Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government
About This Law
/us/usc/t40/s17102
Title
40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Chapter
STVI/CH171
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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The Federal Government shall not purchase a motor vehicle for use by the Government unless that motor vehicle is equipped with reasonable passenger safety devices that the Administrator of General Services requires. Those devices shall conform with standards the Administrator prescribes under section 17103 of this title.
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
1710240:701.Pub. L. 88–515, § 1, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696.
The words “manufactured on or after the effective date of this section” are omitted as executed.
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