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  49 CFR Parts 571 Child Restraint System - Anton's Law - FY 2005
This document responds to Section 4(b) and Section 3(b)(2) of Anton’s Law, which directed NHTSA to initiate rulemaking on child restraint system safety, with a specific focus on booster seats and restraints for children who weigh more than 50 pounds (lb). After the enactment of Anton’s Law, this agency increased the applicability of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 213, Child restraint systems, from restraints recommended for children up to 50 lb to restraints recommended for children up to 65 lb. Today’s document proposes a further expansion, to restraints recommended for children up to 80 lb. It also proposes to require booster seats and other restraints to meet performance criteria when tested with a crash test dummy representative of a 10-year-old child. Section 4(a) and all other provisions of Section 3 were addressed in rulemaking documents issued previously by NHTSA.
PDF icon Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
  49 CFR Part 571 Child Restraint Systems
external link icon Final Rule
  49 CFR Part 213, 225 Child Restraint Systems
Child restraint systems are the most effective way to protect young children involved in motor vehicle crashes.
external link icon Final Economic Assessment
  49 CFR Part 213 Child Restraint Anchorage Systems
external link icon Preliminary Regulatory Evaluation
external link icon Preliminary Economic Assessment
external link icon Proposed Amendment, Preliminary Regulatory Evaluation
external link icon Final Economic Assessment
222 49 CFR Part 571 School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection
PDF icon Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
PDF icon Final Rule
  49 CFR Parts 571, 585, 586, 589, 590, 596, 597 Occupant Crash Protection
This document adopts NHTSA’s proposal to require all designated seating positions in rear seats, other than side-facing seats, be equipped with Type 2 integral lap/shoulder safety belts. Side-facing seats may be equipped with either a Type 1 lap belt or a Type 2 belt. This final rule responds to a Congressional mandate that the agency begin to phase-in requirements for lap/shoulder belts for all rear seating positions, wherever practicable, not later than September 1, 2005.
external link icon Final rule
  49 CFR Part 571,596 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems; Child Restraint Anchorage Systems
external link icon Final Rule
  49 CFR Part 571 Child Restraint Systems; Child Restraint Anchorage Systems
external link icon Final Rule
external link icon Final rule, response to petitions for reconsideration
external link icon Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
external link icon Advance notice of proposed rulemaking
  49 CFR Part 571 Child Restraint Anchorage Systems
external link icon Final rule; Response to Petitions for Reconsideration
external link icon Final rule, response to petitions for reconsideration
  49 CFR Part 575 Safety Rating Program for Child Restraint Systems
external link icon Final Rule
external link icon Response to Comments, Notice of Final Decision
external link icon Notice; Request for Comments
  49 CFR Part 571 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Power-Operated Window, Partition, and Roof Panel Systems
external link icon Final Rule
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