[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5205 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5205

 To provide Federal assistance for compliance with Federally-mandated 
motor vehicle inspection and maintenance requirements and employee trip 
       reduction requirements in effect under the Clean Air Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 1994

   Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide Federal assistance for compliance with Federally-mandated 
motor vehicle inspection and maintenance requirements and employee trip 
       reduction requirements in effect under the Clean Air Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH AUTO INSPECTION AND 
              MAINTENANCE.

    (a) EPA Grants to States.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency is authorized to provide grants under this section to 
each State carrying out a vehicle inspection and maintenance program, 
or an enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance program, under part D 
of title I of the Clean Air Act. Such grants shall be used by the State 
to provide assistance to enable vehicle owners to perform such repair 
and maintenance on their vehicles as is necessary for such vehicles to 
comply with the requirements of such program. The Administrator may 
promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
section.
    (b) State Assistance.--
            (1) Use of grants.--Grants under subsection (a) shall be 
        used by States to make payments for qualified repair and 
        maintenance costs incurred by vehicle owners. Each State may 
        publish guidelines for determining the classes or categories of 
        vehicle owners to whom such grants may be made.
            (2) Payment schedule.--Payments made under a State under 
        paragraph (1) shall cover the following amounts:
                    (A) Not to exceed 60 percent of the qualified 
                repair and maintenance costs which do not exceed $200.
                    (B) Not to exceed 80 percent of the qualified 
                repair and maintenance costs which exceed $200 but do 
                not exceed $400.
        No such payments may be used to pay any costs which exceed 
        $400.
            (3) Definition.--For purposes of a State assistance program 
        under this section, the term ``qualified repair and maintenance 
        costs'' means the costs of such repairs and maintenance as are 
        necessary to bring motor vehicles into compliance with the 
        requirements of any State vehicle inspection and maintenance 
        program or enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance program 
        in effect under part D of title I of the Clean Air Act.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH EMPLOYEE TRIP REDUCTION 
              REQUIREMENTS UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT.

    (a) EPA Grants to States.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency is authorized to provide grants under this section to 
each State carrying out employee trip reduction requirements for 
nonattainment areas under an applicable State implementation plan 
adopted and approved under title I of the Clean Air Act. Such grants 
shall be used by the State to provide assistance to enable employers to 
take such action as may be necessary to comply with such requirements. 
The Administrator may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary 
to carry out this section.
    (b) State Assistance.--Grants under subsection (a) shall be used by 
States, in accordance with guidelines established by each State, to 
assist employers in the implementation of employee trip reduction 
measures necessary to comply with the State implementation plan 
provisions referred to in subsection (a).
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