[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2645 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2645

 To permit freon to be used for home, automobile, and agricultural air 
                        conditioning equipment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 1995

Mr. Thornberry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To permit freon to be used for home, automobile, and agricultural air 
                        conditioning equipment.

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

SECTION 1. CONTROL OF FREON FOR CERTAIN USES.

    (a) Restrictions on EPA Authority.--Notwithstanding title VI of the 
Clean Air Act, the Montreal Protocol, the Copenhagen Accords and all 
related international agreements, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency may not ban, phase out, or restrict the 
production, importation, export, consumption, or use of CFC-12 (freon) 
for use in automobile and agricultural air conditioning equipment or 
HCFC-22 for use in residential air conditioning equipment.
    (b) Inconsistent EPA Actions.--All rules, standards and other 
regulatory actions promulgated, published, or otherwise issued by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency before the date of 
enactment of this Act are repealed to the extent they impose a control 
which is prohibited under subsection (a).
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