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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 5434
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
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recognizing the Pro-
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tection of Motorsports Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘RPM Act of
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2019’’.
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM ANTITAMPERING PROVISIONS.
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Section 203(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
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7522(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘No action with respect to any device or element of design
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referred to in paragraph (3) shall be treated as a prohib-
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ited act under that paragraph if the action is for the pur-
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pose of modifying a motor vehicle into a vehicle that is
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not legal for operation on a street or highway and is to
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be used solely for competition.’’.
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SEC. 3. REGULATION.
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
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of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
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tection Agency shall finalize a regulation to implement the
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amendment made by this Act.
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SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Section 2 shall take effect not later than one year
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after the date of enactment of this Act without regard to
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whether a final regulation has been promulgated as re-
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quired by section 3.
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