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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) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion to establish a program allowing low volume motor 
vehicle manufacturers to produce a limited number of 
vehicles annually within a regulatory system that ad-
dresses 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Low Volume Motor 
Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS 
FOR LOW VOLUME MANUFACTURERS. 
Section 30114 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) VEHI-
CLES USED
FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES.—The’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) EXEMPTION FOR LOW VOLUME MANUFACTUR-
ERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) exempt from specified standards not 
more than 1,000 replica motor vehicles per year 
that are manufactured or imported by a low 
volume manufacturer; 
‘‘(B) exempt from specified standards not 
more than 50 non-replica motor vehicles per 
year that are manufactured or imported by a 
single low volume manufacturer by requiring 
each low volume manufacturer to have evidence 
of a sales contract to be eligible for the exemp-
tion; and 
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‘‘(C) permit a low volume manufacturer to 
assign vehicle identification numbers. 
‘‘(2) CAP ON NON-REPLICA MOTOR VEHICLES 
EXEMPTIONS.—The Secretary may not provide ex-
emptions for more than 1,000 non-replica motor ve-
hicles per year under paragraph (1)(B). The Sec-
retary shall provide a fair and reasonable method for 
annually recording and publicly reporting such ex-
emptions. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—Except as provided in this 
subsection, a low volume manufacturer shall be con-
sidered a motor vehicle manufacturer for purposes of 
subtitle VI of this title. 
‘‘(4) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.—To qual-
ify for an exemption under paragraph (1), a low vol-
ume manufacturer shall register with the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and under such terms 
that the Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(5) PERMANENT LABEL REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
require a low volume manufacturer to affix a 
permanent label— 
‘‘(i) to a motor vehicle exempted 
under paragraph (1) that identifies the 
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specified standards from which such vehi-
cle is exempt; and 
‘‘(ii) to a replica motor vehicle ex-
empted under paragraph (1)(A), that des-
ignates the model year such vehicle rep-
licates. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
NOTICE.—The Secretary 
may require a low volume manufacturer of a 
motor vehicle exempted under paragraph (1) to 
deliver written notice of the exemption to— 
‘‘(i) the dealer; and 
‘‘(ii) the first purchaser of the motor 
vehicle, if the first purchaser is not an in-
dividual that purchases the motor vehicle 
for resale. 
‘‘(C) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—A low 
volume manufacturer shall annually submit a 
report to the Secretary including the number 
and description of the motor vehicles exempted 
under paragraph (1) and a list of the exemp-
tions described on the label affixed under sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(6) NOTIFICATION, RECALL, AND REMEDY RE-
QUIREMENTS.—If a motor vehicle has any defects 
related 
to 
motor 
vehicle 
safety 
or 
any 
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nonconformities regarding any standards other than 
specified standards, a low volume manufacturer of 
such vehicle is subject to all notification, recall, and 
remedy requirements set forth in sections 30116 
through 30120A of this title. 
‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) LOW VOLUME MANUFACTURER.—The 
term ‘low volume manufacturer’ means a motor 
vehicle manufacturer whose annual worldwide 
production is not more than 5,000 motor vehi-
cles. 
‘‘(B) NON-REPLICA MOTOR VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘non-replica motor vehicle’ means any 
motor vehicle produced by a low volume manu-
facturer that is not a replica motor vehicle. 
‘‘(C) REPLICA
MOTOR
VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘replica motor vehicle’ means a motor ve-
hicle produced by a low volume manufacturer 
and that— 
‘‘(i) is intended to resemble the body 
of another motor vehicle that was manu-
factured not less than 25 years before the 
manufacture of the replica motor vehicle; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) is subject to being manufactured 
under trademark or trade dress or design 
patent license, if such exists, from the 
original manufacturer or its assignee that 
is the current owner of an active, valid, 
and subsisting trademark registration or 
patent as indicated in the records of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Of-
fice for the non-functional and ornamental 
portions of the motor vehicle that is in-
tended to be replicated. 
‘‘(D) SPECIFIED
STANDARD.—The term 
‘specified standard’ means— 
‘‘(i) any motor vehicle standard or ob-
ligation described in any of sections 
30112(a), 32304, 32502, or 32902 of this 
title, or in section 3 of the Automobile In-
formation Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 
1232); and 
‘‘(ii) does not include any standard 
promulgated under section 30112(a) appli-
cable to motor vehicle equipment.’’. 
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SEC. 3. VEHICLE COMPLIANCE STANDARDS FOR LOW VOL-
UME MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS. 
Part A of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7521 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 206(a) by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) A motor vehicle engine (including all 
engine emission controls) from a motor vehicle that 
has been granted a certificate of conformity by the 
Administrator, or an engine that has been granted 
an Executive order subject to regulations promul-
gated by the California Air Resources Board, may 
be installed in an exempted specially produced motor 
vehicle, if— 
‘‘(i) the manufacturer of the engine sup-
plies written instructions explaining how to in-
stall the engine and maintain functionality of 
the engine’s emission control system and the 
on-board diagnostic system (commonly known 
as ‘OBD II’), except with respect to evaporative 
emissions diagnostics; 
‘‘(ii) the producer of the exempted specially 
produced motor vehicle installs the engine in ac-
cordance with such instructions; and 
‘‘(iii) the installation instructions include 
emission control warranty information from the 
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engine manufacturer in compliance with section 
207, including where warranty repairs can be 
made, emission control labels to be affixed to 
the vehicle, and the certificate of conformity 
number for the applicable vehicle in which the 
engine was originally intended or the applicable 
Executive order number for the engine. 
‘‘(B) A motor vehicle containing an engine com-
pliant with the requirements of subparagraph (A) 
shall be treated as meeting the requirements of sec-
tion 202 applicable to new vehicles manufactured or 
imported in the model year in which the exempted 
specially produced motor vehicle is assembled. 
‘‘(C) Engine installations that are not per-
formed in accordance with installation instructions 
provided by the manufacturer and alterations to the 
engine not in accordance with the installation in-
structions shall be treated as prohibited acts by the 
installer under section 203 and subject to penalties 
under section 205. 
‘‘(D) The producer of an exempted specially 
produced motor vehicle that has an engine compliant 
with the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall 
provide to the purchaser of such vehicle all informa-
tion received by the producer from the engine manu-
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‘‘(ii) vehicle emission control inspection 
and maintenance programs required under sec-
tion 110. 
‘‘(G) A producer of exempted specially produced 
motor vehicles that is compliant with subparagraphs 
(A) through (E) of this paragraph is not considered 
a manufacturer for the purposes of this Act.’’; and 
(2) in section 216 by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) 
EXEMPTED
SPECIALLY
PRODUCED 
MOTOR
VEHICLE.—The term ‘exempted specially 
produced motor vehicle’ means a replica motor vehi-
cle or non-replica motor vehicle that is exempt from 
specified standards as defined in section 30114(b) of 
title 49, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION. 
Not later than 12 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to imple-
ment sections 2 and 3 of this Act, respectively. 
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