A bill to amend the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to provide for the installation of passive restraints for occupant crash protection in new passenger cars.

Summary

Amends the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Transportation to amend a specified motor vehicle safety standard to require the installation of passive restraint devices in passenger cars manufactured three years after the issuance of such amendment. Stipulates that no motor vehicle safety standard may require a safety belt interlock system or a continuous buzzer designed to indicate that safety belts are not in use.

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Timeline

1. 4 January 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 4 January 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 4 January 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 January 1977

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] · D · Sponsor
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