[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3326 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3326

    To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the making of grants for 
transportation projects to any person who purchases diesel-fueled buses 
    for use in certain nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 1999

  Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Cummings, Ms. 
    DeLauro, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Olver, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
Crowley, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Meeks 
of New York, and Mr. Kucinich) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the making of grants for 
transportation projects to any person who purchases diesel-fueled buses 
    for use in certain 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cleaner Buses for Cleaner Cities 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS ACQUIRING 
              DIESEL BUSES IN NONATTAINMENT AREAS.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 176 of the Clean Air Act (relating to 
limitations on certain Federal assistance) is amended by inserting the 
following after ``176.'':
    ``(a) Entities Purchasing Diesel Buses.--No grants or other 
financial assistance may be provided in any fiscal year under title 23 
of the United States Code, under chapter 53 of title 49 of the United 
States Code, or under the Urban Mass Transportation Act to any State or 
local government or to any other person or entity if such local 
government, person, or entity has acquired, in the prior fiscal year, a 
diesel-fueled bus to be used in any ozone, particulate, or carbon 
monoxide nonattainment area. The prohibition set forth in the preceding 
sentence shall not apply to grants for safety.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to the acquisition of diesel-fueled buses in fiscal 
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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