The threat to kid-sized motorcycles and ATVs posed by interpretation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 will be examined Thursday of this week by the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade.
“Congress knows that the risk to children comes from banning youth models, not from the lead in metal parts, and there now is a will to solve this problem once and for all,” said Paul Vitrano, general counsel for the Motorcycle Industry Council. “We urge Congress to stop the ban by either lowering the age range of ‘children’s products’ to age 6 and under or granting a categorical exemption for youth ATVs and motorcycles, as provided in Representative Denny Rehberg’s bill, H.R. 412.”
Rehberg's bill is known as the Kids Just Want to Ride Act.
A release from the MIC quoted Vitrano saying, “The timing of this hearing is perfect. With much of the industry gathering in Indianapolis this week for the Dealer Expo, we have a tremendous opportunity to flood Capitol Hill with hand-signed letters and electronic messages asking our Representatives and Senators to stop the ban.”
The MIC has set up a website at www.stopthebannow.com where anyone interested can go to easily send an electronic message to their members of Congress. A letter the MIC submitted to the committee is available online.
Members of the committee include:
- Mary Bono Mack, California, Chairman
- Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee, Vice Chair
- Cliff Stearns, Florida
- Charlie Bass, New Hampshire
- Gregg Harper, Mississippi
- Leonard Lance, New Jersey
- Bill Cassidy, Louisiana
- Brett Guthrie, Kentucky
- Pete Olson, Texas
- David McKinley, West Virginia
- Mike Pompeo, Kansas
- Adam Kinzinger, Illinois
- Joe Barton, Texas
- G.K. Butterfield, North Carolina, Ranking Minority Member
- Charlie Gonzalez, Texas
- Jim Matheson, Utah
- John Dingell, Michigan
- Ed Towns, New York
- Bobby Rush, Illinois
- Jan Schakowsky, Illinois
- Mike Ross, Arkansas
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Great info. Let's hope the committee has some common sense members.
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