Not all of SEMA’s work with the United States Congress takes place on Capitol Hill. Sometimes the best grassroots relationship-building occurs when SEMA members invite members of Congress and their staff to meet on the home turf.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the
State of California have issued separate proposals to establish a tire
fuel efficiency rating system.
Congress passed and President Obama signed into law "cash for
clunkers" legislation which contains two hard-fought SEMA provisions to lessen the program's impact to collectors and the aftermarket.
The popular social-networking site Facebook announced that it will allow participants to register personalized URLs to direct interested parties to their Facebook pages.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking
public comment on whether to apply the bumper standard to light trucks,
vans and SUVs (collectively referred to as LTVs).
California Assemblyman Mike Duvall is the new chairman of the SEMA-sponsored State Automotive Enthusiast Leadership Caucus.
Lawmakers are seeking to enact legislation into law in 2009 that would
fundamentally reform how Americans gain access to the nation’s health
care system.
A version of SEMA model legislation has been reintroduced in the
Michigan State Legislature that would outlaw local zoning ordinances
that prohibit the hobby of collecting and restoring motor vehicles.
SEMA is opposing a California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposal to
spend roughly $30 million annually for an Enhanced Fleet Modernization
Program (EFMP) to augment the State's existing voluntary accelerated
vehicle retirement program (scrappage).
SEMA-opposed legislation (A.B. 859) in the California Assembly to
require annual Smog check inspections for vehicles 15-years old and
older was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee and is
essentially dead for the year.