(E) obtain such other legal and equitable 
relief as the court may consider to be appro-
priate. 
(2) RIGHTS OF COMMISSION.— 
(A) NOTICE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (iii), the attorney general of a 
State shall notify the Commission in writ-
ing that the attorney general intends to 
bring a civil action under paragraph (1) by 
not later than 60 days before initiating the 
civil action. 
(ii) CONTENTS.—The notification re-
quired by clause (i) with respect to a civil 
action shall include a copy of the complaint 
to be filed to initiate the civil action. 
(iii) EXCEPTION.—If it is not feasible 
for the attorney general of a State to pro-
vide the notification required by clause (i) 
before initiating a civil action under para-
graph (1), the attorney general shall notify 
the Commission immediately upon insti-
tuting the civil action. 
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(B) INTERVENTION.—Upon receiving the 
notice required by subparagraph (A), the Com-
mission shall have the right— 
(i) to intervene in the action; and 
(ii) upon so intervening— 
(I) to be heard on all matters 
arising therein; and 
(II) to file petitions for appeal. 
(3) INVESTIGATORY POWERS; SAVINGS PROVI-
SION.—Nothing in this subsection may be construed 
to— 
(A) prevent the attorney general of a State 
from exercising the powers conferred on the at-
torney general by the laws of the State to con-
duct investigations, to administer oaths or affir-
mations, or to compel the attendance of wit-
nesses or the production of documentary or 
other evidence; or 
(B) prohibit the attorney general of a 
State, or other authorized State officer, from 
proceeding in State or Federal court on the 
basis of an alleged violation of any civil or 
criminal statute of that State. 
(4) LIMITATION ON STATE ACTION WHILE FED-
ERAL ACTION IS PENDING.—If the Commission or 
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the Attorney General of the United States has insti-
tuted a civil action for violation of this Act (referred 
to in this subparagraph as the ‘‘Federal action’’), no 
State attorney general, official, or agency may bring 
an action under this subsection during the pendency 
of the Federal action against any defendant named 
in the complaint in the Federal action for any viola-
tion of such subsection alleged in such complaint. 
(5) AWARD OF COSTS AND FEES.—If a State 
prevails in any civil action under paragraph (1), the 
State may recover reasonable costs and attorney 
fees. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) 
FIRST
PURCHASER; 
MANUFACTURER; 
MOTOR
VEHICLE; MOTOR
VEHICLE
EQUIPMENT.— 
The terms ‘‘first purchaser’’, ‘‘manufacturer’’, 
‘‘motor vehicle’’, and ‘‘motor vehicle equipment’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 
30102 of title 49, United States Code. 
(3) 
MOTOR
VEHICLE
MODEL.—The 
term 
‘‘motor vehicle model’’ means a class of motor vehi-
cles— 
(A) of the same type and make; and 
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(B) that share a high degree of com-
monality in design and construction. 
(4) MOTOR VEHICLE TRIM.—The term ‘‘motor 
vehicle trim’’ means a class of motor vehicles— 
(A) of the same type, make, and motor ve-
hicle model, but not identical to the motor vehi-
cle model; and 
(B) that share a high degree of com-
monality in design and construction. 
(5) NON-SAFETY FEATURE.—The term ‘‘non- 
safety feature’’ means optional motor vehicle equip-
ment that is not standard model equipment or an 
optional safety feature. 
(6) OPTIONAL
SAFETY
FEATURE.—The term 
‘‘optional safety feature’’ means motor vehicle equip-
ment that— 
(A) is not standard model equipment; and 
(B) either— 
(i) performs the lateral or longitudinal 
(but not both simultaneously) vehicle mo-
tion control subtasks of the dynamic driv-
ing task with the expectation that the driv-
er monitors the system to execute a re-
sponse to an object or event when nec-
essary; 
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(ii) alerts the driver— 
(I) if there is an unreasonable 
risk of a collision; 
(II) to maintain the lane of trav-
el; or 
(III) if the driver is operating the 
motor vehicle in a way that indicates 
the driver may be distracted, dis-
engaged, fatigued, intoxicated, or oth-
erwise impaired; 
(iii) improves illumination of the road-
way; 
(iv) enhances the view of the driver of 
the roadway; 
(v) alerts emergency services after a 
crash of the motor vehicle is detected; or 
(vi) performs such other safety func-
tions as the Commission, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Transportation, de-
termines appropriate. 
(7) STANDARD MODEL EQUIPMENT.—The term 
‘‘standard model equipment’’ means motor vehicle 
equipment installed in each motor vehicle within a 
motor vehicle model, regardless of the motor vehicle 
trim. 
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(8) STANDARD
TRIM
EQUIPMENT.—The term 
‘‘standard trim equipment’’ means motor vehicle 
equipment installed in each motor vehicle of a motor 
vehicle trim. 
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