Texas Insider Report: Washington D.C. On Tuesday March 15 at 10:00 a.m. ET the Oversight Subcommittee will hold ahearing titled Racing to Regulate: EPAs Latest Overreach on Amateur Drivers to review proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that would target amateur racecars and parts suppliers. This is an industry that supports American small business jobs manufacturing and technology.
Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas): Why has the EPA suddenly and arbitrarily decided to go after amateur racecars and the industry that supplies parts to racers? This unnecessary regulation could result in billions of dollars in enforcement penalties and significant job losses. The EPAs extreme and unjustified regulatory agenda is bad for the American economy and the American people.
WHAT: Hearing on
Racing to Regulate: EPAs Latest Overreach on Amateur Drivers
WHEN: TUESDAY March 15 at 10:00 a.m. ET
WHERE: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington D.C.
For the first time the EPA seeks to enforce the Clean Air Act on vehicles that have been legally de-registered so they can be modified for use in racing competitions. EPA officials buried this new provision in a proposed rule on emissions standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks - a regulation that is unrelated to vehicles modified for racing. Congress never intended the Clean Air Act to apply to these vehicles and the law is clear on this point.
Deputy Majority Whip Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) will provide testimony on a bill he introduced the
Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2016 (
H.R. 4715) to prevent the EPA from taking action on amateur racing under the Clean Air Act.
Additional witnesses include:
Mr. Christopher Kersting President and CEO Specialty Equipment Marketing Association
Mr. Ralph Sheheen Managing Partner and President National Speed Sports News
Mr. Brent Yacobucci Section Research Manager Energy and Minerals Section Congressional Research Service
