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| http://kinzinger.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399248 | House Advances Kinzinger Amendment to Protect Illinois Consumers and Businesses | 2015-11-05 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Republican | House | IL | Adam Kinzinger | K000378 | kinzinger.house.gov | legacy | Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) today applauded House advancement of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, which includes his amendment to protect consumers, support small business, and improve vehicle safety. By voice vote, the House adopted his amendment that would require suppliers and manufacturers of auto parts that are determined to be defective or non-compliant to identify all parts subject to recall, which the Transportation Department would be required to make available online. share: f t Rich Aukland, co-owner and sales manager of Rhodes Auto shows Congressman Kinzinger around their inventory warehouse in Streator, IL. WASHINGTON - Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) today applauded House advancement of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015, which includes his amendment to protect consumers, support small business, and improve vehicle safety. By voice vote, the House adopted his amendment that would require suppliers and manufacturers of auto parts that are determined to be defective or non-compliant to identify all parts subject to recall, which the Transportation Department would be required to make available online.Congressman Kinzinger recently toured Rhodes Auto, a family owned auto salvage business in Streator with an inventory of over 4,000 automobiles. Businesses like Rhodes Auto sell more than 500,000 parts every day and must comply with federal recall laws, including the TREAD Act, which prohibits businesses like Rhodes Auto from recycling and selling parts that are subject to a recall. Auto recyclers are an important part of the auto parts supply chain, said Congressman Kinzinger. And while the TREAD Act safeguards the safety of the driving public, we need to ensure that businesses like Rhodes Auto have the information they need to remove recalled component parts from their inventory. Currently available government tools do not meet the needs of auto recyclers. While Congressman Kinzinger visited Rhodes Auto, they showed him an example of a SaferCar.gov search of three different vehicles with known recalls. Two of the three showed blank screens after searching the VIN, even though the database should have displayed recalls for ignition switches. Additionally, private sector database subscription services like CarFax do not have the information needed to see which part has been recalled. Kinzinger continued, My amendment will ensure consumer safety by providing more information to businesses like Rhodes Auto so they can identify recalled parts and remove them from their inventory and the auto parts supply chain. It is an honor to represent the people of the 16th District, and I will continue taking their concerns to Washington so we can inject some commonsense into the policies coming out of Congress. Our Rhodes family has operated this auto parts recycling business since 1987, said Rich Aukland, Manager and son-in-law of founder Jim Rhodes. We are committed to protecting our customers and recycling automobiles to meet the needs of consumers looking to buy quality auto parts. We appreciate the Congressmans effort to learn more about the challenges we face and thank him for taking action that will help us better serve our customers and protect our community from unsafe auto parts. We also thank the Congressman's efforts to help a small business stay in business by giving us the tools we need to continue. Click here to watch Congressman Kinzingers Remarks during Floor Debate: Transcript: Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise today to offer an amendment that would improve vehicle safety and ensure that businesses have the necessary information to comply with section 8 of the TREAD Act. Every day, professional automotive recyclers sell over a half a million original equipment manufacturer parts which are harvested from total loss or end-of-life vehicles and are resold to consumers, repair shops, and dealers. These parts are designed by automakers and are manufactured to meet their requirements. Even when a vehicle may reach the end of its useful life, many parts have a greater lifespan and can be subsequently recycled, resold, and reused. This offers consumers with additional choice to purchase a quality recycled part at a lower cost. In 2000, Congress enacted the TREAD Act to increase vehicle safety by prohibiting the resale of recycled auto parts that are subject to a recall and have not been remedied. Congress passed this legislation with the safety of the driving public in mind. However, the ability of professional automotive recyclers to identify and remove recalled parts from the supply chain is severely limited. Earlier this year, Secretary Foxx responded to a question for the record on this subject following a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing. He recommended that automotive manufacturers provide part number information in an efficient and easy-to-use format directly to recyclers and others who need the information to support auto safety. My amendment does just that and will ensure these businesses can identify such parts and remove them from their inventory. Our friends in the European Union have already implemented regulations requiring such a system that includes the VIN, [Original Equipment] parts numbers, and the [Original Equipment] naming of the parts. I know we have the technological capabilities to similarly improve vehicle safety, and I am hoping that my colleagues will show their commitment to improving the recall process with an aye vote. Now is the time to pass this measure. More Information: The Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 (the STRR Act) reauthorizes and reform federal highway, transit, and highway safety programs. This legislation helps improve the nations surface transportation infrastructure, refocuses programs on addressing national priorities, provides more flexibility and certainty for states and local governments, accelerates project delivery, maintains a strong commitment to safety, and promotes innovation to make the transportation system and programs more effective. Click here for more details about the STRR Act. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |