Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to prohibit the registration or licensing of motor vehicles when the ownership is transferred in interstate commerce unless: (1) the application for a new certificate of title is accompanied by the prior owner's most recent registration card and the prior owner's title; and (2) the new certificate of title is printed in a specified printing process, indicates the odometer mileage, and contains a space for the transferee to disclose the mileage at the time of future transfer and to sign and date such disclosure. Prohibits the issuance of a registration card for any motor vehicle that does not meet Federal odometer disclosure requirements.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to reinstate a specified Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard with respect to tamper-resistant odometers.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-764.
Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Packwood with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 98-504.
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Packwood with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 98-504.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 952.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
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