ENFORCEMENT.

SEC. 103. ENFORCEMENT. (a) Prohibited Acts.— (1)(A) Section 108(a) of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 is amended by inserting “(1)” after “Sec. 108. (a)”, by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), respectively, and by adding at the end of such subsection the following new paragraph: “(2)(A) No manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or motor vehicle repair business shall knowingly render inoperative, in whole or part, any device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment in compliance with an applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard, unless such manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or repair business reasonably believes that such vehicle or item of equipment will not be used (other than for testing or similar purposes in the course of maintenance or repair) during the time such device or element of design is rendered inoperative. For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘motor vehicle repair business’ means any person who holds himself out to the public as in the business of repairing motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment for compensation. “(B) The Secretary may by regulation exempt any person from this paragraph if he determines that such exemption is consistent with motor vehicle safety and the purposes of this Act. The Secretary may prescribe regulations defining the term ‘render inoperative’. “(C) This paragraph shall not apply with respect to the rendering inoperative of (i) any safety belt interlock (as defined in section 125(f)(1)) or (ii) any continuous buzzer (as defined in section 125 (f) (4)) designed to indicate that safety belts are not in use. 88 Stat. 1478 “(D) Paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection shall not apply to the sale or offering for sale of any motor vehicle which has such a buzzer or interlock rendered inoperative by a dealer at the request of the first purchaser of such vehicle.” (B) Subsection (b) of section 108 of such Act is amended by inserting “(A)” after “Paragraph (1)” in paragraphs (1), (2), and (5) of such subsection and by inserting “(A)” after “paragraph (1)” in paragraph (3) of such subsection. (2) Section 108(a) of such Act (as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection) is amended— (A) by inserting after the semicolon in paragraph (1)(B) the following: “fail to keep specified records in accordance with such section; or fail or refuse to permit impounding, as required under section 112(a);” and (B) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following new subparagraph: “(E) fail to comply with any rule, regulation, or order issued under section 112 or 114; and” (3) Section 108(a)(1)(D) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(D) fail— “(i) to furnish notification, “(ii) to remedy any defect or failure to comply, or “(iii) to maintain records, as required by part B of this title; or fail to comply with any order or other requirement applicable to any manufacturer, distributor, or dealer pursuant to such part B;” (b) Penalties.—Section 109 of such Act is amended by striking out “$400,000” in the second sentence of such subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof “$800,000”. (c) Injunctions.— (1) The first sentence of section 110(a) of such Act is amended (1) by inserting “(or rules, regulations or orders thereunder)” after “violations of this title”, and (2) by inserting immediately after “pursuant to this title,” the following: “or to contain a defect (A) which relates to motor vehicle safety and (B) with respect to which notification has been given under section 151 or has been required to be given under section 152(b),”. (2) The next to the last sentence of section 110(a) of such Act is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: “or to remedy the defect”.