PUBLIC LAW 98-547—OCT. 25, 1984
98 STAT. 2757
"(B) the inscribing or affixing of any identification other than a symbol identifying the manufacturer and a common symbol identifying the part as a major replacement part. "(e) Nothing in this title shall be construed to grant authority to require any person to keep records or make reports, except as expressly provided in sections 603(c), 605(b), 606(a), and 612. "DESIGNATION OF HIGH THEFT VEHICLE UNES AND PARTS
"SEC. 603. (a)(1) For purposes of the standard under section 602, the following motor vehicle lines are high theft lines: "(A) passenger motor vehicles of any line which is determined under subsection (b) to have had a new passenger motor vehicle theft rate in the 2 calendar years immediately preceding the year in which the final standard is promulgated which exceeds the median theft rate for all new passenger motor vehicle thefts in such 2-year period; "(B) passenger motor vehicles of any line initially introduced into commerce in the United States at any time after the beginning of the 2-year period specified in subparagraph (A) which is determined under paragraph (2) to be likely to have a theft rate exceeding such median theft rate; and "(C) passenger motor vehicles of any line which is below the median theft rate (in the case of existing lines) or which is likely to be below the median theft rate (in the case of new lines) if the major parts contained in such vehicles are determined under paragraph (2) to be interchangeable with the majority of the major parts which are subject to the standard and which are contained in the motor vehicles of a line subject to the standard pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B); except that such standard shall not apply to such major parts of any line specified by this paragraph if all the passenger motor vehicles of lines— "(i) which are or are likely to be below the median theft rate, and "(ii) which contain parts which are interchangeable with the major parts of the line involved, account (in the case of existing lines) or the Secretary determines are likely to account (in the case of new lines) for more than 90 percent of the total annual production of all lines of that manufacturer which contain those interchangeable parts. "(2) The specific lines, and the major parts of the vehicles within such lines, which are to be subject to the standard may be selected by agreement between that manufacturer and the Secretary. If the manufacturer and the Secretary disagree as to such selection, the Secretary shall select such lines and parts, after notice to the manufacturer and opportunity for written comment, and subject to the confidentiality requirements of this title. "(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), of those passenger motor vehicle lines initially introduced by a manufacturer into commerce in the United States before the effective date of the standard, no more than 14 of the lines of any manufacturer shall be selected as high theft lines under paragraph (1)(A) and (B). Any such selection shall be made under paragraph (2) within one year after the date of the enactment of the Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of
15 USC 2023.
1984.
Ante, p. 2754.
"(4) The Secretary shall prescribe reasonable procedures designed to assure that, to the maximum extent practicable, any selection
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