[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3562 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3562

 To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the waiver of requirements 
 relating to recertification kits for the conversion of vehicles into 
      vehicles powered by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 24 (legislative day, September 17), 2008

Mr. Wicker (for himself 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 provide for the waiver of requirements 
 relating to recertification kits for the conversion of vehicles into 
      vehicles powered by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.

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

SECTION 1. EMISSION CERTIFICATIONS FOR CONVERSION OF VEHICLES.

    Part C of title II of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7581 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 251. EMISSION CERTIFICATIONS FOR CONVERSION OF VEHICLES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator shall waive requirements for 
recertification of kits for the conversion of vehicles into vehicles 
that are powered by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas in any case 
in which, as determined by the Administrator--
            ``(1) the kit has been previously certified for the model 
        of vehicle to be converted; and
            ``(2) neither the kit nor the design and specifications of 
        the model of vehicle to be converted have substantially 
        changed.
    ``(b) Older Vehicles.--The Administrator shall waive emission 
certification system requirements for a vehicle that is more than 10 
years old or has more than 120,000 miles that is powered by natural gas 
or liquefied petroleum gas.''.
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