[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2806 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2806

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
reconsider the decision of the Administrator to deny the request of the 
State of California to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new motor 
 vehicles, and to complete further proceedings in accordance with the 
    decision of the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental 
                           Protection Agency.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 2, 2008

  Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Ms. Snowe) 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 require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
reconsider the decision of the Administrator to deny the request of the 
State of California to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new motor 
 vehicles, and to complete further proceedings in accordance with the 
    decision of the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental 
                           Protection Agency.

    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 ``Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding 
Deadline and California Waiver Reconsideration Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS OF ADMINISTRATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
              AGENCY.

    (a) Reconsideration of Denial.--Not later than June 30, 2009, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (referred to in 
this section as the ``Administrator'') shall reconsider, and confirm or 
reverse, the decision of the Administrator to deny the request of the 
State of California to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new motor 
vehicles.
    (b) Issuance of Finding.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue a finding in 
accordance with--
            (1) section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
        7521(a)(1)) with respect to whether the emission of greenhouse 
        gases from any 1 or more classes of new motor vehicles or new 
        motor vehicle engines, in the judgment of the Administrator, 
        causes or contributes to air pollution that may reasonably be 
        anticipated to endanger public health or welfare; and
            (2) the decision of the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. 
        Environmental Protection Agency, 127 S. Ct. 1438 (2007).
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