Transportation and Trailer Modernization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3570
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality

Motor carriers

Motor vehicles
Latest action: action_date: 2017-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Transportation and Trailer Modernization Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise the definition of a motor vehicle to exclude trailers and vehicles reliant on a connection to a self-propelled vehicle for power. (The Environmental Protection Agency set emissions standards for trailers as a part of motor vehicle emissions regulations. The regulations as applied to trailers were stayed by a federal court on October 27, 2017.) </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3570 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Babin , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Fortenberry , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Loudermilk , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Yoho , and Mr. Flores ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend part A of title II of the Clean Air Act to exclude trailers and other vehicles that rely on a connection to a self-propelled vehicle from the definition of a motor vehicle.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transportation and Trailer Modernization Act of 2017 . 2. Exclusion of vehicles that are not self-propelled from motor vehicle definition Paragraph (2) of section 216 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7550 ) is amended to read as follows: (2) The term motor vehicle means— (A) any self-propelled vehicle designed for transporting persons or property on a street or highway; and (B) excludes any vehicle, such as a trailer, that relies upon connection to a self-propelled vehicle described in subparagraph (A) for propulsion. .