RPM Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5434
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2019-12-16
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: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2019 or the RPM Act of 2019</b></p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5434 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 16, 2019 Mr. McHenry (for himself, Mr. Ruiz , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Posey , Mr. Cisneros , and Mr. Burgess ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Clean Air Act to provide an exemption from certain antitampering provisions for certain actions for modifying a motor vehicle that is not legal for operation on a street or highway and is to be used solely for competition, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2019 or the RPM Act of 2019 . 2. Exemption from antitampering provisions 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 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 that is not legal for operation on a street or highway and is to be used solely for competition. . 3. Regulation Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall finalize a regulation to implement the amendment made by this Act. 4. Effective date Section 2 shall take effect not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act without regard to whether a final regulation has been promulgated as required by section 3.