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[CITE: 49USC32919]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                  CHAPTER 329--AUTOMOBILE FUEL ECONOMY
 
Sec. 32919. Preemption

    (a) General.--When an average fuel economy standard prescribed under 
this chapter is in effect, a State or a political subdivision of a State 
may not adopt or enforce a law or regulation related to fuel economy 
standards or average fuel economy standards for automobiles covered by 
an average fuel economy standard under this chapter.
    (b) Requirements Must Be Identical.--When a requirement under 
section 32908 of this title is in effect, a State or a political 
subdivision of a State may adopt or enforce a law or regulation on 
disclosure of fuel economy or fuel operating costs for an automobile 
covered by section 32908 only if the law or regulation is identical to 
that requirement.
    (c) State and Political Subdivision Automobiles.--A State or a 
political subdivision of a State may prescribe requirements for fuel 
economy for automobiles obtained for its own use.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1075, Sec. 32918; 
renumbered Sec. 32919, Pub. L. 103-429, Sec. 6(43)(A), Oct. 31, 1994, 
108 Stat. 4382.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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32918.................................  15:2009.                         Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat.
                                                                          947, 
Sec.  509; added Dec. 22, 1975,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 94-163, Sec.  301, 89 Stat.
                                                                          914.
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    In subsection (a), the word ``prescribed'' is substituted for 
``established'' for consistency.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-429 renumbered section 32918 of this title as this 
section.
