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[CITE: 49USC30147]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--GENERAL
 
                    CHAPTER 301--MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--IMPORTING NONCOMPLYING MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
 
Sec. 30147. Responsibility for defects and noncompliance

    (a) Deeming Defect or Noncompliance to Certain Vehicles and Importer 
as Manufacturer.--(1) In carrying out sections 30117(b), 30118-30121, 
and 30166(f) of this title--
        (A) for a defect or noncompliance with an applicable motor 
    vehicle safety standard prescribed under this chapter for a motor 
    vehicle originally manufactured for import into the United States, 
    an imported motor vehicle having a valid certification under section 
    30146(a)(1) of this title and decided to be substantially similar to 
    that motor vehicle shall be deemed as having the same defect or as 
    not complying with the same standard unless the manufacturer or 
    importer registered under section 30141(c) of this title 
    demonstrates otherwise to the Secretary of Transportation; and
        (B) the registered importer shall be deemed to be the 
    manufacturer of any motor vehicle that the importer imports or 
    brings into compliance with the standards for an individual under 
    section 30142 of this title.

    (2) The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register notice of 
any defect or noncompliance under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection.
    (b) Financial Responsibility Requirement.--The Secretary shall 
require by regulation each registered importer (including any successor 
in interest) to provide and maintain evidence, satisfactory to the 
Secretary, of sufficient financial responsibility to meet its 
obligations under sections 30117(b), 30118-30121, and 30166(f) of this 
title.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 966.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30147(a)..............................  15:1397(d)(1).                   Sept. 
9, 1966, Pub. L. 89-563, 80 Stat.
                                                                          718, 
Sec.  108(d); added Oct. 31,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-562, Sec.  2(b), 102
                                                                          Stat.
 2821.
30147(b)..............................  15:1397(d)(2).
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    In this section, the words ``(relating to discovery, notification, 
and remedy of motor vehicle defects)'' are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (a)(1)(A), the words ``for a motor vehicle'' are 
substituted for ``in, or regarding, any motor vehicle'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words.
    In subsection (a)(1)(B), the word ``compliance'' is substituted for 
``conformity'' for consistency in this chapter.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 30141, 30165 of this title.
