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title: "15 U.S.C. § 6006"
description: "“Approved bicycle helmet” defined"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_name: "CHILDREN’S BICYCLE HELMET SAFETY"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 6006 - “Approved bicycle helmet” defined

## Text

In this chapter, the term “approved bicycle helmet” means a bicycle helmet that meets—

(1) any interim standard described in section 6004(b) of this title, pending establishment of a final standard under section 6004(c) of this title; and

(2) the final standard, once it is established under section 6004(c) of this title.

(Pub. L. 103–267, title II, § 207, June 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 728.)