As Enacted SEC. 122. The provisions of this title for certification of motor Effective date. 11 vehicles and items of motor vehicle equipment shall take effect on the effective date of the first standard actually issued under section 103 of this title. House Committee Report House Report 1776, Pages 31 and 32 EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTIFICATION Section 122 of the reported bill provides that those provisions relating to certification of vehicles and equipment shall take effect on the effective date of the first standard actually issued under section 103. By reason of subsection (c) of section 117 of this bill the existing standards on seat belts and hydraulic brake fluid will continue in. effect as if they had been issued under section 103. Thus the provisions of the bill relating to certification would require immediate issuance of certificates on all vehicles and equipment as to these two aspects of motor vehicle safety. The committee determined that it would be impossible for manufacturers, distributors, and dealers to immediately issue these certificates and, therefore, included this section to insure that requirements of certification would take effect 32 only when the first new standard is actually issued by the Secretary under section 103. The postponement of these certification requirements does not affect the basic requirement that these vehicles and items of equipment conform to safety standards. |