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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4013 

To direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish 

a program allowing low volume motor vehicle manufacturers to produce 

a limited number of vehicles annually within a regulatory system that 

addresses the unique safety and financial issues associated with limited 

production, and to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to allow 

low volume motor vehicle manufacturers to install engines from vehicles 

that have been issued certificates of conformity. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2014 

Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr. BARROW of Georgia, and Mr. HUNTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish a program allowing low volume motor 

vehicle manufacturers to produce a limited number of 

vehicles annually within a regulatory system that addresses the unique safety and financial issues associated 

with limited production, and to direct the Environmental 

Protection Agency to allow low volume motor vehicle 

manufacturers to install engines from vehicles that have 

been issued certificates of conformity. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Low Volume Motor 

3 Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS 

5 FOR LOW VOLUME MANUFACTURERS. 

6 Section 30114 of title 49, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) VEHI9 CLES USED FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES.—The’’; 

10 and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub12 section: 

13 ‘‘(b) EXEMPTION FOR LOW VOLUME MANUFACTUR14 ERS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) exempt from specified standards not 

17 more than 1,000 replica motor vehicles per year 

18 that are manufactured or imported by a low 

19 volume manufacturer; 

20 ‘‘(B) exempt from specified standards not 

21 more than 50 non-replica motor vehicles per 

22 year that are manufactured or imported by a 

23 single low volume manufacturer by requiring 

24 each low volume manufacturer to have evidence 

25 of a sales contract to be eligible for the exemp26 tion; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) permit a low volume manufacturer to 

2 assign vehicle identification numbers. 

3 ‘‘(2) CAP ON NON-REPLICA MOTOR VEHICLES

4 EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary may not provide ex5 emptions for more than 1,000 non-replica motor ve6 hicles per year under paragraph (1)(B). The Sec7 retary shall provide a fair and reasonable method for 

8 annually recording and publicly reporting such ex9 emptions. 

10 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—Except as provided in this 

11 subsection, a low volume manufacturer shall be con12 sidered a motor vehicle manufacturer for purposes of 

13 subtitle VI of this title. 

14 ‘‘(4) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.—To qual15 ify for an exemption under paragraph (1), a low vol16 ume manufacturer shall register with the Secretary 

17 at such time, in such manner, and under such terms 

18 that the Secretary determines appropriate. 

19 ‘‘(5) PERMANENT LABEL REQUIREMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

21 require a low volume manufacturer to affix a 

22 permanent label— 

23 ‘‘(i) to a motor vehicle exempted 

24 under paragraph (1) that identifies the 


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1 specified standards from which such vehi2 cle is exempt; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) to a replica motor vehicle ex4 empted under paragraph (1)(A), that des5 ignates the model year such vehicle rep6 licates. 

7 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN NOTICE.—The Secretary 

8 may require a low volume manufacturer of a 

9 motor vehicle exempted under paragraph (1) to 

10 deliver written notice of the exemption to— 

11 ‘‘(i) the dealer; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the first purchaser of the motor 

13 vehicle, if the first purchaser is not an in14 dividual that purchases the motor vehicle 

15 for resale. 

16 ‘‘(C) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—A low 

17 volume manufacturer shall annually submit a 

18 report to the Secretary including the number 

19 and description of the motor vehicles exempted 

20 under paragraph (1) and a list of the exemp21 tions described on the label affixed under sub22 paragraph (A). 

23 ‘‘(6) NOTIFICATION, RECALL, AND REMEDY RE24 QUIREMENTS.—If a motor vehicle has any defects 

25 related to motor vehicle safety or any 


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1 nonconformities regarding any standards other than 

2 specified standards, a low volume manufacturer of 

3 such vehicle is subject to all notification, recall, and 

4 remedy requirements set forth in sections 30116 

5 through 30120A of this title. 

6 ‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

7 ‘‘(A) LOW VOLUME MANUFACTURER.—The 

8 term ‘low volume manufacturer’ means a motor 

9 vehicle manufacturer whose annual worldwide 

10 production is not more than 5,000 motor vehi11 cles. 

12 ‘‘(B) NON-REPLICA MOTOR VEHICLE.—The 

13 term ‘non-replica motor vehicle’ means any 

14 motor vehicle produced by a low volume manu15 facturer that is not a replica motor vehicle. 

16 ‘‘(C) REPLICA MOTOR VEHICLE.—The 

17 term ‘replica motor vehicle’ means a motor ve18 hicle produced by a low volume manufacturer 

19 and that— 

20 ‘‘(i) is intended to resemble the body 

21 of another motor vehicle that was manu22 factured not less than 25 years before the 

23 manufacture of the replica motor vehicle; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) is subject to being manufactured 

2 under trademark or trade dress or design 

3 patent license, if such exists, from the 

4 original manufacturer or its assignee that 

5 is the current owner of an active, valid, 

6 and subsisting trademark registration or 

7 patent as indicated in the records of the 

8 United States Patent and Trademark Of9 fice for the non-functional and ornamental 

10 portions of the motor vehicle that is in11 tended to be replicated. 

12 ‘‘(D) SPECIFIED STANDARD.—The term 

13 ‘specified standard’ means— 

14 ‘‘(i) any motor vehicle standard or ob15 ligation described in any of sections 

16 30112(a), 32304, 32502, or 32902 of this 

17 title, or in section 3 of the Automobile In18 formation Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 

19 1232); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) does not include any standard 

21 promulgated under section 30112(a) appli22 cable to motor vehicle equipment.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. VEHICLE COMPLIANCE STANDARDS FOR LOW VOL2 UME MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS. 

3 Part A of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 7521 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) in section 206(a) by adding at the end the 

6 following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(5)(A) A motor vehicle engine (including all 

8 engine emission controls) from a motor vehicle that 

9 has been granted a certificate of conformity by the 

10 Administrator, or an engine that has been granted 

11 an Executive order subject to regulations promul12 gated by the California Air Resources Board, may 

13 be installed in an exempted specially produced motor 

14 vehicle, if— 

15 ‘‘(i) the manufacturer of the engine sup16 plies written instructions explaining how to in17 stall the engine and maintain functionality of 

18 the engine’s emission control system and the 

19 on-board diagnostic system (commonly known 

20 as ‘OBD II’), except with respect to evaporative 

21 emissions diagnostics; 

22 ‘‘(ii) the producer of the exempted specially 

23 produced motor vehicle installs the engine in ac24 cordance with such instructions; and 

25 ‘‘(iii) the installation instructions include 

26 emission control warranty information from the 


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1 engine manufacturer in compliance with section 

2 207, including where warranty repairs can be 

3 made, emission control labels to be affixed to 

4 the vehicle, and the certificate of conformity 

5 number for the applicable vehicle in which the 

6 engine was originally intended or the applicable 

7 Executive order number for the engine. 

8 ‘‘(B) A motor vehicle containing an engine com9 pliant with the requirements of subparagraph (A) 

10 shall be treated as meeting the requirements of sec11 tion 202 applicable to new vehicles manufactured or 

12 imported in the model year in which the exempted 

13 specially produced motor vehicle is assembled. 

14 ‘‘(C) Engine installations that are not per15 formed in accordance with installation instructions 

16 provided by the manufacturer and alterations to the 

17 engine not in accordance with the installation in18 structions shall be treated as prohibited acts by the 

19 installer under section 203 and subject to penalties 

20 under section 205. 

21 ‘‘(D) The producer of an exempted specially 

22 produced motor vehicle that has an engine compliant 

23 with the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall 

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1 facturer, including information regarding emissions 

2 warranties from the engine manufacturer and all 

3 emissions-related recalls by the engine manufacturer. 

4 ‘‘(E) To qualify to install an engine under this 

5 paragraph, a producer of exempted specially pro6 duced motor vehicles shall register with the Adminis7 trator at such time and in such manner as the Ad8 ministrator determines appropriate. The producer 

9 shall submit an annual report to the Administrator 

10 that includes— 

11 ‘‘(i) a description of the exempted specially 

12 produced motor vehicles produced and engines 

13 installed in such vehicles; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the certificate of conformity number 

15 issued to the motor vehicle in which the engine 

16 was originally intended or the applicable Execu17 tive order number for the engine. 

18 ‘‘(F) Exempted specially produced motor vehi19 cles compliant with this paragraph shall be exempted 

20 from— 

21 ‘‘(i) motor vehicle certification testing that 

22 might otherwise be required under section 206; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) vehicle emission control inspection 

2 and maintenance programs required under sec3 tion 110. 

4 ‘‘(G) A producer of exempted specially produced 

5 motor vehicles that is compliant with subparagraphs 

6 (A) through (E) of this paragraph is not considered 

7 a manufacturer for the purposes of this Act.’’; and 

8 (2) in section 216 by adding at the end the fol9 lowing new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(12) EXEMPTED SPECIALLY PRODUCED

11 MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘exempted specially 

12 produced motor vehicle’ means a replica motor vehi13 cle or non-replica motor vehicle that is exempt from 

14 specified standards as defined in section 30114(b) of 

15 title 49, United States Code.’’. 

16 SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION. 

17 Not later than 12 months after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation and the 

19 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 

20 shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to imple21 ment sections 2 and 3 of this Act, respectively. 

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