---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 17102"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "17102"
heading: "Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/17102"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 171 — Safety Standards for Motor Vehicles"
---

# §17102. Prohibition on acquisition or purchase of motor vehicles by Federal Government


The [Federal Government](/usc/40/17101.md?p=1) shall not purchase a [motor vehicle](/usc/40/17101.md?p=2) for use by the Government unless that [motor vehicle](/usc/40/17101.md?p=2) is equipped with reasonable passenger safety devices that the Administrator of General Services requires. Those devices shall conform with standards the Administrator prescribes under [section 17103 of this title](/usc/40/17103.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1279.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 17102 | 40:701. | Pub. L. 88–515, § 1, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696. |

The words “manufactured on or after the effective date of this section” are omitted as executed.