1 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 2 consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate 3 prescribed for level V of the Federal Executive Salary 4 Schedule established by the Federal Executive Salary Act 5 of 1964. The Administrator shall be a citizen of the United 6 States, and shall be appointed with due regard for his fitness 7 to discharge efficiently the powers and the duties delegated to 8 him pursuant to this Act. The Administrator shall have 9 no pecuniary interest in or own any stock in or bonds of 10 any enterprise involved in (1) manufacturing motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment, or (2) constructing highways, 12 nor shall he engage in any other business, vocation, or cm13 ployment. The Administrator shall perform such duties as are delegated to him by the Secretary.

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SEC. 116. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed 16 to exempt from the antitrust laws of the United States any 17 conduct that would otherwise be unlawful under such laws,

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or to prohibit under the antitrust laws of the United States

any conduct that would be lawful under such laws.

SEC. 117. (a) The Act entitled "An Act to provide 21 that hydraulic brake fluid sold or shipped in commerce for 22 use in motor vehicles shall meet certain specifications pre23 scribed by the Secretary of Commerce", approved September 24 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 437; Public Law 87-637); and the Act 25 entitled "An Act to provide that seat belts sold or shipped

1 in interstate commerce for use in motor vehicles shall meet 2 certain safety standards", approved December 13, 1963 (77 3 Stat. 361; Public Law 88-201), are hereby repealed. 4 (b) Whoever, prior to the date of enactment of this sec5 tion, knowingly and willfully violates any provision of law 6 repealed by subsection (a) of this section, shall be punished 7 in accordance with the provisions of such laws as in effect on the date such violation occurred.

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9 (c) All standards issued under authority of the laws 10 repealed by subsection (a) of this section which are in effect 11 at the time this section takes effect, shall continue in effect as 12 if they had been effectively issued under section 103 until 13 amended or revoked by the Secretary, or a court of competent jurisdiction by operation of law.

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(d) Any proceeding relating to any provision of law repealed by subsection (a) of this section which is pending

at the time this section takes effect shall be continued by 18 the Secretary as if this section had not been enacted, and 19 orders issued in any such proceeding shall continue in effect as if they had been effectively issued under section 103 until amended or revoked by the Secretary in accordance with this title, or by operation of law.

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(e) The repeals made by subsection (a) of this section shall not affect any suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced prior to the date this section takes effect, and

1 all such suits, actions, and proceedings, shall be continued, 2 proceedings therein had, appeals therein taken, and judg3 ments therein rendered, in the same manner and with the 4 same effect as if this section had not been enacted. No suit, 5 action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against 6 any agency or officer of the United States in relation to the 7 discharge of official duties under any provision of law re8 pealed by subsection (a) of this section shall abate by reason 9 of such repeal, but the court, upon motion or supplemental 10 petition filed at any time within 12 months after the date 11 of enactment of this section showing the necessity for the 12 survival of such suit, action, or other proceeding to obtain a 13 settlement of the questions involved, may allow the same to 14 be maintained.

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SEC. 118. The Secretary, in exercising the authority 16 under this title, shall utilize the services, research and test17 ing facilities of other Federal departments and agencies to 18 the maximum extent practicable in order to avoid duplication. SEC. 119. The Secretary is authorized to issue, amend, 20 and revoke such rules and regulations as he deems necessary 21 to carry out this title.

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SEC. 120. (a) The Secretary shall prepare and submit

23 to the President for transmittal to the Congress on March 1 24 of each year a comprehensive report on the, administration

1 of this Act for the preceding calendar year. Such report 2 shall include but not be restricted to (1) a thorough statisti3 cal compilation of the accidents and injuries occurring in such 4 year; (2) a list of Federal motor vehicle safety standards 5 prescribed or in effect in such year; (3) the degree of observ6 ance of applicable Federal motor vehicle standards; (4)

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a summary of all current research grants and contracts to8 gether with a description of the problems to be considered by 9 such grants and contracts; (5) an analysis and evaluation, 10 including relevant policy recommendations, of research activ11 ilies completed and technological progress achieved during 12 such year; and (6) the extent to which technical information 13 was disseminated to the scientific community and consumer14 oriented information was made available to the motoring 15 public.

16 (b) The report required by subsection (a) of this sec17 tion shall contain such recommendations for additional legis18 lation as the Secretary deems necessary to promote coopera19 tion among the several States in the improvement of traffic 20 safety and to strengthen the national traffic safety program. 21 SEC. 121. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated 22 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title, 23 other than those related to tire safety, not to exceed $11,000,24 000 for fiscal year 1967, $17,000,000 for fiscal year 1968, 25 and $23,000,000 for the fiscal year 1969, and funds appro

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3 (b) There is authorized to be appropriated for the 4 pose of carrying out the provisions of this title related to tire 5 safety and title II, not to exceed $2,900,000 for fiscal year 6 1967, and $1,450,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years 7 1968 and 1969.

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SEC. 122. The provisions of this title for certification 9 of motor vehicles and items of motor vehicle equipment shall

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TITLE II-TIRE SAFETY

SEC. 201. In all standards for pneumatic tires estab14 lished under title I of this Act, the Secretary shall require 15 that tires subject thereto be permanently and conspicuously 16 labeled with such safety information as he determines to be

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(1) suitable identification of the manufacturer, or in the case of a retreaded tire suitable identification of the retreader, unless the tire contains a brand name

other than the name of the manufacturer in which case

it shall also contain a code mark which would permit

the seller of such tire to identify the manufacturer thereof

to the purchaser upon his request.