The poverty guidelines are the other version of the federal poverty measure. They, too, are issued every year, generally in the winter, but by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in the Federal Register. The guidelines are a simplification of the poverty thresholds created for administrative use, such as determining financial eligibility for certain federal programs.
Seatbelts had to be installed into vehicles as of January 1, 1968 due to a federal law. As for using them, New York was the first state to pass a law which required vehicle o â¦ ccupants to wear seat belts, which went into effect on December 1, 1984.
Seat belt legislation. Seat belt legislation requires the fitting of seat belts to motor vehicles and the wearing of seat belts by motor vehicle occupants. Laws requiring the fitting of seat belts to cars have in some cases been followed by laws mandating their use, with the effect that thousands of deaths on the road have been prevented.