Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems

This document amends the labeling requirements of Standard 213 that were adopted in a rule facilitating the manufacture of belt- positioning child seats (booster seats designed to be used with a vehicle's lap/shoulder belt system). Specifically, this document amends the requirements for a type of belt-positioning seat known as a dual- purpose booster (a booster that can be used with either a lap or a lap/ shoulder belt when used with a shield-type component to restrain the upper torso of a child seated in the booster, but only with a lap/ shoulder belt when used without the shield). In response to a petition for reconsideration from Gerry Baby Products, NHTSA is amending several of the labeling requirements to exclude dual-purpose boosters that are designed such that the shoulder belt is not placed in front of the child when the booster is used with a shield and a lap/shoulder belt. This rule also corrects labeling requirements adopted in the rule by excluding from those requirements car beds and rear-facing restraints, restraints for which the requirements were not intended.