40 USC § 17102 - Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government

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title: "40 USC § 17102 - Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "17102"
section_name: "Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government"
chapter_number: 171
chapter_name: "SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)"
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# § 17102. Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government

section 17103 of this title

The Federal Government shall not purchase a motor vehicle for use by the Government unless that motor vehicle is equipped with reasonable passenger safety devices that the Administrator of General Services requires. Those devices shall conform with standards the Administrator prescribes under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 17102 | 40:701. | Pub. L. 88–515, § 1, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696. |

The words “manufactured on or after the effective date of this section” are omitted as executed.