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motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment upon motor vehicle safety;

(3) evaluating and developing methods and equipment for testing, inspecting, and determining safety of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equip

ment;

(4) evaluating and developing methods and equipment for determining adequacy of motor vehicle safety standards, and compliance of motor ve

hicles with motor vehicle safety standards; and

(5) developing appropriate motor vehicle safety standards.

(e) awarding grants to State or interstate agencies

and nonprofit institutions for performance of activities authorized in this section.

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COOPERATION

SEC. 105. In addition to such advisory authority as the 18 Secretary otherwise may exercise, he is authorized to advise, 19 assist, cooperate with, or enter into cooperative agreements 20 with and receive and expend funds made available there21 under by Federal agencies, State or other public agencies, 22 businesses, universities, or other institutions in the planning or development of

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(a) motor vehicle safety standards;

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(b) method for inspecting or testing under motor vehicle safety standards;

(c) motor vehicle and motor vehicle equipment

test methods and test equipment.

TRAINING

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SEC. 106. (a) The Secretary is authorized to train, 7 or establish training programs for, personnel of Federal 8 agencies, State or other public agencies or institutions, pri9 vate firms and private institutions by grants to or contracts 10 with such agencies, firms, or institutions for the purpose of achieving motor vehicle safety as provided in this title. 12 He may receive and expend funds made available under a

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cooperative agreement or utilize motor vehicles or motor 14 vehicle equipment furnished thereunder for training purposes. 15 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

(4) such other training as may be necessary to carry out this title.

1 (b) The Secretary may purchase, use, and dispose of 2 motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment for use, other 3 than for purposes of transportation, in the training author4 ized by subsection (a), under the same authority, and sub

5 ject to the same conditions, as provided in section 104.

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PROHIBITED ACTS

SEC. 107. (a) No person shall

(1) 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 manufactured 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 required under section 111 (b).

(b) (1) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall not apply to the sale, the offer for sale, or the introduction or

delivery for introduction in interstate commerce of any motor

vehicle or motor vehicle equipment after the first purchase of it in good faith for purposes other than resale.

(2) A motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equip

1 ment offered for importation in violation of paragraph (1) 2 of subsection (a) shall be refused admission into the United 3 States under joint regulations issued by the Secretary of the 4 Treasury and the Secretary; except that the Secretary of 5 the Treasury and the Secretary may, by such regulations, 6 provide for authorizing the importation of such motor vehicle 7 or item of motor vehicle equipment into the United States 8 upon such ternis and conditions (including the furnishing 9 of a bond) as may appear to them appropriate to insure 10 that any such motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equip11 ment will be brought into conformity with any applicable 12 Federal motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this 13 title, or will be exported or abandoned to the United States. (3) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary may, by joint regulations, permit the temporary importation 16 of any motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment, 17 after the first purchase of it in good faith for purposes other 18 than resale, notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsec19 tion.

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(4) Paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall not apply 21 in the case of a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle 22 equipment intended solely for export, and so labeled or 23 tagged on the vehicle or item itself and on the outside of

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2 SEC. 108. (a) Whoever violates any provision of sec3 tion 107, or any regulation issued thereunder, shall be sub4 ject to a civil penalty of not to exceed $1,000 for each such 5 violation. Such violation of a provision of section 107, or 6 regulations issued thereunder, shall constitute a separate 7 violation with respect to each motor vehicle or item of motor 8 vehicle equipment or with respect to each failure or refusal 9 to allow or perform an act required thereby.

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(b) Any such civil penalty may be compromised by 11 the Secretary. The amount of such penalty, when finally 12 determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may 13 be deducted from any sums owing by the United States to 14 the person charged.

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JURISDICTION; INJUNCTION

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

the United States courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto 18 Rico and the territories and possessions shall have jurisdic19 tion, for cause shown and subject to the provisions of rule 20 65 (a) and (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to 21 restrain violations of this title upon petition by the appro22 priate United States attorney or the Attorney General on 23 behalf of the United States.

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(b) In any proceeding for criminal contempt for viola25 tion of an order, injunction, or restraining order issued under

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