104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2803
AN ACT
To amend the anti-car theft provisions of title 49, United
States Code, to increase the utility of motor vehicle title
information to State and Federal law enforcement offi-
cials, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Car Theft Im-
provements Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. SYSTEM NAME AND IMPLEMENTATION DATE.
(a) SYSTEM DATE.—Section 30502(a)(1) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 31,
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1997’’.
(b) SECTION 30503.—Section 30503(d) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1,
1997’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 1998’’.
(c) SYSTEM NAME.—Chapter 305 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘National Automobile
Title Information System’’ each place it occurs in the
chapter heading, the table of sections for chapter 305, the
section heading for section 30502, and in the texts of sec-
tions 30502 and 30503 and inserting ‘‘National Motor Ve-
hicle Title Information System’’.
SEC. 3. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.
(a) SECRETARY
OF
TRANSPORTATION.—Sections
30501, 30502, 30503, 30504, and 30505 of title 49,
United States Code, are each amended by striking each
reference to ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’ or ‘‘Secretary’’
and inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’.
(b) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Section 30502 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by striking each reference
to ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Trans-
portation’’.
SEC. 4. TITLE INFORMATION SYSTEM.
Section 30502 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) IMMUNITY.—Any person performing any activity
under this section or sections 30503 or 30504 in good
faith and with the reasonable belief that such activity was
in accordance with this section or section 30503 or 30504,
as the case may be, shall be immune from any civil action
respecting such activity which is seeking money damages
or equitable relief in any court of the United States or
a State.’’.
SEC. 5. STOLEN VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEM.
Section 33109 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) IMMUNITY.—Any person performing any activity
under this section or section 33110 or 33111 in good faith
and with the reasonable belief that such activity was in
accordance with such section shall be immune from any
civil action respecting such activity which is seeking money
damages or equitable relief in any court of the United
States or a State.’’.
SEC. 6. GRANTS TO STATES.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 30503(c)(2) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) The Attorney General may make reasonable and
necessary grants to participating States to be used in
making titling information maintained by those States
available to the operator.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
sections 30503 and 33109 of title 49, United States Code.
(c) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The information system
established under section 30502 of title 49, United States
Code, shall be effective as provided in the rules promul-
gated by the Attorney General.
Passed the House of Representatives June 18, 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.