---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6002"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6002"
heading: "Purposes for grants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6002"
units:
  - "Chapter 86 — Children’s Bicycle Helmet Safety"
---

# §6002. Purposes for grants


A grant made under [section 6001 of this title](/usc/15/6001.md) may be used by a grantee to—

- (1) enforce a law that requires individuals under the age of 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets on their heads while riding on bicycles;
- (2) provide assistance, to individuals under the age of 16 who may not be able to afford approved bicycle helmets, to enable such individuals to acquire such helmets;
- (3) develop and administer a program to educate individuals under the age of 16 and their families on the importance of wearing such helmets in order to improve bicycle safety; or
- (4) carry out any combination of the activities described in paragraphs [(1)](#1), [(2)](#2), and [(3)](#3).

The [Administrator](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) shall review grant applications for compliance with this section prior to awarding grants.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 203, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 727.)