National Traffic Legislative History Including Statutory Appendix Volume V U.S.Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety epartation Lepas, USA -27-87 added val. Preface Volume V of this legislative history contains the histories of five amendments to the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966: (1) the 1976 Amendment (Public Law 94-346); (2) the retread tire manufacturers' exemption from recordkeeping amendment provided in Section 317 of the "Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978" (Public Law 95-599); (3) The "Motor Vehicle Safety and Cost Savings Authorization Act of 1982" (Public Law 97-331); (4) the splash and spray suppressant devices amendment provided in Section 414 of the "Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1983" (Public Law 97-424); as amended by Section 223 of the Tandem Truck Safety Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-554); and (5) the elimination of the district court expediting requirement under Section 155(a) provided in Section 402(17) of the "Federal District Court Organization Act of 1984" (Public Law 98-620). The histories of the 1976 Amendment to the "Motor Vehicle Safety and Cost Savings Amendment of 1982" (amendments longer than one section) are presented in two parts: (1) legislative documents associated with enactment; and (2) section-by-section analysis. The histories of the retread tire manufacturers amendment, the splash and spray amendment, and the elimination of the district court expediting requirement (one-section amendments incorporated in longer Acts on different subjects) require only a section-by-section analysis. In this volume the page numbers provided for the House and Senate debates are from the bound edition of the Congressional Record in the case of the 1976 Amendment and the Retread Tire Manufacturers Amendment, and from the daily edition of the Congressional Record in the case of the "Motor Vehicle Safety and Cost Savings Authorization Act of 1982," the Splash and Spray Amendment, and the Elimination of the District Court Requirement Amendment. At the time of publication of this volume, the bound edition of the Congressional Record did not cover these later three amendments. The section-by-section analyses of these amendments contain relevant excerpts from their legislative documents which have some bearing on the meaning or intent of each section. For each section, the legislative documents are considered in reverse chronological order, from the latest to the earliest. The legislative events leading to the enactment of the 1976 Amendment may be summarized as follows: 1. On August 1, 1975, Representative Staggers introduced 2. H.R. 9291, a bill "To amend the National Traffic and Motor 3. On March 3, 4, and 12, 1976, hearings were held on H.R. 9291 (entitled "National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act Amendments") before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 4. On May 13, 1976, S. 2323 was reported by the Senate Commerce Committee. Senate Report No. 94-854 accompanied S. 2323 as reported. 5. On May 14, 1976, H.R. 9291 was reported by the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. House Report No. 94-1148 accompanied H.R. 9291 as reported. 6. On June 9, 1976, House Resolution 1277 providing for the consideration of H.R. 9291 was reported (Report No. 94-1245) and referred to the House Calendar. 7. On June 11, 1976, H. Res. 1277 was agreed to and H.R. 9291 passed the House as reported by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 8. On June 24, 1976, H.R. 9291 passed the Senate with an amendment in lieu of S. 2323. 9. On June 29, 1976, the House concurred in the Senatepassed H.R. 9291, clearing the measure for the President. 10. On July 8, 1976, the President approved the 1976 Amendment to the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Public Law 94-346). The legislative events leading to the enactment of the Retread Tire Manufacturers Exemption From Recordkeeping Amendment provided in Section 317 of the "Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978" may be summarized as follows: On September 28, 1978, during the Senate debate on H.R. 11733, the "Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978", Senator Ford's unprinted Amendment No. 1941, to exempt retread tire manufacturers from recordkeeping provisions of section 158(b) of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, was agreed to. 2. On October 3, 1978, the Senate passed H.R. 11733, which included Senator Ford's unprinted Amendment No. 1941 as Section 315 of the bill. The Senate-passed Section 315 of H.R. 11733 as identical to the Amendment as introduced. 3. On October 4, 1978, the conference committee on H.R. 11733 (Report No. 95-1797) adopted the Senate-passed Section 315 of H. R. 11733. There was no comparable House provision. 4. 5. On October 15, 1978, the Senate and House agreed to the conference report. On November 6, 1978, the President approved H.R. 11733 (Public Law 95-599). Section 317 of this Act was identical to the provision adopted by the conference on H.R. 11733. The legislative events leading to the enactment of the "Motor Vehicle Safety and Cost Savings Authorization Act of 1982" may be summarized as follows: 1. On January 29, 1981, Representative Rinaldo introduced H.R. 1508, a bill "To amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to require tire dealers or distributors to provide first purchasers with a form to assist manufacturers in compiling tire registration information and to require public notice of tire defects if the Secretary determines such notice is necessary in the interest of motor vehicle safety." This bill became the basis for section 4 of H.R. 6273, noted below. 2. 3. 4. 5. On May 8, 1981, Senator Heflin introduced S. 1142, a bill identical to H.R. 1508. On June 4, 1981, hearings were held on H.R. 1508 (entitled "Motor Vehicle Safety Issues") before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. On March 23, 1982, the Subcommittee on Telecommunica- On March 31,1 1982, an oversight hearing on the National |