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Third Report to Congress Effectiveness of Occupant Protection Systems and Their Use
The third of five biennial reports on the effectiveness of occupant protection systems.
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208 49 CFR Part 571 Monitoring the Performance of Advanced Air Bags and Developing Data for Potential Future Air Bag Rulemakings
external link icon Request for Comments
208 49 CFR Part 595 Exemption from the Make Inoperative Prohibition
PDF icon Final Rule
external link icon Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
external link icon Notice of proposed rulemaking
208 49 CFR Part 595 Air Bag Deactivation
external link icon Notice of proposed rulemaking
208 49 CFR Part 571, 585, 587, 595 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Occupant Crash Protection
The agency is proposing to upgrade the agency's occupant protection standard to require advanced air bags.
external link icon Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
208 49 CFR Part 552, 571, 585, 595 Occupant Crash Protection
PDF icon Final rule; interim final rule.
external link icon Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking
208 49 CFR Part 595 Retro Fit On-Off Switches for Air Bags
To facilitate further the modification of vehicles to accommodate individuals with disabilities, the agency is proposing to expand the existing exemption from a statutory provision that prohibits specified types of commercial entities from either removing safety equipment or features installed on motor vehicles
PDF icon Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
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