[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 609 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 609

To permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse 
       gas emissions from motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 16, 2009

Mr. Sherman (for himself and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit California and other States to effectively control greenhouse 
       gas emissions from motor vehicles, 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 ``Right to Clean Vehicles Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF PREEMPTION FOR CALIFORNIA GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION 
              REGULATION FOR VEHICLES.

    Section 209 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Waiver.--Notwithstanding subsection (b) or any other 
provision of law, the application for a waiver of preemption dated 
December 21, 2005, submitted to the Administrator pursuant to 
subsection (b) by the State of California for the regulation of that 
State to control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles shall be 
considered to be approved.''.
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