[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 78 (Thursday, May 22, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S3307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       AMENDING THE CLEAN AIR ACT

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed 
to Calendar No. 342.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 724) to amend the Clean Air Act to remove the 
     requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor 
     vehicles.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, I am pleased the Senate is considering 
H.R. 724, a bill to remove a redundant paperwork requirement whenever a 
customer buys a new car.
  Every new vehicle must comply with the Clean Air Act when it is 
manufactured and H.R. 724 will not change this. H.R. 724 simply 
eliminates an out-of-date requirement that auto dealers provide a piece 
of paper to each customer to certify that a new car or truck complies 
with the Clean Air Act's emissions requirements. Information confirming 
that the vehicle complies with all applicable emission requirements is 
already available under the hood of the vehicle and on the EPA's 
website, so providing the certification on a piece of paper is 
redundant. In addition to removing an unnecessary requirement, H.R. 724 
eliminates 15 million pieces of paper that would otherwise be handed 
out each year with every new vehicle sold.
  The bill was authored by Representative Gary Peters and 
Representative Bob Latta and was passed by the House of Representatives 
on January 8 by a vote of 405-0. I was glad to lead the effort to pass 
this bill in the Senate. I thank Senator Boxer, who helped ensure 
timely consideration and unanimous passage of the bill by the Senate 
Committee on Environment and Public Works. I urge my fellow Senators to 
pass H.R. 724 so we can send this commonsense bill to the President to 
become law.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask that H.R. 724 be read a third time 
and passed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon 
the table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 724) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.

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