Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/32502
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§ 32502.
(a)General Requirements and Nonapplication.—The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe by regulation bumper standards for passenger motor vehicles and may prescribe by regulation bumper standards for passenger motor vehicle equipment manufactured in, or imported into, the United States. A standard does not apply to a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment—
(b)Limitations.—A standard under this section—
(c)Exemptions.—For good cause, the Secretary may exempt from all or any part of a standard—
a passenger motor vehicle for which an application for an exemption under section 30013(b) [1] of this title has been filed in accordance with the requirements of that section.
(d)Cost Reduction and Considerations.—When prescribing a standard under this section, the Secretary shall design the standard to obtain the maximum feasible reduction of costs to the public, considering—
(e)Procedures.—
Section 553 of title 5 applies to a standard prescribed under this section. However, the Secretary shall give an interested person an opportunity to make oral and written presentations of information, views, and arguments. A transcript of each oral presentation shall be kept. Under conditions prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may conduct a hearing to resolve an issue of fact material to a standard.
The Secretary shall prescribe an effective date for a standard under this section. That date may not be earlier than the date the standard is prescribed nor later than 18 months after the date the standard is prescribed. However, the Secretary may prescribe a later date when the Secretary submits to Congress and publishes the reasons for the later date. A standard only applies to a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment manufactured on or after the effective date.
(g)Research.—
The Secretary shall conduct research necessary to carry out this chapter.
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1042; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(g) [title III, § 351(b)(1)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–439, 2681–476.)
[1]  So in original. Probably should be section “30113(b)”.
32502(a)
Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, §§ 102, 104(d), 86 Stat. 949.
Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, § 2(6) (words after semicolon), 86 Stat. 948; Dec. 22, 1975, Pub. L. 94–163, § 301, 89 Stat. 901; Oct. 10, 1980, Pub. L. 96–425, § 8(a)(2), 94 Stat. 1828; Oct. 25, 1984, Pub. L. 98–547, § 101(b), 98 Stat. 2767.
In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words “Subject to subsections (b) through (e) of this section” are omitted as surplus. The words “shall prescribe by regulation” are substituted for “by rule . . . shall promulgate” for clarity. The words “may prescribe by regulation” are substituted for “by rule . . . may promulgate” for consistency.
1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(g) [title III, § 351(b)(1)(A)], substituted “all or any part of a standard” for “any part of a standard” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(g) [title III, § 351(b)(1)(B)–(D)], added par. (3).