H.R. 5504 · 107th Congress · enacted
Anton's Law
Became Public Law No: 107-318.
Latest official action 2002-12-04 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Child Safety Enhancement Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish performance requirements for child restraints, including booster seats, for children weighing more than 50 pounds; (2) develop, evaluate, and initiate a rulemaking proceeding to adopt an anthropomorphic test device that simulates a ten-year old child for use in testing child restraints used in passenger motor vehicles; (3) complete a rulemaking proceeding to amend Federal motor vehicle safety standard No. 208 relating to occupant crash protection in order to require a lap and shoulder belt assembly for each rear designated seating position in a passenger vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less; and (4) initiate an evaluation of integrated or built-in child restraints and booster seats.
Congressional Research Service · 2002-10-01
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