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[CITE: 49USC33105]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
            PART C--INFORMATION, STANDARDS, AND REQUIREMENTS
 
                      CHAPTER 331--THEFT PREVENTION
 
Sec. 33105. Cost limitations

    (a) Maximum Manufacturer Costs.--A standard under section 33102 or 
33103 of this title may not impose--
        (1) on a manufacturer of motor vehicles, compliance costs of 
    more than $15 a motor vehicle; or
        (2) on a manufacturer of major replacement parts, compliance 
    costs for each part of more than the reasonable amount (but less 
    than $15) that the Secretary of Transportation specifies in the 
    standard.

    (b) Costs Involved in Engines and Transmissions.--For a manufacturer 
engaged in identifying engines or transmissions on October 25, 1984, in 
a way that substantially complies with the standard--
        (1) the costs of identifying engines and transmissions may not 
    be considered in calculating the manufacturer's costs under 
    subsection (a) of this section; and
        (2) the manufacturer may not be required under the standard to 
    conform to any identification system for engines and transmissions 
    that imposes greater costs on the manufacturer than are incurred 
    under the identification system used by the manufacturer on October 
    25, 1984.

    (c) Cost Adjustments.--(1) In this subsection--
        (A) ``base period'' means calendar year 1984.
        (B) ``price index'' means the average over a calendar year of 
    the Consumer Price Index (all items--United States city average) 
    published monthly by the Secretary of Labor.

    (2) At the beginning of each calendar year, as necessary data become 
available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Secretary of Labor 
shall certify to the Secretary of Transportation and publish in the 
Federal Register the percentage difference between the price index for 
the 12 months before the beginning of the calendar year and the price 
index for the base period. For model years beginning in that calendar 
year, the amounts specified in subsection (a) of this section shall be 
adjusted by the percentage difference.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1081.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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33105.................................  15:2024.                         Oct. 2
0, 1972, Pub. L. 92-513, 86 Stat.
                                                                          947, 
Sec.  604; added Oct. 25, 1984,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 98-547, Sec.  101(a), 98 Stat.
                                                                          2758.
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    In subsection (a)(1) and (2), the words ``compliance costs'' are 
substituted for ``costs . . . to comply with such standard'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words. In clause (2), the words ``reasonable 
amount (but less than $15)'' are substituted for ``reasonable lesser 
amount'' for clarity.
    In subsection (c)(2), the words ``commencing on or after January 1, 
1985'' are omitted as obsolete.
