{"identifier":"/us/usc/t49/s32511","title":49,"num":"\u00a7\u202f32511.","heading":"Relationship to other motor vehicle standards","text":"\u00a7\u202f32511.\nRelationship to other motor vehicle standards\n(a)\nPreemption.\u2014\nExcept as provided in this section, a State or a political subdivision of a State may prescribe or enforce a bumper standard for a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment only if the standard is identical to a standard prescribed under\nsection 32502 of this title\n(b)\nEnforcement.\u2014\nThis chapter and chapter 301 of this title do not affect the authority of a State to enforce a bumper standard about an aspect of performance of a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment not covered by a standard prescribed under\n(1) does not conflict with a standard prescribed under chapter 301 of this title; and\n(2) was in effect or prescribed by the State on\nOctober 20, 1972\n(c)\nAdditional and Higher Standards of Performance.\u2014\nThe United States Government, a State, or a political subdivision of a State may prescribe a bumper standard for a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment obtained for its own use that imposes additional or higher standards of performance than a standard prescribed under\nsection 32502 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t49/s32511.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32511","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f32511."},{"t":"heading","text":"Relationship to other motor vehicle standards"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32511/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Preemption.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Except as provided in this section, a State or a political subdivision of a State may prescribe or enforce a bumper standard for a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment only if the standard is identical to a standard prescribed under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 32502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t49/s32502","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32511/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Enforcement.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"This chapter and chapter 301 of this title do not affect the authority of a State to enforce a bumper standard about an aspect of performance of a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment not covered by a standard prescribed under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 32502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t49/s32502","tail":" if the State bumper standard\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32511/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" does not conflict with a standard prescribed under chapter 301 of this title; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32511/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" was in effect or prescribed by the State on ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"October 20, 1972","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t49/s32511/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Additional and Higher Standards of Performance.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The United States Government, a State, or a political subdivision of a State may prescribe a bumper standard for a passenger motor vehicle or passenger motor vehicle equipment obtained for its own use that imposes additional or higher standards of performance than a standard prescribed under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 32502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t49/s32502","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}