AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY.

SEC. 106. AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY. The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 is amended by inserting after section 123 the following new section: “Sec. 124. (a) Any interested person may file with the Secretary a petition requesting him (1) to commence a proceeding respecting the issuance of an order pursuant to section 103 or to commence a proceeding to determine whether to issue an order pursuant to section 152(b) of this Act. “(b) Such petition shall set forth (1) facts which it is claimed establish that an order is necessary, and (2) a brief description of the substance of the order which it is claimed should be issued by the Secretary. “(c) The Secretary may hold a public hearing or may conduct such investigation or proceeding as he deems appropriate in order to determine whether or not such petition should be granted. “(d) Within 120 days after filing of a petition described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall either grant or deny the petition. If the Secretary grants such petition, he shall promptly commence the proceeding requested in the petition. If the Secretary denies such petition he shall publish in the Federal Register his reasons for such denial. “(e) The remedies under this section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, other remedies provided by law.”