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Automaker Accountability Act of 2014

Introduced: May 22, 2014 Introduced by: Blumenthal, Richard Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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May 22, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 22, 2014
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Automaker Accountability Act of 2014 - Revises civil penalties for violation of federal motor vehicle safety requirements, and subjects to them also persons who cause such a violation.

Repeals current maximum penalties.

Increases civil penalties for violations: (1) from $5,000 to $25,000 per violation; (2) from $10,000 to $100,000, maximum, for the manufacture, sale, introduction into commerce, or importation of a school bus or school bus equipment that does not comply with federal motor vehicle requirements; and (3) from $5,000 to $25,000 per violation per day for a person who fails or refuses to perform an act pursuant to specified inspection, investigation, and record-keeping requirements pertaining to defective or noncompliant motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment.

What's happening now May 22, 2014

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1