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[CITE: 42USC7550]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 85--AIR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--EMISSION STANDARDS FOR MOVING SOURCES
 
            Part A--Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards
 
Sec. 7550. Definitions

    As used in this part--
        (1) The term ``manufacturer'' as used in sections 7521, 7522, 
    7525, 7541, and 7542 of this title means any person engaged in the 
    manufacturing or assembling of new motor vehicles, new motor vehicle 
    engines, new nonroad vehicles or new nonroad engines, or importing 
    such vehicles or engines for resale, or who acts for and is under 
    the control of any such person in connection with the distribution 
    of new motor vehicles, new motor vehicle engines, new nonroad 
    vehicles or new nonroad engines, but shall not include any dealer 
    with respect to new motor vehicles, new motor vehicle engines, new 
    nonroad vehicles or new nonroad engines received by him in commerce.
        (2) The term ``motor vehicle'' means any self-propelled vehicle 
    designed for transporting persons or property on a street or 
    highway.
        (3) Except with respect to vehicles or engines imported or 
    offered for importation, the term ``new motor vehicle'' means a 
    motor vehicle the equitable or legal title to which has never been 
    transferred to an ultimate purchaser; and the term ``new motor 
    vehicle engine'' means an engine in a new motor vehicle or a motor 
    vehicle engine the equitable or legal title to which has never been 
    transferred to the ultimate purchaser; and with respect to imported 
    vehicles or engines, such terms mean a motor vehicle and engine, 
    respectively, manufactured after the effective date of a regulation 
    issued under section 7521 of this title which is applicable to such 
    vehicle or engine (or which would be applicable to such vehicle or 
    engine had it been manufactured for importation into the United 
    States).
        (4) The term ``dealer'' means any person who is engaged in the 
    sale or the distribution of new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle 
    engines to the ultimate purchaser.
        (5) The term ``ultimate purchaser'' means, with respect to any 
    new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine, the first person who 
    in good faith purchases such new motor vehicle or new engine for 
    purposes other than resale.
        (6) The term ``commerce'' means (A) commerce between any place 
    in any State and any place outside thereof; and (B) commerce wholly 
    within the District of Columbia.
        (7) Vehicle curb weight, gross vehicle weight rating, light-duty 
    truck, light-duty vehicle, and loaded vehicle weight.--The terms 
    ``vehicle curb weight'', ``gross vehicle weight rating'' (GVWR), 
    ``light-duty truck'' (LDT), light-duty vehicle,\1\ and ``loaded 
    vehicle weight'' (LVW) have the meaning provided in regulations 
    promulgated by the Administrator and in effect as of November 15, 
    1990. The abbreviations in parentheses corresponding to any term 
    referred to in this paragraph shall have the same meaning as the 
    corresponding term.
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        (8) Test weight.--The term ``test weight'' and the abbreviation 
    ``tw'' mean the vehicle curb weight added to the gross vehicle 
    weight rating (gvwr) and divided by 2.
        (9) Motor vehicle or engine part manufacturer.--The term ``motor 
    vehicle or engine part manufacturer'' as used in sections 7541 and 
    7542 of this title means any person engaged in the manufacturing, 
    assembling or rebuilding of any device, system, part, component or 
    element of design which is installed in or on motor vehicles or 
    motor vehicle engines.
        (10) Nonroad engine.--The term ``nonroad engine'' means an 
    internal combustion engine (including the fuel system) that is not 
    used in a motor vehicle or a vehicle used solely for competition, or 
    that is not subject to standards promulgated under section 7411 of 
    this title or section 7521 of this title.
        (11) Nonroad vehicle.--The term ``nonroad vehicle'' means a 
    vehicle that is powered by a nonroad engine and that is not a motor 
    vehicle or a vehicle used solely for competition.

(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title II, Sec. 216, formerly Sec. 208, as added 
Pub. L. 89-272, title I, Sec. 101(8), Oct. 20, 1965, 79 Stat. 994; 
renumbered Sec. 212, and amended Pub. L. 90-148, Sec. 2, Nov. 21, 1967, 
81 Stat. 503; renumbered Sec. 213, and amended Pub. L. 91-604, 
Secs. 8(a), 10(d), 11(a)(2)(A), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1694, 1703, 
1705; renumbered Sec. 214, Pub. L. 93-319, Sec. 10, June 22, 1974, 88 
Stat. 261; renumbered Sec. 216, Pub. L. 95-95, title II, Sec. 224(d), 
Aug. 7, 1977, 91 Stat. 767; Pub. L. 101-549, title II, Sec. 223, Nov. 
15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2503.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 1857f-7 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1990--Par. (1). Pub. L. 101-549, Sec. 223(b), inserted references to 
new nonroad vehicles or new nonroad engines.
    Pars. (7) to (11). Pub. L. 101-549, Sec. 223(a), added pars. (7) to 
(11).
    1970--Pub. L. 91-604, Sec. 11(a)(2)(A), substituted ``part'' for 
``subchapter''.
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 91-604, Sec. 10(d)(1), inserted reference to 
section 7521 of this title.
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 91-604, Sec. 10(d)(2), inserted provisions which 
defined such terms with respect to imported vehicles or engines.
    1967--Pub. L. 90-148 inserted ``as used in sections 7522, 7525, 
7541, and 7542 of this title'' after ``manufacturer'' in par. (1).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7511b, 7545, 7581, 7602, 
13211, 13271 of this title.
