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.
The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, a program to provide for the recordation of the insignias of manufacturers and private label distributors described in subsection (a) of this section, to ensure the traceability of a fastener to its manufacturer or private label distributor.