---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 17103"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "17103"
heading: "Commercial standards for passenger safety devices"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/17103"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 171 — Safety Standards for Motor Vehicles"
---

# §17103. Commercial standards for passenger safety devices


The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register commercial standards for passenger safety devices the Administrator requires under [section 17102 of this title](/usc/40/17102.md). Changes in the standards take effect one year and 90 days after the publication of the standards in the Federal Register.


## 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) |
| 17103 | 40:701 note. | Pub. L. 88–515, §§ 2, 4, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 696. |
|  | 40:702. |  |

The first sentence of section 4 of the Act of August 30, 1964, and 40:702 (last sentence) are omitted as executed.