[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7277-S7278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         ALASKA REMOTE GENERATOR RELIABILITY AND PROTECTION ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 576, S. 1934.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1934) to prevent catastrophic failure or 
     shutdown of remote diesel power engines due to emission 
     control devices, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works, with an amendment to strike all after

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the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

                                S. 1934

       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 ``Alaska Remote Generator 
     Reliability and Protection Act''.

     SEC. 2. REVISION OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency shall revise section 60.4216(c) of title 
     40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
     enactment of this Act), by striking ``that was not 
     certified'' and all that follows through ``compared to 
     engine-out emissions'' and inserting ``must have that engine 
     certified as meeting at least Tier 3 PM standards''.
       (b) Emissions and Energy Reliability Study.--Not later than 
     1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives a report assessing options for the Federal 
     Government to assist remote areas in the State of Alaska in 
     meeting the energy needs of those areas in an affordable and 
     reliable manner using--
       (1) existing emissions control technology; or
       (2) other technology that achieves emissions reductions 
     similar to the technology described in paragraph (1).

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee-reported amendment at the desk be agreed to, that the bill, 
as amended, be considered read a third time and passed, and that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
amended, was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1934), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 1934

       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 ``Alaska Remote Generator 
     Reliability and Protection Act''.

     SEC. 2. REVISION OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency shall revise section 60.4216(c) of title 
     40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 
     enactment of this Act), by striking ``that was not 
     certified'' and all that follows through ``compared to 
     engine-out emissions'' and inserting ``must have that engine 
     certified as meeting at least Tier 3 PM standards''.
       (b) Emissions and Energy Reliability Study.--Not later than 
     1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit to 
     the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives a report assessing options for the Federal 
     Government to assist remote areas in the State of Alaska in 
     meeting the energy needs of those areas in an affordable and 
     reliable manner using--
       (1) existing emissions control technology; or
       (2) other technology that achieves emissions reductions 
     similar to the technology described in paragraph (1).

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