Tag: American Motorcyclist Association
AMA Action Alert – Legislation Threatens OHV Use!
(Dec 2012) Once again, we need to rise and make our voices heard. Currently, a bill is in the Senate, that would threaten our right to ride off-road on many lands. Thru wording within the bill, they can take away our rights to ride in many areas controlled by the BLM and Forest Services. The U.S. Senate […]
Kids Just Want to Ride Act Introduced, Contact Representative Today to Support, Malcolm Smith Speaks on the Topic
With the deadline fast approaching that would effectively ban the sale of kids’ dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) has introduced legislation to end the ban, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. On Jan. 25, Rehberg introduced H.R. 412, the Kids Just Want to Ride Act, which would exempt kids’ off-highway […]
AMA criticizes lack of trail maintenance funding in latest federal budget
PICKERINGTON, Ohio – Many off-highway motorized trails in America’s national forests could deteriorate dramatically or even disappear under the new federal budget for 2011 proposed by President Barack Obama to Congress on February 1, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. Under the proposal, which must by accepted by Congress before it becomes law, funding for […]
AMA Life Member testifies before U.S. House in opposition to inappropriate Wilderness designation
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — Dennis Larratt, a Charter Life Member of the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA), offered testimony on behalf of the Association as well as the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition (COHVCO) yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to H.R. 3914. The bill, the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 2009, would inappropriately […]
AMA urges support for language that would protect kids’ access to youth OHV’s
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is urging all motorcyclists and ATV riders to ask their U.S. senators and representatives to support language in an appropriations bill that would allow kids’ dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) to continue to be sold. The language, written by Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) and included in the […]
New Mexico Governor Vetoes Raid on Off-Highway Vehicle Fund
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson rejected a proposal to raid the state’s off-highway vehicle (OHV) trail safety fund as part of a plan to balance the state budget, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. On Nov. 9, Richardson used his line-item veto power for the state budget to ensure that $800,000 targeted […]