[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5024 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5024

    To amend the Clean Air Act to establish criminal penalties for 
knowingly bypassing, defeating, or rendering inoperative air pollution 
 control parts or components in motor vehicles, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2016

   Mr. DeSaulnier (for himself, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. 
  Lowenthal, and Mr. Ted Lieu of California) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
   in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Clean Air Act to establish criminal penalties for 
knowingly bypassing, defeating, or rendering inoperative air pollution 
 control parts or components in 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 ``Clean Air and Vehicle Technology 
Accountability Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR KNOWINGLY BYPASSING, DEFEATING, OR 
              RENDERING INOPERATIVE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PARTS OR 
              COMPONENTS IN MOTOR VEHICLES.

    Title II of the Clean Air Act is amended by inserting after section 
205 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 7524) the following:

``SEC. 205A. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

    ``Whoever knowingly violates subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 
203(a)(3) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned 
not more than 15 years, or both. The penalties under the preceding 
sentence are in addition to any other applicable civil and criminal 
penalties.''.
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