INSPECTION AND RECORDKEEPING.

SEC. 104. INSPECTION AND RECORDKEEPING. (a) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 112 of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 are amended to read as follows: “(a)(1) The Secretary is authorized to conduct any inspection or investigation— “(A) which may be necessary to enforce this title or any rules, regulations, or orders issued thereunder, or “(B) which relates to the facts, circumstances, conditions, and causes of any motor vehicle accident and which is for the purposes of carrying out his functions under this Act. The Secretary shall furnish the Attorney General and, when appropriate, the Secretary of the Treasury any information obtained indicating noncompliance with this title or any rules, regulations, or orders issued thereunder, for appropriate action. In making investigations under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall cooperate, with appro-88 Stat. 1479priate State and local officials to the greatest extent possible consistent with the purposes of this subsection. “(2) For purposes of carrying out paragraph (1), officers or employees duly designated by the Secretary, upon presenting appropriate credentials and written notice to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, are authorized at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner— “(A) to enter (i) any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which motor vehicles or items of motor vehicle equipment are manufactured, or held for introduction into interstate commerce or are held for sale after such introduction, or (ii) any premises where a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment involved in a motor vehicle accident is located; “(B) to impound for a period not to exceed 72 hours, any motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment involved in a motor vehicle accident; and “(C) to inspect any factory, warehouse, establishment, vehicle, or equipment referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B). Each inspection under this paragraph shall lie commenced and completed with reasonable promptness. “(3)(A) Whenever, under the authority of paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary inspects or temporarily impounds for the purpose of inspection any motor vehicle (other than a vehicle subject to part II of the Interstate Commerce Act) or an item of motor vehicle equipment, he shall pay reasonable compensation to the owner of such vehicle to the extent that such inspection or impounding results in the denial of the use of the vehicle to its owner or in the reduction in value of the vehicle. “(B) As used in this subsection, ‘motor vehicle accident’ means an occurrence associated with the maintenance, use, or operation of a motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment in or as a result of which any person suffers death or personal injury, or in which there is property damage. “(b) Every manufacturer of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment shall establish and maintain such records and every manufacturer, dealer, or distributor shall make such reports, as the Secretary may reasonably require to enable him to determine whether such manufacturer, dealer, or distributor has acted or is acting in compliance with this title or any rules, regulations, or orders issued thereunder and shall, upon request of an officer or employee duly designated by the Secretary, permit such officer or employee to inspect appropriate books, papers, records, and documents relevant to determining whether such manufacturer, dealer, or distributor has acted or is acting in compliance with this title or any rules, regulations, or orders issued thereunder. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as imposing recordkeeping requirements on distributors or dealers, except those requirements imposed under section 158 and regulations and orders promulgated thereunder. “(c)(1) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title, the Secretary, or on the authorization of the Secretary, any officer or employee of the Department of Transportation may hold such hearings, take such testimony, sit and act at such times and places, administer such oaths, and require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, correspondence, memorandums, contracts, agreements, or other records as the Secretary, or such officer or employee, deems advisable. “(2) In order to carry out the provisions of this title, the Secretary or his duly authorized agent shall at all reasonable times have access to, and for the purposes of examination the right to copy, any docu-88 Stat. 1480mentary evidence of any person having materials or information relevant to any function of the Secretary under this title. “(3) The Secretary is authorized to require, by general or special orders, any person to file, in such form as the Secretary may prescribe, reports or answers in writing to specific questions relating to any function of the Secretary under this title. Such reports and answers shall be made under oath or otherwise, and shall be filed with the Secretary within such reasonable period as the Secretary may prescribe. “(4) Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which an inquiry is carried on may, in the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena or order of the Secretary or such officer or employee issued under paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) of this subsection, issue an order requiring compliance therewith; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. “(5) Witnesses summoned pursuant to this subsection shall be paid the same fees and mileage which are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. “(6)(A) The Secretary is authorized to request from any department, agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government such statistics, data, program reports, and other materials as he deems necessary to carry out his functions under this title; and each such department, agency, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary and to furnish such statistics, data, program reports, and other materials to the Department of Transportation upon request made by the Secretary. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be deemed to affect any provision of law limiting the authority of an agency, department, or instrumentality of the Federal Government to provide information to another agency, department, or instrumentality of the Federal Government. “(B) The head of any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, any personnel of such department, agency, or instrumentality to assist in carrying out the duties of the Secretary under this title.” (b) Section 112(e) of such Act. is amended by striking out “All” and inserting in lieu thereof “Except as otherwise provided in section 158(a)(2) and section 113(b), all”; and striking out “subsection (b) or (c)” and inserting in lieu thereof “this title”.