I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 999 
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Acad-
emy of Sciences to study the vehicle handling requirements proposed 
by the Commission for recreational off-highway vehicles and to prohibit 
the adoption of any such requirements until the completion of the study. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2015 
Mr. POMPEO (for himself, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. HARPER, Mr. 
DUFFY, Mr. STEWART, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. BENISHEK, 
Mr. KLINE, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. OLSON, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. AMODEI, and Mr. 
STIVERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission and 
the National Academy of Sciences to study the vehicle 
handling requirements proposed by the Commission for 
recreational off-highway vehicles and to prohibit the 
adoption of any such requirements until the completion 
of the study. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘ROV In-Depth Exam-
ination Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RECREATIONAL OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE STAND-
ARDS STUDY. 
(a) NO MANDATORY STANDARDS REGARDING PER-
FORMANCE OR CONFIGURATION OF ROVS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Consumer Product 
Safety Commission shall have no authority to estab-
lish any standards concerning the performance or 
configuration of recreational off-highway vehicles 
until after the completion of the study required by 
subsection (b). This prohibition includes a prohibi-
tion on the exercise of any authority pursuant to 
section 27(e) of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2076(e)) to require ROV manufacturers 
to provide performance and technical data to pro-
spective purchasers and to the first purchaser of an 
ROV for purposes other than resale. 
(2) VOLUNTARY STANDARDS.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed as suggesting that ROVs 
shall not be manufactured in compliance with appli-
cable voluntary standards. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall con-
tract with the National Academy of Sciences to de-
termine— 
(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-
bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-
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posed by the Commission in a notice of pro-
posed rulemaking published in the Federal Reg-
ister November 19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964), 
for purposes of reducing the risk of ROV roll-
overs in the off-road environment, including the 
repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 
compliance with such requirements; 
(B) the number of ROV rollovers that 
would be prevented if the proposed require-
ments were adopted; 
(C) whether there is a technical basis for 
the proposal to provide information on a point- 
of-sale hangtag about a vehicle’s rollover resist-
ance on a progressive scale; and 
(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 
by the Armed Forces if the proposed require-
ments were adopted. 
(2) CONSULTATION
AND
DEADLINE
FOR
RE-
PORT.—The National Academy of Sciences shall 
consult with the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration and the Department of Defense in 
carrying out the study required by this subsection. 
The National Academy of Sciences shall complete 
and transmit to the Commission a report containing 
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