S.Amdt. 4034

SA 4034. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Markey) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms.
Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill
H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation,
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division A, insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a) Section 30120 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Limitation on Sale or Lease of Used Passenger Motor
Vehicles.--(1) A dealer may not sell or lease a used
passenger motor vehicle until any defect or noncompliance
determined under section 30118 with respect to the vehicle
has been remedied.
``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if--
``(A) the recall information regarding a used passenger
motor vehicle was not accessible at the time of sale or lease
using the means established by the Secretary under section
31301 of the Moving Ahead for

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Progress in the 21st Century Act (49 U.S.C. 30166 note); or
``(B) notification of the defect or noncompliance is
required under section 30118(b), but enforcement of the order
is set aside in a civil action to which 30121(d) applies.
``(3) Notwithstanding section 30102(a)(1), in this
subsection--
``(A) the term `dealer' means a person that has sold at
least 10 motor vehicles to 1 or more consumers during the
most recent 12-month period; and
``(B) the term `used passenger motor vehicle' means a motor
vehicle that has previously been purchased other than for
resale.
``(4) By rule, the Secretary may exempt the auctioning of a
used passenger motor vehicle from the requirements under
paragraph (1) to the extent that the exemption does not harm
public safety.''.
(b) This section shall take effect on that date that is 18
months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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