H. R. 2803
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
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
officials, 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 ‘‘Anti-Car Theft Improvements
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 sections 30502 and 30503 and inserting ‘‘National
Motor Vehicle 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 Transportation’’.
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.’’.
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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 reason-
able 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 informa-
tion maintained by those States available to the operator.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated
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 promulgated by the Attorney General.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.