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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2675 
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 
JUNE 4, 2015 
Mr. MULLIN (for himself and Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 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 2015’’. 
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 section 30112(a) of this 
title not more than 500 replica motor vehicles 
per year that are manufactured or imported by 
a low volume manufacturer; and 
‘‘(B) except as provided in paragraph (5) 
of this subsection, limit any such exemption to 
the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards ap-
plicable to motor vehicles and not motor vehicle 
equipment. 
‘‘(2) REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT.—To qual-
ify for an exemption under paragraph (1), a low vol-
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ume manufacturer shall register with the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and under such terms 
that the Secretary determines appropriate. The Sec-
retary shall establish terms that ensure that no per-
son may register as a low volume manufacturer if 
the person is registered as an importer under section 
30141 of this title. 
‘‘(3) PERMANENT LABEL REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
require a low volume manufacturer to affix a 
permanent label to a motor vehicle exempted 
under paragraph (1) that identifies the speci-
fied standards and regulations for which such 
vehicle is exempt from section 30112(a) and 
designates 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. 
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‘‘(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). 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) LOW VOLUME MANUFACTURER.—The 
term ‘low volume manufacturer’ means a motor 
vehicle manufacturer, other than a person who 
is registered as an importer under section 
30141 of this title, whose annual worldwide 
production is not more than 5,000 motor vehi-
cles. 
‘‘(B) 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 manufactured under a license 
for the product configuration, trade dress, 
trademark or patent for the motor vehicle 
that is intended to be replicated from the 
original manufacturer, its successors or as-
signees, or current owner of such rights, 
unless there is a preponderance of evidence 
that such rights have been abandoned for 
at least three years. 
‘‘(5) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Any motor 
vehicle exempted under this subsection shall also be 
exempted from sections 32304, 32502, and 32902 of 
this title, and from section 1232 of title 15 of the 
United States Code. 
‘‘(6) LIMITATION
AND
PUBLIC
NOTICE.—The 
Secretary shall have 60 days to review and approve 
a registration submitted under paragraph (2). Any 
registration not approved or denied within 60 days 
shall be deemed approved. The Secretary shall have 
the authority to revoke an existing registration 
based on a failure to comply with requirements set 
forth in this subsection. The registrant shall be pro-
vided a reasonable opportunity to correct all defi-
ciencies, if such are correctable based on the sole 
discretion of the Secretary. An exemption granted by 
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the Secretary to a low volume manufacturer under 
this subsection may not be transferred to any other 
person, and any unused allotment of vehicles author-
ized to be manufactured or imported on an annual 
basis by a low volume manufacturer shall not carry 
forward to another calendar year. The Secretary 
shall maintain and update the list of current reg-
istrants on an annual basis and publish such list in 
the Federal Register or on a Web page operated by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(7) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR ORIGINAL 
MANUFACTURERS, 
LICENSORS, 
OR
OWNERS
OF 
PRODUCT
CONFIGURATION, TRADE
DRESS
OR
DE-
SIGN PATENTS.—The original manufacturer, its suc-
cessor or assignee, or current owner who grants a li-
cense or otherwise transfers rights to a low volume 
manufacturer as defined in this section shall incur 
no liability to any person or entity under Federal or 
State statute, regulation, local ordinance, or under 
any Federal or State common law for such license 
or assignment to a low volume manufacturer.’’. 
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SEC. 3. VEHICLE EMISSION COMPLIANCE STANDARDS FOR 
LOW VOLUME MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFAC-
TURERS. 
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 for the model year in which the motor 
vehicle is assembled, or an engine that has been 
granted an Executive order for the model year in 
which the motor vehicle is assembled subject to reg-
ulations promulgated by the California Air Re-
sources Board, may be installed in an exempted spe-
cially 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; 
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‘‘(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 
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. 
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‘‘(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-
facturer, including information regarding emissions 
warranties from the engine manufacturer and all 
emissions-related recalls by the engine manufacturer. 
‘‘(E) To qualify to install an engine under this 
paragraph, a producer of exempted specially pro-
duced motor vehicles shall register with the Adminis-
trator at such time and in such manner as the Ad-
ministrator determines appropriate. The producer 
shall submit an annual report to the Administrator 
that includes— 
‘‘(i) a description of the exempted specially 
produced motor vehicles produced and engines 
installed in such vehicles; and 
‘‘(ii) the certificate of conformity number 
issued to the motor vehicle in which the engine 
was originally intended or the applicable Execu-
tive order number for the engine. 
‘‘(F) Exempted specially produced motor vehi-
cles compliant with this paragraph shall be exempted 
from— 
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‘‘(i) motor vehicle certification testing that 
might otherwise be required under section 206; 
and 
‘‘(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 that is exempt from specified standards as de-
fined 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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