Title: First Responders’ Equipment Access Act
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
First Responders' Equipment Access Act
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise regulations that exempt certain engines and equipment from emission standards for national security purposes. For example, the bill directs the EPA to expand the regulations to include exemptions for engines or equipment intended to be used by governmental agencies for providing law enforcement, disaster relief, search and rescue, or emergency medical services.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3319 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3319

 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
amend regulations relating to exemptions for engines and equipment for 
         purposes of national security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 2021

   Mr. Posey (for himself, Mr. Ryan, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
amend regulations relating to exemptions for engines and equipment for 
         purposes of national security, 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 ``First Responders' Equipment Access 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO REGULATIONS EXEMPTING ENGINES/EQUIPMENT FOR 
              NATIONAL SECURITY.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall revise the 
regulations under section 1068.225(d) of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)--
            (1) to authorize--
                    (A) manufacturers and secondary engine 
                manufacturers to request a national security exemption 
                under such section 1068.225(d) for engines or equipment 
                intended to be used by Federal, State, or local 
                agencies for providing law enforcement, disaster 
                relief, search and rescue, or emergency medical 
                services; and
                    (B) an agency of the Federal Government responsible 
                for national defense and the Department of Homeland 
                Security (including the Federal Emergency Management 
                Agency) to endorse a request described in subparagraph 
                (A); and
            (2) to specify that a request for a national security 
        exemption described in paragraph (1)(A), and an endorsement of 
        such a request described in paragraph (1)(B), is not required 
        to specify a quantity of engines or equipment to be exempted in 
        order to receive such an exemption.
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