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[CITE: 49USC31147]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                           PART B--COMMERCIAL
 
              CHAPTER 311--COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER III--SAFETY REGULATION
 
Sec. 31147. Limitations on authority

    (a) Traffic Regulations.--This subchapter does not authorize the 
Secretary of Transportation to prescribe traffic safety regulations or 
preempt State traffic regulations. However, the Secretary may prescribe 
traffic regulations to the extent their subject matter was regulated 
under parts 390-399 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, on October 
30, 1984.
    (b) Regulating the Manufacturing of Vehicles.--This subchapter does 
not authorize the Secretary to regulate the manufacture of commercial 
motor vehicles for any purpose, including fuel economy, safety, or 
emission control.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1013.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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31147(a)..............................  49 App.:2519(a).                 Oct. 3
0, 1984, Pub. L. 98-554, Sec.
                                                                          229, 
98 Stat. 2853.
31147(b)..............................  49 App.:2519(b).
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    In subsection (a), the word ``prescribe'' is substituted for 
``establish or maintain'' for consistency in the revised title and with 
other titles of the United States Code.
