{"data":{"id":"us/49-u.s.c.-32511","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 U.S.C. § 32511","heading":"Relationship to other motor vehicle standards","body":"(a) Preemption.—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 section 32502 of this title. (b) Enforcement.—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 section 32502 of this title if the State bumper standard—(1) does not conflict with a standard prescribed under chapter 301 of this title; and (2) was in effect or prescribed by the State on October 20, 1972. (c) Additional and Higher Standards of Performance.—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 section 32502 of this title.","path":["Title 49—TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 325—BUMPER STANDARDS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc49@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:01:06Z","sha256":"f966194b5897acd3fcd9e307c40bf8712961d01462377cf6f2effb3826291967","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-u.s.c.-32510","next":"us/49-u.s.c.-32701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}