[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1044 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1044

    To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the application of certain 
 provisions regarding the inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical 
       areas within nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2015

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Clean Air Act to modify the application of certain 
 provisions regarding the inclusion of entire metropolitan statistical 
       areas within nonattainment areas, 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. METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS INCLUDED IN NONATTAINMENT 
              AREAS.

    Section 107(d)(4)(A) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7407(d)(4)(A)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking clause (v); and
            (2) by amending clause (iv) to read as follows:
                            ``(iv) Within 60 days after the enactment 
                        of this sentence, the Administrator shall 
                        require each State to revise the boundaries of 
                        all nonattainment areas that included entire 
                        metropolitan statistical areas or consolidated 
                        metropolitan statistical areas pursuant to this 
                        clause as in effect before the enactment of 
                        this sentence. Such revision shall exclude from 
                        the nonattainment area all counties within each 
                        metropolitan statistical area or consolidated 
                        metropolitan statistical area that are not in 
                        violation of the national ambient air quality 
                        standard concerned (as determined by air 
                        quality monitoring and not by computer 
                        modeling).''.
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