PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 1035 nent, or as an accessory or addition to a passenger motor vehicle; or (C) a device made or sold for use in towing a passenger motor vehicle. (12) "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. (13) "United States district court" means a district court of the United States, a United States court for Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and the district court for the Northern Mariana Islands. §32102. Authorization of appropriations The following amounts may be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to carry out this part: (1) $6,731,430 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993. (2) $6,987,224 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994. (3) $7,252,739 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995. CHAPTER 323—CONSUMER INFORMATION Sec 32301. Definitions. 32302. Passenger motor vehicle information. 32303. Insurance information. 32304. Passenger motor vehicle country of origin labeling. 32305. Information and assistance from other departments, agencies, and instrum entalities. 32306. Perso nnel. 32307. Investigative powers. 32308. General prohibitions, civil penalty, and enforcement. 32309. Criminal penalty for labeling violations. §32301. Definitions In this chapter— (1) "crashworthiness" means the protection a passenger motor vehicle gives its passengers against personal injury or death from a motor vehicle accident. (2) "damage susceptibility" means the susceptibility of a passenger motor vehicle to damage in a motor vehicle accident. § 32302. Passenger motor vehicle information (a) INFORMATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Transportation shall maintain a program for developing the following information on passenger motor vehicles: (1) damage susceptibility. (2) crash worthiness. (3) the degree of difficulty of diagnosis and repair of damage to, or failure of, mechanical and electrical systems. (4) vehicle operating costs dependent on the characteristics referred to in clauses (l)-(3) of this subsection, including insurance information obtained under section 32303 of this title. (b) MOTOR VEHICLE INFORMATION. —TO assist a consumer in buying a passenger motor vehicle, the Secretary shall provide to the public information developed under subsection (a) of this section. The information shall be in a simple and understandable form
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