[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 495 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 495

      To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the highway sanctions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 1999

  Mr. Bond (for himself, Mr. Ashcroft, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Clean Air Act to repeal the highway sanctions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF HIGHWAY SANCTIONS IN CLEAN AIR ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 179 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7509) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``one of the 
                sanctions'' and all that follows and inserting the 
                following: ``the sanctions described in subsection (b) 
                shall apply until the Administrator determines that the 
                State has come into compliance.''; and
                    (B) by striking the second sentence; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``are as follows:'' and all that 
                follows through ``(2) Offsets.--In applying'' and 
                inserting ``are to apply'';
                    (B) by striking ``part D, the'' and inserting 
                ``part D such that the''; and
                    (C) by striking ``shall be'' and inserting ``is''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 110(m) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7410(m)) 
        is amended in the first sentence by striking ``any of''.
            (2) Section 502 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661a) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``any 
                        of''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``section 179(b)(2)'' and inserting ``section 
                        179(b)''; and
                    (B) in subsection (i)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``any 
                        of''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
                        ``section 179(b)(2)'' and inserting ``section 
                        179(b)''.
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