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Protecting Your Rights
In Our Nation's Capital!
Motorcycle
and Motorcycling Small Business Protection Act,
Introduced by Congressman James Barcia (D-Michigan)
 107th
Congress,
2d Session
H.R.
5433
_________________________
IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. Barcia introduced the followed bill; which was referred to
the Committee on _________________________.
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to ensure reasonable emissions standards
for highway motorcycles, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 Section 1. Short Title.
4 This Act may be cited as the "Motorcycle and
5 Motorcycling Small Business Protection Act."
2
1 SEC.2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CLEAN AIR ACT REGARDING
2 MOTORCYCLES
3 (a) STANDARDS. -- Section 202 of the
Clean Air Act
4 (42 U.S.C. 7521) is amended--
5 (1) in
subsection (a)(3), by amending subpara-
6 graph (E) to read as follows:
7 "(E) REVISED STANDARDS FOR HIGHWAY MOTOR-
8 CYCLES. -- Effective for the model year 2004 and
there-
9 after, the regulations under paragraph (1) applicable to
10 emissions of nonmethane hydrocarbons from gasoline-
11 fueled highway motorcycles shall contain standards pro-
12 viding that such emissions shall not exceed 2.4 grams of
13 nonmethane hydrocarbons per kilometer." and
14 (2) in
paragraph (2) of subsection (1), by strik-
15 ing "motor vehicles and motor vehicle fuels"
and in-
16 serting "motor vehicles (other than highway
motor-
17 cycles) and motor vehicle fuels".
18 (b) PROHIBITIONS. -- Section 203(a)(3)
of the Clean
19 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7522(a)(3)) is amended in subpara-
20 graphs (A) and (B) by striking "motor vehicle or motor
21 vehicle engine" each place such term appears and insert-
22 ing "motor vehicle (other than a highway motorcycle) or
23 motor vehicle engine".
24 (c) STATE STANDARDS. -- Section 209(b)
of the Clean
25 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543(b)) is amended--
3
1 (1) in
paragraph (1), by striking "The Admini-
2 strator shall" and inserting "Subject to paragraph
3 (4), the Administrator shall";
4 (2) in
paragraph (3), by striking "in the case"
5 and inserting "In the case"; and
6 (3) by
adding at the end the following:
7 "(4) The
Administrator may not waive application of
8 this section with respect to any standard relating to the
9 control of emissions from highway motorcycles."
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