Congress 107 - HR 5381 - Anton's Law

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Administrative procedure Authorization Automobile safety appliances Automobile safety standards Child safety Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Department of Transportation Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medical personnel Families Federal aid highway program Federal aid to transportation Fines (Penalties) Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Health Infrastructure Labor and Employment Law Motor vehicle safety Police training Product safety Public service advertising Seat belts State laws Traffic accidents and safety Transportation and Public Works

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Anton's Law - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish a safety standard for booster seats used in passenger motor vehicles as a form of child restraint. Directs the Secretary to complete a rulemaking proceeding to amend certain Code of Federal Regulations motor vehicle safety standards in order to: (1) require each seat belt assembly in the rear seats of a passenger motor vehicle to be a lap and shoulder belt assembly; and (2) apply such requirement to passenger motor vehicles beginning after the production year in which such regulations are prescribed in compliance with the implementation of a certain phase-in schedule.

Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to extend the occupant protection incentive grants program for a two-year period.

Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the Secretary to make: (1) a basic grant to any State that enacts a child restraint law by October 1, 2003; and (2) a supplemental grant to any such State if the child restraint law is an enhanced child restraint law. Sets forth certain grant requirements.

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Sep 23, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Sep 12, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 12, 2002

Introduced in House

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