[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 721 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 721

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 1995

 Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Cohen) 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 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 1-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall not initiate or continue in effect an 
enforcement action against a State with respect to an area that, 
before, on, or after that date, is designated nonattainment for ozone 
and classified as a Marginal Area or Moderate Area under section 181 of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511), including such an area that is 
located in the ozone transport region established by section 184(a) of 
that Act (42 U.S.C. 7511c(a)).
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``enforcement action'' 
includes--
            (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);
            (3) the imposition of a sanction under section 110(m) or 
        179 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410(m), 7509); and
            (4) any other action intended to obtain compliance (unless 
        the action is agreed to by the State) or punish noncompliance 
        with a requirement applicable to an area described in 
        subsection (a) under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
        seq.).
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