[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3298 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3298

    To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the application of certain 
 provisions regarding the inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical 
       areas within nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 1999

 Mr. Barr of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Deal of Georgia) 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 modify the application of certain 
 provisions regarding the inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical 
       areas within 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. METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS INCLUDED IN NONATTAINMENT 
              AREAS.

    Section 107(d)(4)(A) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(4)(A)) 
is amended by striking clause (v) and by amending clause (iv) to read 
as follows:
    ``(iv) Within 60 days after the enactment of this sentence the 
Administrator shall require each State to revise the boundaries of all 
nonattainment areas that included entire metropolitan statistical areas 
or consolidated metropolitan statistical areas pursuant to this clause 
as in effect before the enactment of this sentence. Such revision shall 
exclude from the nonattainment area all counties within each 
metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical 
area that are not in violation of the national ambient air quality 
standard concerned (as determined by air quality monitoring and not by 
computer modeling).''.
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