Public Law 88-165 88th Congress, S. 1064 November 4, 1963 An Act To amend the Act redefining the units and establishing the standards of electrical and photometric measurements to provide that the candela shall be the unit of luminous intensity. 77 STAT. 299. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act entitled "An Act to redefine the units and establish the standards of electrical and photometric measurements" (Act of July 21, 1950; 64 Stat. 370) is amended by deleting the word "candle" wherever it 15 USC 223. appears and inserting in lieu thereof the word "candela". Approved November 4, 1963. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 846 (Comm. on Science & Astronautics). SENATE REPORT No. 336 (Comm. on Commerce). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 109 (1963): July 9: Considered and passed Senate. 88th Congress, H. R. 134 An Act To provide that seat belts sold or shipped in interstate commerce for use in motor vehicles shall meet certain safety standards. 49 USC 301. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary Seat belts. of Commerce shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register Safety standminimum standards for seat belts for use in motor vehicles other ards. than those of carriers subject to safety regulations under part II of Publication in the Interstate Commerce Act. Such standards shall be designed to F. R. provide the public with safe seat belts so that passenger injuries in 54 Stat, 919. motor vehicle accidents can be kept to a minimum. Standards first established under this section shall be prescribed and published not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 2. (a) The manufacture for sale, the sale, or the offering for Restriction. sale, in interstate commerce, or the importation into the United States, or the introduction, delivery for introduction, transportation or causing to be transported in, interstate commerce, or for the purpose of sale, or delivery after sale, in interstate commerce, of any seat belt manufactured on or after the date this section takes effect shall be unlawful unless such seat belt meets the standards prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce as set forth in the first section of this Act. (b) Whoever knowingly and willfully violates this section shall be Penalty. fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year or both. SEC. 3. As used in this Act (1) The term "interstate commerce" includes commerce between one State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and another State, Territory, possession, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Definitions. 77 STAT. 361. (2) The term "motor vehicle" means any other vehicle or machine 77 STAT. 362. propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used on the highways principally in the transportation of passengers. (3) The term "seat belt" means any strap, webbing, or similar device designed to secure a passenger in a motor vehicle in order to mitigate the results of any accident, including all necessary buckles, and other fasteners, and all hardware designed for installing such seat belt in a motor vehicle. SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment except Effective date. that section 2 shall take effect on such date as the Secretary of Commerce shall determine but such date shall be not less than one hundred and eighty days nor more than one year after the date of publication of standards first established under the first section of this Act. If such standards first established are thereafter changed, such standards as so changed shall take effect on such date as the Secretary of Commerce shall determine but such date shall be not less than one hundred and eighty days nor more than one year after the date of their publication in accordance with the provisions of the first section of this Act. Approved December 13, 1963. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 378 (Comm. on Interstate & Foreign Commerce). SENATE REPORT No. 665 (Comm. on Commerce). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 109 (1963): July 10: Considered and passed House. Nov. 27: Considered and passed Senate, amended. 88th Congress, H. R. 2906 An Act 77 STAT. 402. To amend part II of the Interstate Commerce Act in order to provide an exemption from the provisions of such part for the emergency transportation of any accidentally wrecked or disabled motor vehicle in interstate or foreign commerce by towing. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 49 Stat. 545. United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 203 (b) Wrecked vehicles, of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. 303(b)) is amended by emergency towing. striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: "or (10) the emergency transportation of any accidentally wrecked or disabled motor vehicle in interstate or foreign commerce by towing." Approved December 17, 1963. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 483 (Comm. on Interstate & Foreign Commerce). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 109 (1963): Nov. 27: Considered and passed Senate. 55-598 0-71-42 Public Law 88-212 88th Congress, S. 1533 December 18, 1963 An Act To amend the Act of July 24, 1956, granting a franchise to D.C. Transit 77 STAT. 421. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That part 1, title I of the Act entitled "An Act to grant a franchise to D.C. Transit System, Inc., and for other purposes", approved July 24, 1956, is amended by striking therefrom "Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia", and inserting in lieu thereof "Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission". Approved December 18, 1963. D.C. Transit LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 1000 (Comm. on the District of Columbia). Nov. 26: Considered and passed Senate. |