[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3583 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3583

  To amend the Clean Air Act to exempt mass transit projects from the 
 conformity determinations required under section 176(c) of that Act, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2000

 Mr. Linder (for himself, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Norwood, Mr. 
  Collins, and Mr. Isakson) 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 exempt mass transit projects from the 
 conformity determinations required under section 176(c) of that Act, 
                        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 ``Transit and Air Quality Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF MASS TRANSIT PROJECTS FROM CONFORMITY 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 176(c)(4) of the Clean Air Act is amended by adding the 
following at the end thereof:
    ``(D) For purposes of this subsection, mass transit projects shall 
be treated, by operation of law, as conforming to the applicable 
implementation plan and no determination or assurance of conformity 
shall be required with respect to any such project. As used in this 
subparagraph--
            ``(i) the term `mass transit project' means a project for 
        (I) fixed guideway modernization, (II) new fixed guideway 
        systems, and extensions to existing fixed guideway systems, and 
        (III) replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and 
        related equipment and construction of bus-related facilities, 
        and
            ``(ii) the term `fixed guideway' has the meaning such term 
        as under section 5302 of title 49, United States Code.''.
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