Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act

KF27
I554

1980a

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan
LIONEL VAN DEERLIN, California
JOHN M. MURPHY, New York
DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia
BOB ECKHARDT, Texas

RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina
JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York
RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York
HENRY A. WAXMAN, California
TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana

JAMES J. FLORIO, New Jersey

ANTHONY TOBY MOFFETT, Connecticut

JIM SANTINI, Nevada

ANDREW MAGUIRE, New Jersey

EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts

THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ohio

DOUG WALGREN, Pennsylvania

ALBERT GORE, JR., Tennessee

BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland

RONALD M. MOTTL, Ohio

PHIL GRAMM, Texas

AL SWIFT, Washington

MICKEY LELAND, Texas

JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio
TIM LEE CARTER, Kentucky
CLARENCE J. BROWN, Ohio
JAMES M. COLLINS, Texas
NORMAN F. LENT, New York
EDWARD R. MADIGAN, Illinois
CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California
MATTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey
DAVE STOCKMAN, Michigan
MARC L. MARKS, Pennsylvania
TOM CORCORAN, Illinois
GARY A. LEE, New York

TOM LOEFFLER, Texas

WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California

RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama

ROBERT T. MATSUI, California

KENNETH J. PAINTER, Chief Clerk and Staff Director
ELEANOR A. DINKINS, First Assistant Clerk

JOHN H. ALLEN, Professional Staff
NANCY ANN NORD, Associate Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND FINANCE
JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York, Chairman

RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina
RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York
DAVID E. SATTERFIELD III, Virginia
THOMAS A. LUKEN, Ohio

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia
(Ex Officio)

MATTHEW J. RINALDO, New Jersey
SAMUEL L. DEVINE, Ohio

JAMES T. BROYHILL, North Carolina
(Ex Officio)

EDMOND F. ROVNER, Staff Director
MARY FRANCES KIRCHNER, Research Assistant
MARGARET A. DURBIN, Minority Staff Assistant

(II)

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Justice Department__.

Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President_

State Department.

Statement of—

Abbell, Michael, Director, Office of International Affairs, Criminal

Division, Department of Justice_.

Barba, Lt. Luis, Auto Theft Bureau, El Paso Police Department__.

Bardell, Donald J., exectuvie director, American Association of Motor

Vehicle Administrators___

516

118

Brown, Robert, director, public affairs, American Association of

Motor Vehicle Administrators..

118

Caldwell, Sgt. Frank, New Jersey State Police -

Chandonnet, Noel, assistant vice president, Government Employees

Insurance Co. (GIECO), on behalf of the New York/New Jersey

Anti-Car Theft Committee__

285

Claybrook, Hon. Joan B., Administrator, National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, Department of Transportation.

Culver, Ralph C., General Litigation and Legal Advice Section, Crimi-

nal Division, Department of Justice----

Gilliland, Paul W., president, National Automobile Theft Bureau__

Grinenko, Detective, New York City Police Headquarters...

Heymann, Philip B., Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,

Department of Justice..

Johnson, Theodore W., executive director, Coalition To Halt Automo-

tive Theft.-

332

440, 475

Knight, Merrill D., III, vice president, Government Employees

Insurance Co. (GEICO), on behalf of the National Association of

Independent Insurers.

Lewis, Albert B., superintendent of insurance, State of New York -

McKinnon, Russell F., executive vice president, Automotive Dis-

mantlers and Recyclers of America

Martin, David E., director, automotive safety engineering, environ-

mental activities staff, General Motors Corp-

429

440

392, 399

Martin, Sgt. Frank, Auto Crime Unit, New York City Police Head-

quarters.

Matheson, Barry, special prosecutor, Canadian Department of

Justice.

489

Pagano, Col. Clinton L., superintendent, Department of Law and

Public Safety, New Jersey Division of State Police----

Riley, William J., special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation,

Department of Justice...

Parker, George L., Chief, Črash Avoidance Division, Office of Rule-

making, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Depart-

ment of Transportation-

297

332

Rodriguez, William, chief of police, city of El Paso, Tex---

Weglian, Stephen M., General Litigation and Legal Advice Section,

Criminal Division, Department of Justice-----

Statement of-Continued

Werner, Jeff, chairman, Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Committee,
Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers of America___
Williams, G. R., vehicle regulations manager, Environmental and
Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Co.....

Page

440

392

Womack, John, Assistant Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation----

297

Additional material submitted for the record by-

American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators:

Attachments to Mr. Bardell's prepared statement:

Appendix A-Letter dated April 18, 1980, from Virginia

Roberts, commissioner of motor vehicles, State of West

Virginia, to chairman Harley O. Staggers...

Appendix B-Letter dated May 8, 1980, from John H. Allen,

professional staff, Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com-

mittee, in response to above letter..

Appendix C-Paper from AAMVA entitled, "The Motor

Vehicle Theft Prevention Act of 1979" with attached

exhibits_

Appendix D-Paper entitled "Motor Vehicle Theft Preven-

tion Act of 1979"

Appendix E Article from AAMVA bulletin, Janaury-

February 1979 entitled, "Comment by the Executive

Director", by Donald J. Bardell___

Appendix F-Resolution 3-Salvage vehicle title procedures_

Appendix G-Resolution 8A-Concerning universal certif-

icate of title...

Appendix H-AAMVA recommendation No. 1, utilization

by all jurisdictions of a title document containing security

features__

Resolution of International Association of Chiefs of Police-

1979 annual conference-endorsement of the "Motor

Vehicle Theft Prevention Act of 1979".

Letter dated June 6, 1980, from Mr. Bardell to Chairman Scheuer

and Chairman Yatron re further comments for the record_.

American Farm Bureau Federation, statement...

Automotive Dismantlers and Recyclers of America, attachment to

Mr. McKinnon's prepared statement, proposed amendments by the

Coalition to Halt Automotive Theft to the Motor Vehicle Theft

Prevention Act of 1979___

Automotive Parts & Accessories Association, statement..

Canadian Department of Justice, attachments to Mr. Matheson's

prepared statement:

Telephone conversation between Gdanski and X, November 15,

1978___

Check for $6,800.45 from Gdanski to Toronto Dominion Bank...

Invoice for Homer Auto Wreckers, Ltd.--

Homer Salvage and Auto Wreckers Ltd., purchases from__

Questions submitted in writing by Chairman Yatron and Mr.

Matheson's responses-

General Motors Corp.:

Attachment to Mr. Martin's prepared statement, chronology of
significant antitheft features incorporated in General Motors
vehicles since 1967-

Letter dated July 15, 1980, from Mr. Martin to Chairman
Scheuer and Chairman Yatron commenting on Administrator
Claybrook's statement regarding ignition lock cylinders------
Green, Hon. S. William, a Representative in Congress from the State
of New York:

Cost benefit of H.R. 4178 to American motorists__

International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., letter dated June 20,

1980, to Chairman Scheuer and Chairman Yatron....