[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 375 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 375

   To impose a moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act with 
  respect to marginal and moderate ozone nonattainment areas and with 
 respect to enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 8 (legislative day, January 30), 1995

  Mr. Abraham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To impose a moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act with 
  respect to marginal and moderate ozone nonattainment areas and with 
 respect to enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance programs, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS.

    (a) In General.--During the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall take no enforcement action with respect to an 
area designated nonattainment for ozone that is classified as a 
Marginal Area or Moderate Area under section 181 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7511).
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``enforcement action'' 
means--
            (1) the withholding of a grant under section 105 of the 
        Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7405);
            (2) the promulgation of a Federal implementation plan under 
        section 110(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410); and
            (3) the imposition of a sanction under section 110(m) or 
        179 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410(m), 7509).
    (c) Applicability.--Subsection (a) does not preclude the continued 
application of a sanction that was imposed prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED VEHICLE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS.

    During the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the 
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration of the Department 
of Transportation may not take any adverse action, against a State with 
respect to a failure of an enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance 
program under section 182(c)(3) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7511a(c)(3)), under--
            (1) section 176 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7506);
            (2) chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code;
            (3) subpart T of part 51, or subpart A of part 93, of title 
        40, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the 
        ``transportation conformity rule''); or
            (4) part 6, 51, or 93 of title 40, Code of Federal 
        Regulations (commonly known as the ``general conformity 
        rule'').
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