First Responders’ Equipment Access Act

I 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 pur- poses of national security, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 18, 2021 Mr. POSEY (for himself, Mr. RYAN, and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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 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 ‘‘First Responders’ 4 Equipment Access Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:29 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3319.IH H3319 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3319 IH SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO REGULATIONS EXEMPTING EN- 1 GINES/EQUIPMENT FOR NATIONAL SECU- 2 RITY. 3 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 4 of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro- 5 tection Agency shall revise the regulations under section 6 1068.225(d) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as 7 in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)— 8 (1) to authorize— 9 (A) manufacturers and secondary engine 10 manufacturers to request a national security ex- 11 emption under such section 1068.225(d) for en- 12 gines or equipment intended to be used by Fed- 13 eral, State, or local agencies for providing law 14 enforcement, disaster relief, search and rescue, 15 or emergency medical services; and 16 (B) an agency of the Federal Government 17 responsible for national defense and the De- 18 partment of Homeland Security (including the 19 Federal Emergency Management Agency) to 20 endorse a request described in subparagraph 21 (A); and 22 (2) to specify that a request for a national secu- 23 rity exemption described in paragraph (1)(A), and 24 an endorsement of such a request described in para- 25 graph (1)(B), is not required to specify a quantity 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:29 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3319.IH H3319 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3319 IH of engines or equipment to be exempted in order to 1 receive such an exemption. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:29 Jun 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3319.IH H3319 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS