Call Congress And Tell Your Lawmakers To Pass The RPM Act
Support for the bipartisan Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM Act), H.R. 3281 and S. 2736, continues to expand each day as members of Congress receive an outpouring of support for the bill from racers and the motorsports’ parts industry. It’s clear the letters that enthusiasts and businesses have sent are being noticed on Capitol Hill and are making a difference (108 members of the House and 15 Senators have cosponsored the RPM Act).
If you’ve already sent a letter to Congress about the RPM Act, please follow up by making a short call to their office to voice your support for the bill. PRI has made it easy to call your elected officials by clicking here.
Below is a list of things of other things you can do right now to help to pass the RPM Act:
• Send a personal letter to your lawmakers at: saveourracecars.com. A letter has already been drafted. It takes less than a minute.
• Sign a letter to your lawmakers on company letterhead. Email erics@sema.org for a template and for more information.
• Post about the RPM Act on your company’s social media accounts using the toolkit of digital assets.
• Become a member of PRI and learn more about PRI’s Political Action Committee. Performance Racing PAC allows PRI members to support the lawmakers that stand up for racing in Washington.
Over the past two weeks, ten U.S. Senators and seven U.S. House members have agreed to co-sponsor the bill, including Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Gary Peters (D-MI), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), John Barrasso (R-WY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Todd Young (R-IN), and Tim Scott (R-SC), and Representatives Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Mike Bost (R-IL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Billy Long (R-MO), Clay Higgins (R-LA), and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL).
The RPM Act must be enacted into law to guarantee your right to modify street cars, trucks, and motorcycles into dedicated race vehicles, and ensure that industry can offer parts that enable racers to compete. It is imperative that lawmakers continue to be reminded of the importance of passing the RPM Act. For details, contact Eric Snyder at erics@sema.org.