Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard

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Pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984, NHTSA issued the Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard requiring specified parts of high-theft vehicles to be marked with an identifying number. The Anti Car Theft Act of 1992 requires NHTSA to conduct a rulemaking to extend the parts marking requirements of that Standard to all passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 6,000 pounds or less, regardless of theft rate, unless the Attorney General finds that such a requirement would not substantially inhibit chop shop operations and motor vehicle thefts. The Attorney General has examined the evidence and concluded that the standard should be extended. Therefore, NHTSA is required to issue this proposal to extend the parts marking requirements to all passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 6,000 pounds or less, and to light duty trucks with major parts that are interchangeable with a majority of the covered major parts of multipurpose passenger vehicles.