# Occupant Protection Incentive Grants
> **US Department of Transportation** · Interim final rule; request for comments. · Published 1998-10-01 · Effective 1998-11-02 · 63 FR 52592
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-26243
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Transportation
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 52592
- **Publication date:** 1998-10-01
- **Effective date:** 1998-11-02
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. NHTSA-98-4496
## Abstract

This interim final rule implements a new program established by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), under which States can qualify for incentive grant funds if they adopt and implement effective programs to reduce highway deaths and injuries resulting from individuals riding unrestrained or improperly restrained in motor vehicles. This interim final rule solicits public comment.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/10/01/98-26243/occupant-protection-incentive-grants)
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