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49 U.S. Code § 32304 - Passenger motor vehicle country of origin labeling | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Section 32304. Passenger motor vehicle country of origin labeling
49 U.S. Code § 32304. Passenger motor vehicle country of origin labeling
(A) “carline”—
(3) “country of origin”, when referring to the origin of an engine or transmission, means the country from which the largest share of the dollar value added to an engine or transmission has originated—
(7) “manufacturer” means a person—
(9) “of United States/Canadian origin”, when referring to passenger motor vehicle equipment, means—
(A) for an outside supplier—
“passenger motor vehicle” has the same meaning given that term in section 32101(10) of this title, except that it includes any multi-purpose vehicle or light duty truck when that vehicle or truck is rated at not more than 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight.
(12) “passenger motor vehicle equipment”—
(13) “percentage (by value)”, when referring to passenger motor vehicle equipment of United States/Canadian origin, means the percentage remaining after subtracting the percentage (by value) of passenger motor vehicle equipment that is not of United States/Canadian origin that will be installed or included on those vehicles produced in a carline, from 100 percent—
(15) “value added in the United States and Canada” means a percentage determined by subtracting the total purchase price of foreign content from the total purchase price, and dividing the remainder by the total purchase price, excluding costs incurred or profits made at the final assembly place and beyond (including advertising, assembly, labor, interest payments, and profits), with the following groupings being used:
(b)Manufacturer Requirement.—
(1) Each manufacturer of a new passenger motor vehicle manufactured after September 30, 1994, and distributed in commerce for sale in the United States, shall establish each year for each model year and cause to be attached in a prominent place on each of those vehicles, at least one label. The label shall contain the following information:
A manufacturer complying with the requirement of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection satisfies the disclosure requirement of section 3(b) of the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1232(b)).
(c)Vehicle Content Percentage by Assembly Plant.—
A manufacturer may display separately on the label required by subsection (b) the domestic content of a vehicle based on the assembly plant. Such display shall occur after the matter required to be in the label by subsection (b)(1)(A).
(d)Value Added Determination.—If a manufacturer or allied supplier requests information in a timely manner from one or more of its outside suppliers concerning the United States/Canadian content of particular equipment, but does not receive that information despite a good faith effort to obtain it, the manufacturer or allied supplier may make its own good faith value added determinations, subject to the following:
(e)Small Parts.—
The country of origin of nuts, bolts, clips, screws, pins, braces, gasoline, oil, blackout, phosphate rinse, windshield washer fluid, fasteners, tire assembly fluid, rivets, adhesives, and grommets, of any system, subassembly, or component installed in a vehicle shall be considered to be the country in which such parts were included in the final assembly of such vehicle.
(f)Dealer Requirement.—
Each dealer engaged in the sale or distribution of a new passenger motor vehicle manufactured after September 30, 1994, shall cause to be maintained on that vehicle the label required to be attached to that vehicle under subsection (b) of this section.
(g)Form and Content of Label.—
The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe by regulation the form and content of the label required under subsection (b) of this section and the manner and location in which the label is attached. The Secretary shall permit a manufacturer to comply with this section by allowing the manufacturer to disclose the information required under subsection (b)(1) on the label required by section 3 of the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1232), on the label required by section 32908 of this title, or on a separate label that is readily visible. A manufacturer may add to the label required under subsection (b) a line stating the country in which vehicle assembly was completed.
In consultation with the Secretaries of Commerce and the Treasury, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations necessary to carry out this section, including regulations establishing a procedure to verify the label information required under subsection (b)(1) of this section. Those regulations shall provide the ultimate purchaser of a new passenger motor vehicle with the best and most understandable information possible about the foreign content and United States/Canadian origin of the equipment of the vehicles without imposing costly and unnecessary burdens on the manufacturers. The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe the regulations promptly to provide adequate lead time for each manufacturer to comply with this section. The regulations shall include provisions applicable to outside suppliers and allied suppliers to require those suppliers to certify whether passenger motor vehicle equipment provided by those suppliers is of United States origin, of United States/Canadian origin, or of foreign content and to provide other information the Secretary of Transportation decides is necessary to allow each manufacturer to comply reasonably with this section and to rely on that certification and information.
(i)Preemption.—
(Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1036; Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(29), (30), Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4380; Pub. L. 105–178, title VII, § 7106(d), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 467.)
32304(a)
Oct. 20, 1972, Pub. L. 92–513, 86 Stat. 947, § 210(b)–(d), (f), (g), added Oct. 6, 1992, Pub. L. 102–388, § 355, 106 Stat. 1556, 1557.
In subsection (a)(3), before subclause (A), the words “from which the largest share of the dollar value added to . . . has originated” are substituted for “in which 50 percent or more of the dollar value added of . . . originated. If no country accounts for 50 percent or more of the dollar value, then the country of origin is the country from which the largest share of the value added originated” for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words. In subclause (A), the word “with” is substituted for “For the purpose of determining the country of origin for engines and transmissions” are omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (a)(11), the words “a motor vehicle with motive power, manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways, and designed to carry not more than 12 individuals . . . not including . . . a motorcycle; or . . . a truck not designed primarily to carry its operator or passengers” are substituted for “has the meaning provided in section 1901(1) of this title” for clarity.
In subsection (a)(13), before subclause (A), the words “the percentage remaining after subtracting” are substituted for “the resulting percentage when . . . is subtracted” for clarity.
In subsection (a)(15), before subclause (A), the words “ ‘Value added’ equals” are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.
Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(29)
Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(30)
1998—Subsec. (a)(3)(B). Pub. L. 105–178, § 7106(d)(1)(A), inserted before period at end “, plus the assembly and labor costs incurred for the final assembly of such engines and transmissions”.
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 105–178, § 7106(d)(1)(B), inserted at end “Such term does not include facilities for engine and transmission fabrication and assembly and the facilities for fabrication of motor vehicle equipment component parts which are produced at the same final assembly place using forming processes such as stamping, machining, or molding processes.”
Subsec. (a)(9)(A). Pub. L. 105–178, § 7106(d)(1)(C), amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows: “for an outside supplier, passenger motor vehicle equipment whose purchase price contains at least 70 percent value added in the United States and Canada; and”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–178, § 7106(d)(3), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (f).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–178, § 7106(d)(4), added subsec. (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (g).
Pub. L. 105–178, § 7106(d)(2), inserted at end “A manufacturer may add to the label required under subsection (b) a line stating the country in which vehicle assembly was completed.”
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105–178, § 7106(d)(5), added subsec. (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (h).
Subsecs. (f) to (i). Pub. L. 105–178, § 7106(d)(3), redesignated subsecs. (c) to (f) as (f) to (i), respectively.
1994—Subsec. (a)(11). Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(29), amended par. (11) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (11) read as follows: “ ‘passenger motor vehicle’ means a motor vehicle with motive power, manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways, and designed to carry not more than 12 individuals—
Subsec. (a)(14). Pub. L. 103–429, § 6(30), inserted “the Northern Mariana Islands,” after “Puerto Rico,” and struck out “the Canal Zone,” after “Guam,”.
49 CFR PART 583 - AUTOMOBILE PARTS CONTENT LABELING