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[CITE: 15USC5407]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                          CHAPTER 80--FASTENERS
 
Sec. 5407. Manufacturers' insignias


(a) General rule

    Unless the specifications provide otherwise, fasteners that are 
required by the applicable consensus standard or standards to bear an 
insignia identifying their manufacturer shall not be offered for sale or 
sold in commerce unless--
        (1) the fasteners bear such insignia; and
        (2) the manufacturer has complied with the insignia recordation 
    requirements established under subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Recordation

    The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, a program to provide 
for the recordation of the insignias of manufacturers described in 
subsection (a) of this section.

(Pub. L. 101-592, Sec. 5, formerly Sec. 8, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 
2950; renumbered Sec. 5 and amended Pub. L. 106-34, Sec. 5, June 8, 
1999, 113 Stat. 122.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 5 of Pub. L. 101-592 was classified to section 5404 
of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106-34.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-34, Sec. 5(1), reenacted subsec. 
heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, 
text read as follows: ``No fastener which is required by the standards 
and specifications to which it was manufactured to bear a raised or 
depressed insignia identifying its manufacturer or private label 
distributor shall be offered for sale or sold in commerce unless the 
manufacturer or private label distributor of such fastener has complied 
with the requirements prescribed by the Secretary in connection with the 
program established under subsection (b) of this section.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-34, Sec. 5(2), substituted ``described in 
subsection (a) of this section'' for ``and private label distributors 
described in subsection (a) of this section, to ensure the traceability 
of a fastener to its manufacturer or private label distributor''.
