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[CITE: 49USC32302]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                    CHAPTER 323--CONSUMER INFORMATION
 
Sec. 32302. Passenger motor vehicle information

    (a) Information Program.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
maintain a program for developing the following information on passenger 
motor vehicles:
        (1) damage susceptibility.
        (2) crashworthiness.
        (3) the degree of difficulty of diagnosis and repair of damage 
    to, or failure of, mechanical and electrical systems.
        (4) vehicle operating costs dependent on the characteristics 
    referred to in clauses (1)-(3) of this subsection, including 
    insurance information obtained under section 32303 of this title.

    (b) Motor Vehicle Information.--To assist a consumer in buying a 
passenger motor vehicle, the Secretary shall provide to the public 
information developed under subsection (a) of this section. The 
information shall be in a simple and understandable form that allows 
comparison of the characteristics referred to in subsection (a)(1)-(3) 
of this section among the makes and models of passenger motor vehicles. 
The Secretary may require passenger motor vehicle dealers to distribute 
the information to prospective buyers.
    (c) Insurance Cost Information.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations that require passenger motor vehicle dealers to distribute 
to prospective buyers information the Secretary develops and provides to 
the dealers that compares insurance costs for different makes and models 
of passenger motor vehicles based on damage susceptibility and 
crashworthiness.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1035.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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32302(a)..............................  15:1941(c) (19th-60th words).    Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, Sec.
                                                                          201(c
), (e), 86 Stat. 956.
                                        15:1941(d) (1st-13th words).     Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, Sec.
                                                                          201(d
), 86 Stat. 956; July 14, 1976,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 94-364, Sec.  201, 90 Stat.
                                                                          981.
32302(b)..............................  15:1941(c) (1st-18th and 61st-
                                         last words), (d) (14th-last
                                         words).
32302(c)..............................  15:1941(e).
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    In subsection (a), the words before clause (1) are substituted for 
``The Secretary shall compile the information described in subsection 
(c) of this section'' and ``existing information and information to be 
developed relating to'' for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In subsection (b), the words ``After the study has been completed'' 
are omitted as executed. The words ``To assist a consumer in buying a 
passenger motor vehicle'' are substituted for ``so as to be of benefit 
in their passenger motor vehicle purchasing decisions'', and the words 
``the Secretary shall provide to the public'' are substituted for ``the 
Secretary is authorized and directed to devise specific ways in which . 
. . can be communicated to consumers'' and ``furnish it to the public'', 
to eliminate unnecessary words. The word ``existing'' is omitted as 
obsolete.
    In subsection (c), the words ``not later than February 1, 1975'' are 
omitted as executed. The words ``prescribe regulations'' are substituted 
for ``by rule establish'' for consistency in the revised title and 
because ``rule'' is synonymous with ``regulation''.
