[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2988 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2988


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 24 (legislative day, September 20), 1996

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
       To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that traffic signal 
   synchronization projects are exempt from certain requirements of 
                 Environmental Protection Agency Rules.

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

SECTION. 1. TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECTS.

    Section 176(c)(4) (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)(4)) of the Clean Air Act is 
amended by adding the following at the end thereof:
    ``(D) Compliance with the rules of the Administrator for 
determining the conformity of transportation plans, programs, and 
projects funded or approved under title 23 of the United States Code or 
the Federal Transit Act to State or Federal implementation plans shall 
not be required for traffic signal synchronization projects prior to 
the funding, approval or implementation of such projects. The 
supporting regional emissions analysis for any conformity determination 
made with respect to a transportation plan, program, or project shall 
consider the effect on emissions of any such project funded, approved, 
or implemented prior to the conformity determination.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.