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• Proposed Transportation Bill Amendment Fails

  by RevBigJohn July 28, 2021
  Late Monday night, three Congressional champions for motorcyclists’ rights asked Congress to add language to a massive spending bill that would help protect motorcyclists from profiling by law enforcement. The amendment to a Department of Transportation funding bill would have prohibit...

• MRF Flash Alert!

  by RevBigJohn July 22, 2021
  Next week the House of Representatives will vote on a bill to fund several transportation related agencies, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), for fiscal year 2022. To ensure the federal government protects the rights of all motorcyclists, three members of the Hous...

• Ethanol in the Courts and in Congress

  by RevBigJohn July 16, 2021
  Ethanol in the Courts and in Congress In the last few weeks, the ethanol industry has suffered two major court case defeats. Earlier this month, the D.C. Court of Appeals struck down the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule allowing for year-round sales of E15.  In May 2019 ...

• MEETING OF THE MINDS 2021

  by RevBigJohn July 14, 2021
  MEETING OF THE MINDS 2021 -- Sixty days is cutting it close September 10, 2021, the rapidly approaching cut-off date for hotel and registration for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation’s 37th Annual Meeting of the Minds ...

• House Passes Highway Bill – Biker Priorities Included

  by RevBigJohn July 1, 2021
  Thursday morning the full House of Representatives passed H.R. 3684 the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act or the INVEST in America Act. This bill is more commonly referred to as the highway bill. The bill is over 1,500 pages, spends $715 billio...
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• Autonomous Vehicle Crash Data

  by RevBigJohn June 30, 2021
  This week the federal government took an important step in the oversight of autonomous vehicles on our nation’s roadways. Under an order issued Tuesday, manufacturers of autonomous vehicles must disclose data about crashes involving this new technology. The Motorcycle Riders Foundati...

• Know Your Numbers!

  by RevBigJohn June 25, 2021
  May was Motorcycle Awareness Month but every month should be a month for motorcycle advocacy!  Whether you were in D.C. for Bikers Inside the Beltway or working on issues back home, it’s a great time to advocate for bikers’ rights.One of the most important numbers any biker rights a...

• Highway Bill Passes First Hurdle in the House

  by RevBigJohn June 11, 2021
  Legislation authorizing roughly $547 billion for highways and other surface transportation over five years advanced in a House panel, despite opposition from Republicans who objected to what they called Green New Deal climate initiatives.The legislation (H.R. 3684) would auth...
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• 2021 Highway Bill Unveiled

  by RevBigJohn June 7, 2021
  Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure unveiled its 2021 highway bill, titled the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in American Act. As you may remember, every five years Congress is required to re...

• Want to make a difference in D.C.?

  by RevBigJohn May 26, 2021
  Responsible and law-abiding motorcyclists across the country continue to report instances of being harassed and singled out by law enforcement simply because they are riding a motorcycle or wearing motorcycle-related apparel. Understanding this, in 2018 the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolutio...

• Taking Back the Hill

  by RevBigJohn May 19, 2021
  For the last 15 months the halls of Congress have been silent. Health and safety restrictions have all but eliminated the normal atmosphere on Capitol Hill. However, this week things began to return to normal.  Bikers from over 25 states made their way to Washington D.C. and spent Monday and Tu...

• What are we going to Lobby for?

  by RevBigJohn May 14, 2021
  Bikers Inside The Beltway
What are we going to Lobby for? A successful Bikers Inside the Beltway is days from happening.  This one-of-a-kind hybrid event has raised questions that the MRF is here to answer.“I can&rsq...
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• We Are Not Alone

  by RevBigJohn May 11, 2021
  Moving Forward With Motorcycling Members of Congress & Making It Happen The Motorcycle Riders Foundation proudly works with both the Senate and House motorcycle caucuses to achieve legislative victories for our community. The b...

• AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS

  by RevBigJohn May 10, 2021
  Background: Motorcyclists believe that automated driving technology in other vehicles could yield substantial safety benefits for riders by helping to eliminate “human error” which, on average, causes over 90% of the crashes each year. However, motorcycles must be considered in any re...

• Ethanol 15 (E-15) Can Kill Your Motorcycle’s Engine

  by RevBigJohn May 9, 2021
  CONSUMER PROTECTION AND FUEL TRANSPARENCY ACT Background In the summer of 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule that aims to require 19.88 billion gallons of biofuels to be blended into the U.S. fuel supply in 2019. Later in the fall, the EPA allowed a year-rou...

• A New Definition For Motorcycle

  by RevBigJohn May 8, 2021
  New vehicles entering the roadways with little resemblance or operational characteristics to that of a motorcycle, have been arbitrarily classified as motorcycles. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation has drafted language to put an end to the confusion. When identifying bill numbers are attached to this...
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• BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2021

  by RevBigJohn May 6, 2021
  Bikers Inside The BeltwayMeeting With Congress To Stop Profiling H.RES 366 – your MRF is moving forward and making it happen. Profiling is not going to go away without your immediate action. See the attachment for more de...

• House Resolution 366

  by RevBigJohn May 4, 2021
  Last Friday, champions of the motorcycling community in the House of Representatives introduced a resolution addressing motorcyclist profiling. The resolution H. Res. 366 has three key points: (1) promoting increased public awareness on the issue of motorcyclist profiling;(2) encouraging co...

• E15 Labeling Comments Submitted to EPA

  by RevBigJohn April 24, 2021
    Comments Submitted to EPAMonday was the official deadline for the public to submit comments on potential changes to the E15 labels on fuel dispensers. As you may remember, in January the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rules that would eliminate or dramatically c...

• H.R. 2141

  by RevBigJohn April 24, 2021
  Thank you for contacting me regarding H.R. 2141, the Motorcyclist Advisory Council Reauthorization Act.  I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue. As you may know, on March 23, 2021, Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) introduced the Motorcyclist Advisory Council Reauthoriza...

• BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2021

  by RevBigJohn April 20, 2021
  BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2021 ATTENDANCE EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS “Sold out” are not words often positively associated with anything in Washington, D.C.  Bikers Inside the Beltway 2021 is rapidly closing in on ...

• Save the Motorcyclist Advisory Council

  by RevBigJohn April 20, 2021
  Save the Motorcyclist Advisory Council:Ask You Representative to Cosponsor H.R. 2141   Congress is back from Easter break and it's time for them to hear from bikers!  Last month Congressman Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin and a bipartisan group of House members introduced H.R. 2141, the Moto...

• A Trillion Here, A Trillion There…

  by RevBigJohn April 2, 2021
  Former Illinois Senator Evert Dirksen is long credited with this quip about spending in Washington D.C., “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it begins to add up to real money.” An updated 21st century version of that quote would replace billion with trillion!In March Co...
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• Motorcyclist Advisory Council Bill Introduced

  by RevBigJohn March 26, 2021
  Motorcyclist Advisory Council Bill IntroducedThis week a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced H.R. 2141, the Motorcyclist Advisory Council Reauthorization Act. The Motorcyclist Advisory Council (MAC) was first established by Congress in 2005 and reauthorized in 2015. The ...

• BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2021

  by RevBigJohn March 26, 2021
  BIKERS INSIDE THE BELTWAY 2021FLEXIBLE & MOVING FORWARD The pandemic and the events of January 6 brought changes to meetings with members of Congress and large gatherings.  The MRF has restructured Bikers inside the Beltwa...

• The MRF pushes back on EPA about Current Ethanol Labeling Requi

  by RevBigJohn March 16, 2021
  The MRF pushes back on EPA about Current Ethanol Labeling Requirements This week the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) joined other national groups in pushing back on proposed rule changes to current ethanol labeling requireme...
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• Nominees Wanted for the 2021 Motorcycle Riders Foundation Hall

  by RevBigJohn February 28, 2021
  Last Call...Nominees Wanted for the 2021 Motorcycle Riders Foundation Hall of Fame The Motorcycle Riders Foundation Hall of Fame (MRFHOF) was introduced at the Meeting of the Minds in Denver, Colorado. This institution was created to recognize individuals that have worked through the MRF to positiv...

• Bridging the Gap

  by RevBigJohn February 27, 2021
  Bridging the Gap Last weekend members of the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) attended a meeting of the National Council of Clubs in Gulfport, Mississippi. The MRF was invited to the event, entitled “Bridging the Gap,” to discuss opportunities for the motorcycl...

• New House & Senate Members and Committees

  by RevBigJohn February 12, 2021
  New Members and Committees With the election of nearly 70 new lawmakers in the Senate and the House, congressional committee membership is directly impacted. Not only are freshman members assigned to new committees, but current members can also jump to new committees. While numerous committ...
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• Automated Driving Systems (AKA Autonomous Vehicles)

  by RevBigJohn February 5, 2021
  Late last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a rulemaking process for developing a “Framework for Automated Driving System (ADS) Safety.” As part of the process public comments were solicited by NHTSA. This week the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MR...
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