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Union Calendar No. 833 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 350 
[Report No. 115–1073] 
To exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of 
the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2017 
Mr. MCHENRY (for himself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. BOST, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. 
BURGESS, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. FOXX, Mr. GOSAR, 
Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROG-
ERS of Alabama, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. 
WALORSKI, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. BROOKS of 
Alabama, Mr. COOK, Mr. EMMER, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 
CUELLAR, Mr. LONG, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. BRAT, Mrs. WAGNER, 
Mr. TIBERI, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
DECEMBER 11, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SANFORD, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. BUCK, Mr. KELLY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mrs. BLACK, 
Ms. SINEMA, Mr. COHEN, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. HURD, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. 
JOYCE
of Ohio, Mr. BABIN, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
CRAWFORD, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. BANKS of In-
diana, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. 
YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. BUDD, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. KIND, Mr. SCHRADER, 
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WALZ, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. MITCH-
ELL, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. 
TROTT, Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. BLUM, Mr. MESSER, Mr. RUTHER-
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FORD, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. JENKINS of West 
Virginia, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. COMER, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. BARR, Mr. KATKO, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. DESJARLAIS, 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota, Mr. KUSTOFF of 
Tennessee, Mr. ROSS, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. THOMAS J. 
ROONEY of Florida, Mr. WALKER, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. GAL-
LAGHER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. NUNES, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. 
NOEM, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. SMITH of Mis-
souri, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. TURNER, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. YODER, Mr. 
NEWHOUSE, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of 
Florida, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. FERGUSON, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. NORMAN, 
Mr. CURTIS, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. LUETKE-
MEYER, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. LATTA, and Mr. COLLINS of 
Georgia 
DECEMBER 11, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain 
provisions of the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Recognizing the Pro-
tection of Motorsports Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘RPM Act of 
2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) at the time the Clean Air Act was written, 
and each time the Clean Air Act has been amended, 
the intent of Congress has been, and continues to 
be, that vehicles manufactured for, modified for, or 
utilized in organized motorized racing events would 
not be encompassed by the Clean Air Act’s definition 
of ‘‘motor vehicle’’; 
(2) when Congress sought to regulate nonroad 
vehicles in 1990, it explicitly excluded from the defi-
nition of ‘‘nonroad vehicle’’ any vehicle used solely 
for competition; 
(3) despite the clear intent of Congress, the En-
vironmental Protection Agency has cited the Clean 
Air Act as authority for regulating vehicles used 
solely for competition; and 
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(4) the Environmental Protection Agency has 
exceeded its statutory authority in its recent actions 
to regulate vehicles used solely for competition. 
SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF VEHICLES USED SOLELY FOR COM-
PETITION FROM THE ANTI-TAMPERING PRO-
VISIONS OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT. 
Section 203 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7522) 
is amended by adding at the end of subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: ‘‘No action with respect to any device or element 
of design referred to 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. 4. EXCLUSION OF VEHICLES USED SOLELY FOR COM-
PETITION FROM THE DEFINITION OF MOTOR 
VEHICLE IN THE CLEAN AIR ACT. 
Section 216 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550) 
is amended by striking ‘‘.’’ at the end of paragraph (2) 
and inserting ‘‘and that is not a vehicle used solely for 
competition, including any vehicle so used that was con-
verted from a motor vehicle.’’. 
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION. 
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
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tection Agency shall finalize any regulations necessary to 
implement the amendments made by this Act. 
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