[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1367 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1367

 To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of the 
                    fuel additive MTBE in gasoline.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 1999

   Mr. Franks of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of the 
                    fuel additive MTBE in gasoline.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF MTBE AS A FUEL ADDITIVE.

    (a) Amendment of Clean Air Act.--Section 211(c) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C.7545(c)) is amended by adding at the end of paragraph (1) 
the following: ``The regulations under this paragraph shall prohibit 
the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a fuel additive.''.
    (b) Regulations.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall amend the regulations under section 211(c)(1) of the Clean 
Air Act as promptly as practicable after the date of enactment of this 
Act to conform to the amendment made by this Act.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Section 1 takes effect upon the expiration of the three-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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