---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 2704"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "2704"
heading: "Evaluation by Secretary of Transportation on utilization of advanced technology by automobile industry"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/2704"
units:
  - "Chapter 54 — Automotive Propulsion Research and Development"
---

# §2704. Evaluation by Secretary of Transportation on utilization of advanced technology by automobile industry


The Secretary of Transportation, in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, shall evaluate the extent to which the automobile industry utilizes advanced automotive technology which is or could be made available to it.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–238, title III, § 305, Feb. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 81; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1121(i), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 724.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1995—Pub. L. 104–66 struck out at end “The Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report to the Congress each year on the results of such evaluation including any appropriate recommendations which may encourage the utilization of advanced automobile technology by the automobile industry.”