RPM Act of 2021
Bill: S.2736 | Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard (R-NC)
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2021 or the RPM Act of 2021
This bill authorizes the modification of a vehicle's air emission controls for vehicles that are not legal for operation on a street or highway and are used solely for competition.
In relation to the exemption of competition vehicles from anti-tampering provisions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is prohibited from creating or authorizing a database of vehicle registration information that is required to be consulted at the point of manufacture, sale, installation, or use of parts or components. Additionally, the EPA may not require the registration of a vehicle, or part or component of a vehicle, by the manufacturer, seller, purchaser, installer, or user of the vehicle.
The regulation prescribed by the EPA regarding the exemption must include certain components, including a description of the reasonable conditions for the applicability of the exemption.

To exclude vehicles to be used solely for competition from certain 
        provisions of the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recognizing the Protection of 
Motorsports Act of 2021'' or the ``RPM Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Part or component.--The term ``part or component'' is 
        within the meaning of the term in section 203 of the Clean Air 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 7522).

SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FROM ANTI-TAMPERING PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 203(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7522(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``No action 
with respect to any device or element of design described 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, and that vehicle is not authorized 
for operation on a street or highway.''.
    (b) Implementation.--In implementing the amendment made by 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall not--
            (1) create a Federal database, or identify or require the 
        creation of a State database, of vehicle registration 
        information that is required to be consulted at the point of 
        manufacture, sale, installation, or use of parts or components; 
        and
            (2) require the registration of a vehicle or a part or 
        component of a vehicle by the manufacturer, seller, purchaser, 
        installer, or user of the vehicle.

SEC. 4. REGULATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall finalize a regulation to implement 
the amendment made by section 3(a).
    (b) Requirements.--The regulation under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) describe reasonable conditions for the applicability of 
        the exemption under the amendment made by section 3(a) that are 
        consistent with the requirements described in section 3(b);
            (2) provide that evidence of physical attributes of a 
        vehicle to be used solely for competition may be sufficient to 
        qualify for the exemption under the amendment made by section 
        3(a); and
            (3) provide that a manufacturer, seller, or installer of a 
        part or component seeking to use the exemption under the 
        amendment made by section 3(a) may not rely solely on 
        unsupported declarations from the purchaser or owner of a 
        vehicle about--
                    (A) the legal status of the vehicle; or
                    (B) the intended use of--
                            (i) the part or component; or
                            (ii) the vehicle.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Section 3, including the amendment made by section 3(a), takes 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, without regard to whether 
a final regulation has been promulgated under section 4.
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