[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1622 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1622

  To limit the applicability of a certain judicial ruling to sources 
           regulated under section 202 of the Clean Air Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 6, 2009

 Mr. Barrasso 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 limit the applicability of a certain judicial ruling to sources 
           regulated under section 202 of the Clean Air Act.

    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 ``Clean Air Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the decision and 
holding of the Supreme Court of the United States in Massachusetts v. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), and any 
establishment of standards resulting from the proposed rule published 
by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled 
``Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse 
Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act'' (74 Fed. Reg. 18886 
(April 24, 2009)) or any similar or subsequent proposed or final rule 
or other action relying on that decision or holding, shall apply only 
to sources regulated as of the date of enactment of this Act under 
section 202 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521).
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