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(a) motor vehicle safety standards;

(b) method for inspecting or testing under moter

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vehicle safety standards;

fet motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment

test methods and test equipment.

TRAINING

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SEO. 106. (a) The Secretary is authorized to train, 10 or establish training programs for, personnel of Federal 11 agencies, State or other publie agencies or institutions, pri 12 vate firms and private institutions by grants to or contracts 13 with such agencies, firms or institutions for the purpose of 14 achieving motor vehicle safety as provided in this title. 15 He may receive and expend funds made available under a 16 cooperative agreement or utilize motor vehicles or motor 17 vehicle equipment furnished thereunder for training purposes. 18 Such training may include

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(1) interpreting and applying motor vehicle safety standards;

(2) using test methods and test equipment:

(3) testing and inspecting motor vehicles and

motor vehicle equipment to determine motor vehicle safety; or

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(4) such other training as may be necessary to

earry out this title.

(b) The Secretary may purchase, use, and dispose of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment for use, other

5 than for purposes of transportation, in the training author6 ized by subsection (a), under the same authority, and sub

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PROHIBITED ACTS

SEC. 107. (a) No person shall

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manufacture for sale, sell, offer for sale, or

introduce or deliver for introduction in interstate commerce, or import into the United States, any motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment manufaetured on or after the date any applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard takes effect under this title unless it is in conformity with such standard as prescribed or amended by the Secretary pursuant to section 102 except as provided in subsection (b) of this section; or (2) fail or refuse access to or copying of records, or fail to make reports or provide information, as re

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quired under section 111(b).

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(b)(1) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall not

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24 delivery for introduction in interstate commerce of any motor

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of it in good faith for purposes other than resale.

A motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equip 4 ment offered for importation in violation of paragraph (1) 5 of subsection (a) shall be refused admission into the United 6 States under joint regulations issued by the Secretary of the 7 Treasury and the Secretary; except that the Secretary of the 8 Treasury and the Secretary may, by such regulations, pro9 vide for authorizing the importation of such motor vehicle 10 or item of motor vehicle equipment into the United States 11 upon such terms and conditions (including the furnishing 12 of a bond) as may appear to them appropriate to insure 13 that any such motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment will be brought into conformity with any applicable 15 Federal motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this 16 title, or will be exported or abandoned to the United States. (3) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary

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18 may, by joint regulations, permit the temporary importation 19 of any motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment, 20 after the first purchase of it in good faith for purposes other 21 than resale, notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsee22 tion.

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(4) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall not apply 24 in the ease of a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle

1 equipment intended solely for export, and so labeled or 2 tagged on the vehicle or item itself and on the outside of

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5 SEO. 108. (a) Whoever violates any provision of see6 tion 107, or any regulation issued thereunder, shall be sub7 jeet to a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each such 8 violation. Such violation of a provision of section 107, or 9 regulations issued thereunder, shall constitute a separate 10 violation with respect to each motor vehicle or item of motor 11 vehiele equipment or with respect to each failure or refusal 12 to allow or perform an act required thereby.

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(b) Any such civil penalty may be compromised by 14 the Secretary. The amount of such penalty, when finally 15 determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may 16 be deducted from any sums owing by the United States to 17 the person charged.

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JURISDICTION; INJUNCTION

SEC. 109. (a) The United States district courts and

20 the United States courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto 21 Rico and the territories and possessions shall have jurisdie22 tion; for cause shown and subject to the provisions of rule 23 65 (a) and (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to 24 restrain violations of this title upon petition by the appro

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(b) In any proceeding for criminal contempt for viola4 tion of an order, injunction, or restraining order issued under 5 this section, which violation also constitutes a violation of this 6 title, trial shall be by the count or, upon demand of the 7 accused, by a jury. Such trial shall be conducted in accordance with the practice and procedure applicable in the ease 9 of proceedings subject to the provisions of rule 42(b) of the 10 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

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11 fe) In all libel or injunction proceedings for the en12 forcement or to restrain violations of this title, subpenas for 13 witnesses who are required to attend a court of the United 14 States in any district may run into any other district in any 15 such proceeding.

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SEIZURE

SEO. 110. (a) Any motor vehicle or motor vehicle 18 equipment that has been manufactured or introduced inte 19 commerce in violation of section 107 shall be liable to be 20 proceeded against by the United States while in interstate 21 eommeree, or while held for any sale after shipment in inter22 state commerce until the occurrence of the first purchase of 23 it in good faith for purposes other than resale, or libel of 24 information and condemned in any district court of the

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