An Act to amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 relating to the applications of certain standards to motor vehicles produced in quantities of less than five hundred
PL 90-283 (S.2029), enacted 04/10/1968

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donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or otherwise, 
lands and interests in lands within the boundaries of the area generally 
depicted on drawing numbered NHS-SI-7100B, entitled "Propodedl 
Saugus Iron Works National Hi9^9ri^,Site", dated May 1967, which is 
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[S-2029] 
To,amend the Xationrit Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Ai-t of 1966 relating to, 
the applu-atiou of t-ertain standards to luotor vehicles i)roduced in (luantities; 
of less thai! live hundj-ed, 
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National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safetj^ Act of, 1966 is ametf^^^W 
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adding at the end thereof the following new sedtix^h:'' '' '^'' novoiqq / 
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"SEC. 123. (a) Upon application made by a manufacturer at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
shall prescribe, he shall temporarily exempt a limited,^|).rO!ductip^i jniotic^rl 
vehicle from any motor vehicle safety standard established under this 
'Kt^le^^ 'r.H] *itl^ if he.fii>ds, that; compliance would cause such.jnan|ifacturer sub-
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exemption would 
J^cilitate ,tlxe development oi vehicles utiliznig a propulsion.system 
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8 lejiqKoH siicli tem])oi*ary exemptxon would be consistent with the public interest 
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i-'(b) The Secretary shiill'i-«^ite,^yM^Mnttet'li^l^^di^ 
iMate, the notification of the dealer and of the first purchaser of a 
limited production niotor vehicle (hpt incltiding the dealer of suclt 
nianufacturer) that such Vehicle lias OTeri'^xefeipted froin certain motor 
vehicle safety standards, and the standards from which it is exempted.* 
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^ " (c) For tile purposcs of this section 'limited production motor 
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vehicle' means a motor vehicle; produced by a manufacturer whose 
t6tal motor vehicle production^ as deterhiinied by tlife Secretary, does 
not exceed five hundred annually. 
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"(d) The authority of the Secretary und#mis's^licfti ^K'all termi-
nate three years after the date of enactment of this section, and no 
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exemption granted under this section shall remain in effect after three 
years after the date such exemption is originally granted."' 
Approved April 10, 1968. 
Public Law 90-284 
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A N A C T 
April 11,1968 
To prescribe i)eixalties for certain acts of violence or intimidation, and for other —L_:—;—:—L. 
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Be it e/nacted hy the Senate and House of RepreHentathes 
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United States of America In Congress assembled^ 
'^^'^" rights. 
TITLE I—INTERFERENCE W I T H FEDERALLY 
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PROTECTED ACTIVITIES 
62 Stat. 696. 
18 u s e 241-244. 
h SEC. 101. (a) That chapter 13, civil rights, title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting immediately at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new section, to read as follows: 
"§ 245. Federally protected activities 
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"(a) (1) Nothing in this section shall be construed a§-ihdicating an 
intent on the part of Congress to prevent any State, any possession or 
Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia, from 
exercising jurisdiction over any offense over which it would have juris-
diction in the absence of this section, nor shall anything in this section 
be construed as depriving State and local law enforcement authorities 
^of responsibility for prosecuting acts that may be violations of this 
section and that are violations of State and local law. No prosecution 
of any offense described in this section shall be undertaken by the 
United States except upon the certification in writing of the Attorney 
General or the Deputy Attorney General that in his judgment a 
prosecution by the United States is in the public interest and necessary 
^<,Jo secure substantial justice, which func^ioi^of certification may hot be 
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