Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§5407 Manufacturers’ Insignias

Title 15 › Chapter 80— FASTENERS › § 5407

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a standard requires a manufacturer's mark on a fastener, the fastener cannot be sold unless it has that mark and the maker has registered the mark in a program the Secretary creates by rule.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §5407

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(a)Unless the specifications provide otherwise, fasteners that are required by the applicable consensus standard or standards to bear an insignia identifying their manufacturer shall not be offered for sale or sold in commerce unless—
(1)the fasteners bear such insignia; and
(2)the manufacturer has complied with the insignia recordation requirements established under subsection (b).
(b)The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, a program to provide for the recordation of the insignias of manufacturers described in subsection (a).

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 5 of Pub. L. 101–592 was classified to section 5404 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–34.

Amendments

1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–34, § 5(1), reenacted subsec. heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “No fastener which is required by the standards and specifications to which it was manufactured to bear a raised or depressed insignia identifying its manufacturer or private label distributor shall be offered for sale or sold in commerce unless the manufacturer or private label distributor of such fastener has complied with the requirements prescribed by the Secretary in connection with the program established under subsection (b) of this section.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–34, § 5(2), substituted “described in subsection (a)” for “and private label distributors described in subsection (a), to ensure the traceability of a fastener to its manufacturer or private label distributor”.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 5407

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60