42 U.S.C. § 8522 — Out-of-State vehicles to be exempted from odd-even motor fuel purchase restrictions

Notwithstanding any provision of any Federal, State^*, or local law, any odd-even fuel purchase plan in effect in any State may not prohibit the sale of motor fuel^* to any person^* for use in a vehicle^* bearing a license plate issued by any authority other than that State or a State contiguous to that State.

For purposes of this section the term “odd-even fuel purchase plan” means any motor fuel sales restriction under which a person may purchase motor fuel for use in any vehicle only on days (or other periods of time) determined on the basis of a number or letter appearing on the license plate of that vehicle (or on any similar basis).