[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4501 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4501

     To amend the Clean Air Act to require States to revise their 
  implementation plans for ozone nonattainment areas to reduce ozone 
    concentrations and fuel consumption associated with automobile 
  commuting by removing State constraints against employers offering 
          flextime to their employees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2000

 Mr. Bilbray 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 require States to revise their 
  implementation plans for ozone nonattainment areas to reduce ozone 
    concentrations and fuel consumption associated with automobile 
  commuting by removing State constraints against employers offering 
          flextime to their employees, 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 ``Gridlock Mitigation and Commuter 
Flexibility Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF CLEAN AIR ACT.

    Section 182(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7512(b)) is amended 
by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:
            ``(6) Flextime to reduce vehicle miles travelled.--In order 
        to reduce weekly employment-related automobile miles travelled 
        by persons employed in moderate areas, the State shall submit, 
        within 6 months after the enactment of this paragraph, a 
        revision to the applicable implementation plan that includes a 
        provision insuring that no State or local provision of law, or 
        regulation or ordinance, has the effect of prohibiting or 
        restricting employers in such areas (including government 
        agency employers) from offering to their employees the 
        opportunity to work on flexible weekly schedules. As used in 
        this paragraph, `flexible weekly schedules' means work 
        schedules that reduce the number of work days that those 
        employees are required to travel to and from the workplace 
        during the week without reducing the number of hours of work or 
        modifying the compensation paid to such employees.''.
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