Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-350
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2017-01-06
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Motor vehicles

Professional sports
Latest action: action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 833.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2017 or the RPM Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act to allow the modification of a vehicle's air emission controls if the vehicle is used solely for competition.</p>

action_date: 2018-12-11
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p><b>Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2017 or the RPM Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act to allow the modification of a vehicle's air emission controls if the vehicle is used solely for competition.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 350 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. Rogers 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 ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To exclude vehicles used solely for competition from certain provisions of the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2017 or the RPM Act of 2017 . 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 definition of nonroad vehicle any vehicle used solely for competition; (3) despite the clear intent of Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency has cited the Clean Air Act as authority for regulating vehicles used solely for competition; and (4) the Environmental Protection Agency has exceeded its statutory authority in its recent actions to regulate vehicles used solely for competition. 3. Exclusion of vehicles used solely for competition from the anti-tampering provisions 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 following: 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. . 4. Exclusion of vehicles used solely for competition 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 converted from a motor vehicle. . 5. Implementation Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall finalize any regulations necessary to implement the amendments made by this Act.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 833 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 350 [Report No. 115–1073] 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. Rogers 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 ) introduced 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 Pennsylvania , Mr. Peterson , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Bishop of Michigan , Mr. MacArthur , Mr. LaHood , Mr. Banks of Indiana , 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. Mitchell , Mr. Jordan , Mr. Byrne , Mr. Kinzinger , Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Trott , Mr. Royce of California , Mr. Blum , Mr. Messer , Mr. Rutherford , 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. Rohrabacher , 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. Gallagher , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Nunes , Mr. Issa , Mrs. Noem , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Smith of Missouri , 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. Luetkemeyer , 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2017 or the RPM Act of 2017 . 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 definition of nonroad vehicle any vehicle used solely for competition; (3) despite the clear intent of Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency has cited the Clean Air Act as authority for regulating vehicles used solely for competition; and (4) the Environmental Protection Agency has exceeded its statutory authority in its recent actions to regulate vehicles used solely for competition. 3. Exclusion of vehicles used solely for competition from the anti-tampering provisions 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 following: 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. . 4. Exclusion of vehicles used solely for competition 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 converted from a motor vehicle. . 5. Implementation Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall finalize any regulations necessary to implement the amendments made by this Act.

December 11, 2018 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed