[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3570 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3570

 To amend part A of title II of the Clean Air Act to exclude trailers 
   and other vehicles that rely on a connection to a self-propelled 
            vehicle from the definition of a motor vehicle.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

  Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. 
 Fortenberry, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Yoho, and 
 Mr. Flores) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part A of title II of the Clean Air Act to exclude trailers 
   and other vehicles that rely on a connection to a self-propelled 
            vehicle from the definition of a motor vehicle.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation and Trailer 
Modernization Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT SELF-PROPELLED FROM MOTOR 
              VEHICLE DEFINITION.

    Paragraph (2) of section 216 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550) 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) The term `motor vehicle' means--
                    ``(A) any self-propelled vehicle designed for 
                transporting persons or property on a street or 
                highway; and
                    ``(B) excludes any vehicle, such as a trailer, that 
                relies upon connection to a self-propelled vehicle 
                described in subparagraph (A) for propulsion.''.
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