An Act to amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1970, 1971, and 1972, and for other purposes
PL 91-265 (H.R.10105), enacted 05/22/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-265-MAY 22, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
May 22, 1970 
[H. R. 
10105] 
Public Law 91-265 
AN ACT 
To amend the National TraflBc and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 1970,1971, and 1972, and for other purposes. 
National Traffic 
and Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act of 1966, 
amendments. 
80 Stat. 728. 
80 Stat. 718. 
"Motor vehicle 
equipment." 
Performance 
data; original 
purchaser. 
80 Stat. 725. 
Recordkeeping. 
Be it emicted hy the Senate and House of Repi'esentatives 
of the 
United States of Amenca in Congress assembled, That section 121 of 
the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 
1409) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection: 
"'(c) There is authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of 
carrying out this Act, other than title III, not to exceed $23,000,000 
for the fiscal year 1970, $40,000,000 for the fiscal year 1971, and 
$40,000,000 for the fiscal year 1972." 
SEC. 2. Section 102(4) of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 1391 (4)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(4) 'Motor vehicle equipment' means any system, part, or com-
ponent of a motor vehicle as originally manufactured or any similar 
part or component manufactured or sold for replacement or improve-
ment of such system, part, or component or as any accessory, or addi-
tion to the motor vehicle, and any device, article, or apparel not a 
system, part, or component of a motor vehicle (other than medicines, 
or eyeglasses prescribed by a physician or other duly licensed prac-
titioner), which is manufactured, sold, delivered, offered, or intended 
for use exclusively to safeguard motor vehicles, drivers, passengers, 
and other highway users from risk of accident, injury, or death.' 
SE(". 3. The second sentence of subsection (d) of section 112 of 
tl-.e National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 
1401) is amended to read as follows: "The Secretary is authorized to 
require the manufacturer to give such notification of such perform-
ance and technical data as the Secretary determines necessary to 
carry out the purposes of this Act in the following manner— 
"(1) to each prospective purchaser of a motor vehicle or item 
of equipment before its first sale for purposes other than resale 
at each location where any such manufacturer's vehicles or items 
of motor vehicle equipment are offered for sale by a person with 
whom such manufacturer has a contractual, proprietary, or other 
legal relationship in a manner determined by the Secretary to be 
appropriate which may include, but is not limited to, printed 
matter (A) available for retention by such prospective purchaser 
and (B) sent by mail to such prospective purchaser upon his 
request; and 
"(2) to the first person who purchases a motor vehicle or item 
of equipment for purposes other than resale, at the time of such 
purchase, in printed matter placed in the motor vehicle or attached 
to or accompanying the item of motor vehicle equipment." 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 113(a) of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 1402) is amended by inserting imme-
diately after "Every manufacturer of motor vehicles" the following: 
"or tires". 
(b) Tlie first sentence of subsection (d) of section 113 of such Act 
is amended by inserting immediately after "Every manufacturer 
of motor vehicles" the following: "or tires". 
(c) Section 113 of such Act is further amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following: 
"(f) Every manufacturer of motor vehicles or tires shall main-
tain records of the names and addresses of the first purchaser (other 
than a dealer or distributor) of motor vehicles or tires produced by 
that manufacturer. The Secretary may establish, by order, procedures 
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to be followed by manufacturers in establishing and maintaining such 
records, including procedures to be followed by distributors and 
dealers to assist manufacturers to secure the information required by 
this subsection which will not affect the obligation of manufacturers 
under this subsection. Such procedures shall be reasonable for the 
particular type of motor vehicle or type of tires for which they are 
prescribed. With respect to a tire marketed under a brand name not 
owned by the manufacturer of the tire, the brand name owner shall 
maintain the records otherwise required of the manufacturer hj this 
subsection, and shall give any notification required by this section of 
the manufacturer whenever he is furnished such a notification by 
the manufacturer, and for the purposes of section 112(c) of this 
Act, such brand name owner shall be deemed a manufacturer. 
^^ sta^. 725. 
"(g) For the purpose of this section the term 'manufacturer of 
"Manufacturer o
f 
tires' includes, in the case of retreaded tires, the retreader." 
tires." 
(d) The amendment made by subsection (b) of this section shall 
Effective dates. 
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. The amendments made 
by subsections (a) and (c) of this section shall take effect on the one 
hundred and eightieth day after the date of enactment of this Act 
unless the Secretary of Transportation finds, for good cause shown, 
that a later effective date is in the public interest and publishes his 
reasons for such finding, except that such later effective date shall not 
be more than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. Subsection (a) of section 120 of the National Traffic and 
Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 TJ.S.C. 1408) is amended by 
so stat. 728. 
striking out "and (6)" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"(6) a statement of enforcement actions including judicial decisions, 
settlements, or pending litigation during such year; and (7)". 
ISEC. 6. Title I I of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety 
Act of 1966 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following jA^.^^'^ ^'*^^' 
new section: 
"SEC. 206. The Secretary shall, not later than one year after the date 
Retreaded tires. 
of enactment of this section, establish safety standards under title I of 
this Act setting limits on the age of tire carcasses which can be 
retreaded. Such standards shall establish varying age limits for such 
carcasses based on the extent to which the carcass was designed and 
constructed to be retreaded, the rate of deterioration of the materials 
in such tire, and such other factors as he determines necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this Act.'' 
SEC. 7. Title H I of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety 
Act of 1966 is amended to read as follows: 
J^ use lasi 
note. 
"TITLE III—RESEARCH AND TEST FACILITIES 
"SEC. 801. (a) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
plan, design, and construct (including the alteration of existing facili-
ties) facilities suitable to conduct research, development, and com-
pliance and other testing in traffic safety (including highway safety 
and motor vehicle safety), except that no appropriation shall be 
made for any such planning, designing, or construction involving an 
expenditure in excess of $100,000 if such planning, designing, or con-
struction has not been approved by resolutions adopted in substantially 
the same form by the Committees on Interstate and Foreign Com-
merce and on Public Works of the House of Representatives, and by 
the Committees on Commerce and on Public Works of the Senate. For 
the purpose of securing consideration of such approval the Secre- 
Prospectus, 
tary shall transmit to Congress a prospectus of the proposed facility congl^^ss! 
including (but not limited to) — 
"(1) a brief description of the facility to be planned, designed, 
or constructed; 
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" (2) the location of the facility, and an estimate of the maximum 
cost of the facility; 
"(3) a statement of those agencies, private and public, which 
will use such facility, together with the contribution to be made by 
each such agency toward the cost of such facility; and 
" (4) a statement of justification of the need for such facility. 
" (b) The estimated maximum cost of any facility approved under 
this section as set forth in the prosi>ectus may be increased by the 
amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, as determined by the 
Secretary, in construction costs, from the date of the transmittal of 
sudli prospectus to Congress, but in no event ^hall the increase author-
ized by this subsection exceed 10 per centum of such estimated maxi-
nmm cost." 
Agricultural 
J^EC. 8. (a) The Secretary of Transportation (hereinafter referred 
^'^^Repor^To'c "
n
-
^
" to as the ''Secretary'") is hereby authorized to prepare and to submit 
gress. 
to the Congress no later than January 1, 1971, a report on the extent, 
causes and means of prevention of agricultural tractor accidents on 
both public roads and farms. In addition to such other information as 
he deems appropriate, the Secretary shall include in the report^— 
(1) an estimate, based on the best statistical information avail-
able, of the number of deaths and injuries resulting annually from 
agricultural tractor accidents; 
(2) an identification of the primary causes of agricultural 
tractor accidents, including consideration of the hazards most 
likely to cause death or injury; and 
(3) specific recommendations on means of preventing the occur-
rence of, and reducing the severity of injuries resulting from, agri-
cultural tractor accidents, including such legislative proposals as 
the Secretary determines are needed. 
(b) In formulating the recommendations to be submitted to the 
Congress, the Secretary shall give careful consideration to the advis-
ability of establishing uniform Federal safety standards in the design 
and manufacture of all agricultural tractors sold in interstate com-
merce, requiring the installation on such tractors of safety devices, and 
providing assistance to the States in developing accurate reporting pro-
cedures for accidents involving such tractors. 
(c) In order to facilitate the prompt completion of this report, 
officials of other Federal departments or agencies shall make available 
to the Secretaii-y, upon his request, any data or information in their 
possession relating to agricultural tractor accidents and shall otherwise 
])rovide assistance. 
Approved May 22, 1970. 
Public Law 91-266 
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To prohibit the business of deljt adjustiii}? in the District of Coluiubiu except as 
an incident to tlie lawful practice of law or as an activity engaged in by a 
nonprofit corporation or association. 
Be it OMcted hy the Seitate and House of Representatives 
of the 
D. c. 
United States of America in Conqress assembled. That, as used in this 
Debt adjustment, 
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prohibition. 
Act, tlie term— 
"Debt adjust- 
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term "budget counseling", ""bndgef })lanning", "'budget service", "credit 
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advising", "debt adjusting", "debt counseling", "debt help", "financial 
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