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To reaffirm that the Environmental Protection Agency may not regulate vehicles used solely for competition, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude vehicles used solely for competition from the EPA's anti-tampering and emission control regulations. It clarifies that modifying emission-control devices or other design elements on a vehicle for the purpose of converting it into a competition-only vehicle is not a prohibited act under the Clean Air Act. The bill redefines "motor vehicle" in the Clean Air Act to explicitly exclude competition vehicles, including vehicles that have been converted from standard motor vehicles for racing purposes. The EPA is required to finalize regulations to implement these changes within one year of enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] (R-NC)
39 cosponsors
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] (R-MO)
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] (D-PA)
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] (D-IN)
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] (R-AZ)
- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] (R-CO)
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] (R-NV)
- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] (R-OK)
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] (R-GA)
- Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] (R-WI)
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] (R-LA)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] (D-WV)
- Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] (R-AZ)
- Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] (D-MO)
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK)
- Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] (D-FL)
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] (R-GA)
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] (R-AL)
- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK)
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] (D-MT)
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] (R-SD)
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN)
Actions (4)
- Nov 14, 2017 Committee on Environment and Public Works Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-127. · senate
- Apr 26, 2017 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-58. · senate
- Jan 24, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
- Jan 24, 2017 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 24, 2017
Mr. Burr (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Heller, Mr. Graham, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Donnelly) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To reaffirm that the Environmental Protection Agency may not regulate vehicles used solely for competition, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2017” or the “RPM Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM ANTI-TAMPERING PROVISIONS.
Section 203(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7522(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “No action with respect to any device or element of design described in paragraph (3) shall be treated as a prohibited act under that paragraph if the action is for the purpose of modifying a motor vehicle into a vehicle to be used solely for competition.”.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MOTOR VEHICLE.
Section 216(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking “(2) The term” and inserting the following:
“(2) Motor vehicle.—
“(A) In general.—The term”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) Exclusion.—The term ‘motor vehicle’ does not include a vehicle used solely for competition, including a vehicle used solely for competition that was converted from a motor vehicle.”.
SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall finalize any regulation necessary to implement the amendments made by this Act. <all>
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