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Your Action is Needed to Fight the CPSIA
Support Congressional Action to Adopt
Language to Prohibit Use of Funds to Implement
or Enforce the CPSIA
Take Action!
Contact your Senators and Representative Today!
On July 7,
Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) attached an
amendment to the House fiscal year 2010
Financial Services Appropriations bill which
prohibits the use of funds by the Consumer
Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for the
implementation and/or enforcement of section
101(b) of the Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) as it relates to
youth-model off-highway motorcycles and
all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). To see Rehberg's
press release on his amendment, please click
here.
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)
applauds the Rehberg amendment, and submitted a
letter of support that was placed in the
Committee Report on June 23. To see the AMA's
letter of support, please click
here.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the
fiscal year 2010 Financial Services
Appropriations bill - with the Rehberg amendment
- on July 16 with a vote of 219 to 208.
However, the U.S. Senate's fiscal year 2010
Financial Services Appropriations bill does not
include the Rehberg language, and it has not
been considered on the Senate floor. The Senate
may not consider the Financial Services
Appropriations bill individually, but may soon
instead consider a larger all-encompassing bill
called an Omnibus Appropriations bill.
Therefore, the AMA needs your help to let
your lawmakers know how you feel about the
lead-content ban and it's impact on the sale of
youth-model off-highway vehicles. Riders should
contact their Senators and Representatives and
let them know how the CPSIA has created a severe
and unwarranted disruption to families who
recreate together responsibly, and a deleterious
effect on youth amateur racing. Urge your
Senators and Representative to support the
inclusion of the Rehberg language, already in
the House Financial Services Appropriations
bill, in the final version of the fiscal year
2010 Financial Services Appropriations bill or
the Omnibus Appropriations bill.
The quickest way to reach your Senators and
Representative is to call them. You can find
contact information for your elected officials
by entering your zip code on
AmericanMotorcyclist.com > Rights > Issues &
Legislation. Additionally, a prewritten e-mail
is available for you to immediately send to your
lawmakers by following the "Take Action" option
and entering your information.
For more information and ways you can help
exclude youth-model motorcycles and ATVs from
the CPSIA, click
here.
Please contact your Senators and
Representative right away and urge them to
support the Rehberg language.
About the American Motorcyclist
Association
Since 1924, the AMA has promoted and protected
the motorcycling lifestyle. AMA members come
from all walks of life and they navigate many
different routes on their journey to the same
destination: freedom on two wheels. As the
world's largest motorcycle organization with
nearly 300,000 members, the AMA advocates for
motorcyclists' interests in the halls of local,
state and federal government, the committees of
international governing organizations and the
court of public opinion. Through member clubs,
promoters and partners, the AMA sanctions more
motorsports competition events than any other
organization in the world. Through its
Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, the AMA
preserves the heritage of motorcycling for
future generations. For more information, visit
www.AmericanMotorcyclist.com.
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