws Administered by NHTSA
		Statutory Authorities
				Laws Administered by NHTSA


		Laws Administered by NHTSA
  
       
  Motor Vehicle Safety - May 2013Highway Safety - May 2013PART C - Information, Standards, and Requirements - May 2013**Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act)**

The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or “FAST Act,” was signed into law on December 4, 2015. The FAST Act authorized $2.7 billion in funding for the Section 402 Highway Safety Programs and Section 405 National Priority Safety Programs for fiscal years 2016 through 2020.

**Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)**

MAP-21, as enacted (July 6, 2012; P.L. 112-141) (Text, PDF) (the PDF version totals 584 pages)
	Highway Safety Provisions (for reading or copying — counting the first page of MAP-21 as page #1 — see pages 328 - 353 of the PDF)
	Open container, repeat offenders, and adjustments to highway safety penalty provisions (for reading or copying, see pages 152 – 156 of the PDF)
	Extension of NHTSA’s Highway Safety Programs -- through fiscal year 2012 (for reading, see pages 577 – 578 of the PDF; for copying [due to a glitch in the document], copy pages 981 – 982 of the PDF)
	Motor Vehicle Safety Provisions (for reading or copying — counting the first page of MAP-21 as page #1, see pages 353 - 372 of the PDF)
	Motorcoach Safety (for reading, see pages 405 – 411 of the PDF; for copying [due to a glitch in the document], copy pages 809 – 815 of the PDF)
	Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Research (for reading, see pages 493 – 501 of the PDF; for copying [due to a glitch in the document], copy pages 897 – 905 of the PDF)Motor Vehicle Safety - May 2008

Authority to Promulgate Safety Standards for Retrofitting Commercial Motor Vehicles and Equipment (HTML, PDF)

National Driver Register - May 2006 (HTML | PDF)

Highway Safety - May 2008

PART C - Information, Standards, and Requirements - May 2008

**Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA)**

SAFETEA-LU, as enacted (Aug. 10, 2005; P.L. 109-59) (HTML, PDF)
	Motor Vehicle Safety Provisions (HTML, PDF)
	Highway Safety Provisions (HTML, PDF)
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