[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 2988 Reported in House (RH)]





                                                 Union Calendar No. 441

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2988

                          [Report No. 104-807]

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                                 A BILL

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

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                           September 18, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed





                                                 Union Calendar No. 441
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2988

                          [Report No. 104-807]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 1996

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

                           September 18, 1996

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
       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,

<DELETED>SECTION. 1. TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 176(c)(4) of the Clean Air Act is amended by 
adding the following at the end thereof:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(D) Traffic signal synchronization projects shall be 
exempt from regional emissions analysis requirements and from 
requirements under rules of the Administrator for determining the 
conformity to State or Federal implementation plans of transportation 
plans, programs, and projects funded or approved under title 23 of the 
United States Code or the Federal Transit Act.''.</DELETED>

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.''.