# Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Child Restraint Systems
> **National Highway Traffic Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 1995-07-06 · Effective 1996-01-03 · 60 FR 35126
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-16102
- **Category:** fmvss
- **Sub-agency:** National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 35126
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 571
- **Publication date:** 1995-07-06
- **Effective date:** 1996-01-03
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. 74-09
## Abstract

This document amends Standard No. 213, Child Restraint Systems, to add a greater array of sizes and weights of test dummies to Standard 213 for use in compliance tests. This rule improves the safety of child restraint systems by providing for evaluation of their performance in a more thorough manner. Incorporating additional test dummies for use in compliance tests has been one of NHTSA's main initiatives for upgrading Standard 213. It also responds to the NHTSA Authorization Act of 1991 (sections 2500-2509 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (``ISTEA'')), which directed NHTSA to initiate rulemaking on child seat safety.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/07/06/95-16102/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-child-restraint-systems)
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