[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 203 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 203

 To reaffirm that the Environmental Protection Agency may not regulate 
     vehicles used solely for competition, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2017

 Mr. Burr (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Crapo, 
    Mr. Heller, Mr. Graham, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. 
   Manchin, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Donnelly) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reaffirm that the Environmental Protection Agency may not regulate 
     vehicles used solely for competition, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Recognizing the Protection of 
Motorsports Act of 2017'' or the ``RPM Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM ANTI-TAMPERING 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 described 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 to be used solely 
for competition.''.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF MOTOR VEHICLE.

    Section 216(2) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``(2) The term'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Motor vehicle.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Exclusion.--The term `motor vehicle' does not 
                include a vehicle used solely for competition, 
                including a vehicle used solely for competition that 
                was converted from a motor vehicle.''.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall finalize any 
regulation necessary to implement the amendments made by this Act.
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