[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1976 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1976

To amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require 
   that the fuel economy labels for new automobiles also contain air 
   pollution information that consumers can use to help communities 
                 achieve Federal air quality standards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 1999

  Mr. Bilbray (for himself, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Lazio, Mr. 
Lewis of California, and Mr. Cunningham) introduced the following bill; 
            which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require 
   that the fuel economy labels for new automobiles also contain air 
   pollution information that consumers can use to help communities 
                 achieve Federal air quality standards.

    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 ``Automobile Emissions Information Act 
of 1999''.

SEC. 2. AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS LABELS ON NEW AUTOMOBILES.

    (a) Amendment of Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act 
Requirements.--Section 32908 of title 49 of the United States Code is 
amended as follows:
            (1) By adding the following at the end of subsection 
        (b)(1):
            ``(G) An air pollutant emissions index number representing 
        the composite level of emissions from the automobile of all air 
        pollutants regulated under section 202 of the Clean Air Act, as 
        determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
        Agency under section 2(b) of the Automobile Emissions Consumer 
        Information Act of 1999.
            ``(H) The range of the air pollutant emissions index 
        numbers of comparable automobiles of all manufacturers.''.
            (2) By amending subsection (d) of such section by inserting 
        ``or air pollutant emissions'' after ``fuel costs''.
    (b) State Subject to Waiver.--Section 32919 of title 49 of the 
United States Code is amended by inserting ``or air pollutant 
emissions'' after ``operating costs'' and by adding the following at 
the end thereof: ``The air pollutant emissions requirements of section 
32908 shall not apply in any State for which a waiver is in effect 
under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act.''.
    (c) Composite Emissions Index Number.--For each model of automobile 
and for each model year, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall calculate, under regulations promulgated by the 
Administrator, provide to the automobile manufacturer, and publish an 
air pollutant emissions index number representing the composite level 
of emissions of all air pollutants regulated under section 202 of the 
Clean Air Act. Such number shall be based on information provided under 
section 206(e) of the Clean Air Act and shall be weighed by the 
Administrator on the basis of the relative contribution of emissions 
from the automobile model concerned to violations of the national 
ambient air quality standards.
    (d) Effective Date.--The Administrator shall promulgate regulations 
under this Act not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect with 
respect to motor vehicle model years beginning after the first model 
year after the promulgation of such regulations.
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