RPM Act of 2019

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3281 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 17, 2021 Mr. MCHENRY (for himself, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. PENCE, Mr. WEB- STER of Florida, Mr. BUDD, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. DUN- CAN, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mr. PERRY, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. PALMER, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. POSEY, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CAWTHORN, Ms. BOURDEAUX, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mrs. LESKO, Mrs. GREENE of Georgia, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. PANETTA, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. KELLER, Mr. STAUBER, and Mr. CUELLAR) 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3281.IH H3281 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3281 IH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recognizing the Pro- 4 tection of Motorsports Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘RPM Act of 5 2019’’. 6 SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM ANTITAMPERING PROVISIONS. 7 Section 203(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 8 7522(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 9 ‘‘No action with respect to any device or element of design 10 referred to in paragraph (3) shall be treated as a prohib- 11 ited act under that paragraph if the action is for the pur- 12 pose of modifying a motor vehicle into a vehicle that is 13 not legal for operation on a street or highway and is to 14 be used solely for competition.’’. 15 SEC. 3. REGULATION. 16 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 17 of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro- 18 tection Agency shall finalize a regulation to implement the 19 amendment made by this Act. 20 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 21 Section 2 shall take effect not later than one year 22 after the date of enactment of this Act without regard to 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3281.IH H3281 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3281 IH whether a final regulation has been promulgated as re- 1 quired by section 3. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:54 Jun 15, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3281.IH H3281 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS