[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2230 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2230

 To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of the 
                    fuel additive MTBE in gasoline.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2001

   Mr. King introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of the 
                    fuel additive MTBE in gasoline.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF MTBE AS A FUEL ADDITIVE.

    (a) Amendment of Clean Air Act.--Section 211(c) of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)) is amended by adding at the end of paragraph 
(1) the following: ``The regulations under this paragraph shall 
prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a fuel 
additive.''.
    (b) Regulations.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall amend the regulations under section 211(c)(1) of the Clean 
Air Act as promptly as practicable after the date of enactment of this 
Act to conform to the amendment made by this Act.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Section 1 of this Act shall take effect on the date 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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