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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1175

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that fuel economy labels

for new automobiles include air pollution information that consumers

can use to help communities meet Federal air quality standards.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 27, 1999

Ms. COLLINS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require that

fuel economy labels for new automobiles include air pollution information that consumers can use to help communities meet Federal air quality standards.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Automobile Emissions

5 Consumer Information Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS LABELING ON NEW

2 AUTOMOBILES.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 32908 of title 49, United

4 States Code, is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (b)—

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end

7 the following:

8 ‘‘(G) an air pollutant emissions index number

9 representing the composite level of emissions from

10 the model of automobile of all air pollutants regu11 lated under section 202 of the Clean Air Act (42

12 U.S.C. 7521), as calculated by the Administrator of

13 the Environmental Protection Agency under para14 graph (4).

15 ‘‘(H) the range of the air pollutant emissions

16 index numbers of comparable models of automobiles

17 of all manufacturers.’’; and

18 (B) by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘(4) AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS INDEX NUM20 BERS.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each model of

22 automobile and for each model year, the Admin23 istrator of the Environmental Protection Agen24 cy shall calculate (under regulations promul25 gated by the Administrator), provide to the

26 automobile manufacturer, and publish an air
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1 pollutant emissions index number representing

2 the composite level of emissions from the model

3 of automobile for the model year of all air pol4 lutants regulated under section 202 of the

5 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521).

6 ‘‘(B) BASIS FOR CALCULATION.—An air

7 pollutant emissions index number for a model

8 of automobile shall be—

9 ‘‘(i) based on information made avail10 able under section 206(e) of the Clean Air

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 7525(e)); and

12 ‘‘(ii) weighted by the Administrator

13 on the basis of the relative contribution of

14 emissions from the model of automobile to

15 violations of the national ambient air qual16 ity standards under the Clean Air Act (42

17 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).’’; and

18 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or estimated

19 annual fuel costs’’ and inserting ‘‘, estimated annual

20 fuel costs, or air pollutant emissions’’.

21 (b) INAPPLICABILITY TO STATES SUBJECT TO WAIV22 ER.—Section 32919(b) of title 49, United States Code, is

23 amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting the fol25 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When’’;

2 (2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by

3 striking ‘‘or fuel operating costs’’ and inserting ‘‘,

4 fuel operating costs, or air pollutant emissions’’; and

5 (3) by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(2) AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS DISCLOSURE

7 REQUIREMENTS.—The air pollutant emissions disclo8 sure requirements of section 32908 shall not apply

9 in any State with respect to which a waiver is in ef10 fect under section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act (42

11 U.S.C. 7543(b)).’’.

12 (c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after

13 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of

14 the Environmental Protection Agency shall promulgate

15 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this Act

16 and the amendments made by this Act.

17 (d) APPLICABILITY.—This Act and the amendments

18 made by this Act shall apply with respect to the second

19 and subsequent model years (as defined in section

20 32901(a) of title 49, United States Code) beginning after

21 the date of promulgation of the regulations under sub22 section (c).

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