[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1626 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1626

      To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the highway sanctions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the highway sanctions.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF HIGHWAY SANCTIONS IN CLEAN AIR ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 179 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7509) 
is amended as follows:
            (1) In subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``one of the 
                sanctions'' and all that follows and inserting the 
                following: ``the sanctions described in subsection (b) 
                shall apply until the Administrator determines that the 
                State has come into compliance.''; and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence.
            (2) In subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``are as follows:'' and all that 
                follows through ``(2) Offsets.--In applying'' and 
                inserting ``are to apply'';
                    (B) by striking ``part D, the'' and inserting 
                ``part D such that the''; and
                    (C) by striking ``shall be'' and inserting ``is''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 110(m) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7410(m)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``any 
of''.
    (2) Section 502 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661a) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``any of''; 
                and
                    (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``section 
                179(b)(2)'' and inserting ``section 179(b)''; and
            (B) in subsection (i)--
                    (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``any of''; and
                    (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section 
                179(b)(2)'' and inserting ``section 179(b)''.
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