15 USC § 6006 - “Approved bicycle helmet” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s6006"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 6006 - “Approved bicycle helmet” defined"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "6006"
section_name: "“Approved bicycle helmet” defined"
chapter_number: 86
chapter_name: "CHILDREN’S BICYCLE HELMET SAFETY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 207, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 728.)"
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# § 6006. “Approved bicycle helmet” defined

In this chapter, the term “approved bicycle helmet” means a bicycle helmet that meets—

**(1)** any interim standard described in section 6004(b) of this title, pending establishment of a final standard under section 6004(c) of this title; and

**(2)** the final standard, once it is established under section 6004(c) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 207, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 728.)