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A bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require that the impact test velocity in the motor vehicle bumper standard established by the Secretary of Transportation shall…

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A bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require that the impact test velocity in the motor vehicle bumper standard established by the Secretary of Transportation shall be 5 miles per hour.

Introduced: June 9, 1982 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Jun 15, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
Jun 9, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 9, 1982
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require any impact test velocity in the motor vehicle bumper standard to be five miles per hour.

What's happening now June 15, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 30, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6552: A bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require that the impact test velocity in the motor vehicle bumper standard established by the Secretary of Transportation shall be 5 miles per hour.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6552/
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"H.R. 6552: A bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require that the impact test velocity in the motor vehicle bumper standard established by the Secretary of Transportation shall be 5 miles per hour.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6552/.
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H.R. 6552, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6552/.
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[H.R. 6552: A bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require that the impact test velocity in the motor vehicle bumper standard established by the Secretary of Transportation shall be 5 miles per hour.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-6552/)
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