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S 2081 109th Congress Senate

ATV Safety Act of 2005

Official title: A bill to improve the safety of all-terrain vehicles in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 15, 2005 See on congress.gov
Commerce Administrative procedureAll terrain vehiclesConsumer Product Safety CommissionConsumer protection
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Government Operations and PoliticsIndependent regulatory commissionsLawMotor vehicle safetyProduct safetyStandardsTransportation and Public Works
This bill died when the 109th Congress ended
It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Dec 12, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 12, 2005
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 Latest action December 12, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

ATV Safety Act of 2005 - Makes it unlawful, until the effective date of any Consumer Product Safety Commission mandatory rule applicable to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), for a manufacturer or distributor to distribute in commerce certain new assembled or unassembled ATVs unless they comply with certain ATV product safety standards.

Deems a violation of this Act to be a failure to comply with a consumer product safety rule under the Consumer Product Safety Act, subject to all of the penalties and remedies of that Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2081: ATV Safety Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2081/
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"S. 2081: ATV Safety Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2081/.
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