[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1863 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1863

To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing a new 
standard for ozone or particulate matter under the Clean Air Act before 
  existing ozone and particulate matter standards have been attained.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 1997

Mr. Ney (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Mr. Bunning, Mr. 
 Traficant, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Callahan, Mr. 
   Cooksey, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
Talent, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. 
Hayworth, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Collins, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
 Boehner, and Mr. Snowbarger) introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from establishing a new 
standard for ozone or particulate matter under the Clean Air Act before 
  existing ozone and particulate matter standards have been attained.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``The Job Protection Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. OZONE AND PARTICULATE MATTER STANDARDS.

    (a) Particulate Matter.--No new or revised national ambient air 
quality standard for particulate matter under the Clean Air Act shall 
be promulgated until after the final date (determined without regard to 
any extension) on which the national primary ambient air quality 
standard for particulate matter is required under such Act to be 
attained in the areas having the highest concentrations of particulate 
matter (December 31, 2001).
    (b) Ozone.--No new or revised national ambient air quality standard 
for ozone under the Clean Air Act shall be promulgated until after the 
final date (determined without regard to any extension) on which the 
national primary ambient air quality standard for ozone is required 
under such Act to be attained in the areas having the highest 
concentrations of ozone (November 15, 2010).
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