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title: "15 U.S.C. § 5411b"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
chapter_number: "80"
chapter_name: "FASTENERS"
section: "5411b"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 5411b"
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release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 5411b - Applicability

## Text

The requirements of this chapter shall be applicable only to fasteners fabricated 180 days or more after June 8, 1999, except that if a manufacturer or distributor of fasteners fabricated before June 8, 1999, prepares a record of conformance for such fasteners, representations about such fasteners shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 101–592, § 11, as added Pub. L. 106–34, § 11, June 8, 1999, 113 Stat. 124.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 11 of Pub. L. 101–592 was renumbered section 8 and is classified to section 5410 of this title.