References in Text
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec. (h), see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Amendments
1972—Subsec. (h). [Pub. L. 92–359] inserted provision that new automobiles delivered to ultimate purchasers within the United States and other enumerated areas shall be deemed to have been distributed in commerce.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
[Pub. L. 85–506, § 5], July 7, 1958, [72 Stat. 327], provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] shall take effect on the first day of October 1958 or on the first day of the introduction of any new model of automobile in any line of automobile beginning after the date of enactment of this Act [July 7, 1958], whichever date shall last occur.”
Short Title
[Pub. L. 85–506, § 1], July 7, 1958, [72 Stat. 325], provided: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Automobile Information Disclosure Act’.”
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.