2012 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 86 - CHILDREN'S BICYCLE HELMET SAFETY (§§ 6001 - 6006)
Section 6001 - Establishment of program
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 86 - CHILDREN'S BICYCLE HELMET SAFETY Sec. 6001 - Establishment of program |
Contains | section 6001 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1994.</p> |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 103-267, title II, §202, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 726. |
Statutes at Large References | 108 Stat. 726 |
Public Law References | Public Law 103-267 |
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The Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may, in accordance with section 6002 of this title, make grants to States, political subdivisions of States, and nonprofit organizations for programs that require or encourage individuals under the age of 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets. In making those grants, the Administrator shall allow grantees to use wide discretion in designing programs that effectively promote increased bicycle helmet use.
(b) Federal shareThe amount provided by a grant under this section shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of the program for which the grant is made. In crediting the recipient State, political subdivision, or nonprofit organization for the non-Federal share of the cost of such a program (other than planning and administration), the aggregate of all expenditures made by such State, political subdivision, or nonprofit organization (exclusive of Federal funds) for the purposes described in section 6002 of this title (other than expenditures for planning and administration) shall be available for such crediting, without regard to whether such expenditures were actually made in connection with such program.
(Pub. L. 103–267, title II, §202, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 726.)
Short TitlePub. L. 103–267, title II, §201, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 726, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1994’.”
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