[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR1.50]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 1_ORGANIZATION AND DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C_Delegations
 
Sec.  1.50  Delegation to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator.

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator is delegated 
authority to:
    (a) Carry out the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 
1966, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).
    (b) Carry out the Highway Safety Act of 1966, as amended (23 U.S.C. 
401 et seq.), except for highway safety programs, research and 
development relating to highway design, construction and maintenance, 
traffic control devices, identification and surveillance of accident 
locations, and highway-related aspects of pedestrian and bicycle safety.
    (c) Exercise the authority vested in the Secretary by section 210(2) 
of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7544(2)).
    (d) Exercise the authority vested in the Secretary by section 204(b) 
of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 433(b)) with 
respect to laws administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administrator pertaining to highway, traffic and motor vehicle safety.
    (e) Carry out the Act of July 14, 1960, as amended (23 U.S.C. 313 
note) and the National Driver Register Act of 1982 (23 U.S.C. 401 note).
    (f) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by the Motor 
Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act of 1972, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
1901 et seq.), except section 512.
    (g) Administer the following sections of title 23, United States 
Code, with the concurrence of the Federal Highway Administrator:
    (1) 141, as it relates to certification of the enforcement of speed 
limits;
    (2) 154 (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h); and
    (3) 158.
    (h) Carry out the consultation functions vested in the Secretary by 
Executive Order 11912, as amended.
    (i) Carry out section 209 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1978, as amended (23 U.S.C. 401 note) and section 165 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, as

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amended (23 U.S.C. 101 note), with respect to matters within the primary 
responsibility of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator.
    (j) Administer section 414(b)(1) of the Surface Transportation 
Assistance Act of 1982, as amended (49 U.S.C. 2314) with the concurrence 
of the Federal Highway Administrator, and section 414(b)(2).
    (k) Carry out section 2(c) of the Truth in Mileage Act of 1986 (15 
U.S.C. 1988 note).
    (l) Carry out section 204(b) of the Surface Transportation and 
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, Public Law 100-17 (101 Stat. 
132) with the coordination of the Federal Highway Administrator.
    (m) Carry out the functions vested in the Secretary by section 15(f) 
of the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-500; 104 
Stat. 1213).
    (n) Carry out, in coordination with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administrator, the authority vested in the Secretary by subchapter III 
of chapter 311 and section 31502 of title 49, U.S.C., to promulgate 
safety standards for commercial motor vehicles and equipment subsequent 
to initial manufacture when the standards are based upon and similar to 
a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard promulgated, either 
simultaneously or previously, under chapter 301 of title 49, U.S.C.

[Amdt. 1-226, 53 FR 23122, June 20, 1988, as amended by Amdt. 1-239, 56 
FR 6810, Feb. 20, 1991; 65 FR 41015, July 3, 2000]