This a National Call to Action(CTA). Attached and included in this email isinformation about the CTA, how to contact your US Representative, a sampleletter for your Representative, and a link to more detailed information about HR2057.
* Review the information about HR 2057, you may find more information about HR2057 by following the link below in this announcement.
* Use the link included in this email to find your US Representative. Attached is a sample letter that you may use and personalize for yourself. Be courteous and professional in your letter---make sure you fill in the correct date and your Representative's name.
* Use the letter to ask your Representative to support and cosponsor this resolution. Using the list below, if your Representative is already cosponsoring HR 2057 ask him/her to further support it and bring this resolution into law.
* Print two copies of your letter, include your full name and complete address and zip code, sign one copy and mail it to your US Representative. Give the second copy to the unit commander of your US Defenders Program or the regional COIR representative.
* This CTA should be completed within 72 hours.
HR 2057, Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2009, as this resolution is currently in the US House of Representatives - Committee on Energy and Commerce introduced on 4/22/09 protects the right of individuals and independent repair shops to have to necessary tools in order to make repairs to vehicles of all types, including motorcycles.
HR 2057 is sponsored by:
Rep. E. Towns[ NY-10] and cosponsored by:
Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4] - 5/21/2009
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 5/14/2009
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 5/12/2009
Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] - 4/30/2009
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 5/14/2009
Rep Butterfield, G. K. [NC-1] - 7/28/2009
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 9/23/2009
Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10] - 9/10/2009
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11] - 5/12/2009
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 5/14/2009
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] - 6/17/2009
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 5/21/2009
Rep Delahunt, Bill [MA-10] - 7/28/2009
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 4/22/2009
Rep Etheridge, Bob [NC-2] - 6/4/2009
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 6/4/2009
Rep Fudge, Marcia L. [OH-11] - 7/31/2009
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 4/30/2009
Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17] - 6/4/2009
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 7/28/2009
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 7/10/2009
Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 6/4/2009
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 6/17/2009
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 6/26/2009
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 6/17/2009
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 7/10/2009
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 5/21/2009
Rep McIntyre, Mike [NC-7] - 7/28/2009
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 4/22/2009
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 7/28/2009
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 6/26/2009
Rep Perriello, Thomas S.P. [VA-5] - 7/31/2009
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] - 5/21/2009
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 6/26/2009
Rep Rogers, Mike D. [AL-3] - 4/30/2009
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 6/4/2009
Rep Sestak, Joe [PA-7] - 6/4/2009
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1] - 6/4/2009
Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11] - 4/30/2009
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 7/31/2009
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 4/30/2009
Information about the Right to Repair Act:
A link to HR 2057 to this email for reference.
http://thomas.loc.gov/What the right to repair does:
Reaffirms the owners' right to repair their vehicle and keep their families
safe.
Promotes consumer safety by allowing owners or their vehicles technicians'
access to the computers that control the systems and components that affect the
safe operation of their vehicles.
Permits owners to choose the repair shop and the replacement parts to service
and maintain their vehicles.
Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate regulations to
protect consumers and to promote competition in vehicle maintenance and repair.
What it does not do:
It does not take a manufacturer's intellectual property.
It does not affect the dealer's warranty agreement with the vehicle manufacturers.
It does not require manufacturers to disclose manufacturing processes or tradesecrets.
***More information may be read at: Right to Repair Coalition
http://snipurl.com/s4rw6***Contact information for your US Representative may be found at:
http://snipurl.com/s4rwdTo get the address follow the link to the edit and contact feature.
This is our very first National CTA, follow the USD model, network amongst yourselves and get busy! Timing is very important, we need to respond in concert together from all across the United States acting as ONE VOICE, ONE HEART and let our numbers speak!
Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns. Use our website
http://www.usdefenders.org/ to post on the message board your successes and your challenges.
Good Luck and Godspeed
The National US Defender Officer Team
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2) From:
Sample Letter:
Date
Dear Representative__________,
I am writing you today concerning HR 2057, Right to Repair Act, and am asking you to support and cosponsor this bill.
Modern vehicles, including motorcycles, contain advanced technology that monitors or controls virtually every function of the vehicle including: brakes, steering, air bags, fuel delivery, ignition, lubrication,theft prevention, emission controls and soon, tire pressure.
Vehicle owners and independent shops need full access to the information, parts and tools necessary to accurately diagnose, repair or re-program these systems. Vehicle manufacturers are making access to such vital information increasingly difficult to obtain for the independent aftermarket and its customers. Without access to critical information, parts and tools, motorists are forced to patronize new car dealerships, which may not be convenient oreasily accessible to a car owner and may increase the cost of repairs which adds a financial burden onto my household
This bill is sponsored by Representative E. Towns [NY-10]and co-sponsored by forty-one other members of the US House and is in the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Once again, I urge you to support and cosponsor HR 2057 in an effort to protect my ability to make timely and affordable repairs to my vehicles.
I appreciate your time and thank you for your support on this effort.
Sincerely,
Full Name
Complete Address and zip code
