117 HR 3281 IH: Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2019 U.S. House of Representatives 2021-05-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 3281IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 17, 2021Mr. McHenry (for himself, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Pence, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Budd, Mr. Jordan, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Duncan, 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 CommerceA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2019 or the RPM Act of 2019.

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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..

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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.

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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.