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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3822 

To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to require metropolitan 

planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in longrange transportation plans and transportation improvement programs, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 18, 2019 

Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GARCI ́A

of Illinois, and Mr. TONKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to require 

metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range transportation plans 

and transportation improvement programs, and for other 

purposes. 

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 ‘‘Green Transportation 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN LONG-RANGE 

2 TRANSPORTATION PLANS. 

3 (a) HIGHWAY PLANNING.—Section 134(c)(2) of title 

4 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

5 the following: ‘‘Such plans and TIPs shall be developed 

6 after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of 

7 greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the 

8 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide 

9 for reductions in such emissions.’’ 

10 (b) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.—Section 

11 5303(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 

12 by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such plans and TIPs 

13 shall be developed after consideration of direct and indi14 rect emissions of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 

15 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) 

16 and shall provide for reductions in such emissions.’’ 

17 (c) STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN HIGHWAY

18 PLANNING.—Section 135(a)(2) of title 23, United States 

19 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘Such plans and TIPs shall be developed after consider21 ation of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases 

22 (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide for reductions in 

24 such emissions.’’ 

25 (d) STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN PUBLIC

26 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.—Section 5304(a)(2) of 


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1 title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

2 end the following: ‘‘Such plans and TIPs shall be devel3 oped after consideration of direct and indirect emissions 

4 of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of 

5 the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall pro6 vide for reductions in such emissions.’’ 

7 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 this section shall take effect— 

9 (1) with respect to a metropolitan planning or10 ganization that operate within a metropolitan plan11 ning area with a population of not less than 

12 200,000, on the date of enactment of this section; 

13 and 

14 (2) with respect to a metropolitan planning or15 ganization other than a metropolitan planning orga16 nization described in paragraph (1), on the date that 

17 is 4 years after the date of enactment of this sec18 tion. 

19 SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE 

20 GASES. 

21 (a) TITLE 23.—Title 23, United States Code, is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in section 134(a)(1)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘fuel consumption and air 

25 pollution’’ and inserting ‘‘fuel consumption and 


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1 air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions’’; 

2 and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘minimizing’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘reducing’’; 

5 (2) in section 134(i)(2)(H), by striking ‘‘play in 

6 reducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘play 

7 in reducing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas 

8 emissions,’’; 

9 (3) in section 134(g)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘dis10 aster risk reduction, environmental protection,’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘disaster risk reduction, environmental 

12 protection, climate change adaptation and resil13 ience,’’; 

14 (4) in section 134(h)(1)(E)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘promote energy conserva16 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘promote energy conserva17 tion, reduce greenhouse gas emissions’’; 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘and public health’’ after 

19 ‘‘quality of life’’; and 

20 (C) by inserting ‘‘, including housing and 

21 land use patterns’’ after ‘‘development pat22 terns’’; 

23 (5) in section 134(i)(2)(D)(i), by striking 

24 ‘‘greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘greatest po25 tential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and’’; 


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1 (6) in section 134(i)(5)(A), by inserting ‘‘air 

2 quality, public health, housing, transportation,’’ 

3 after ‘‘conservation,’’; 

4 (7) in section 135(d)(1)(E)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘promote energy conserva6 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘promote energy conserva7 tion, reduce greenhouse gas emissions’’; 

8 (B) by inserting ‘‘and public health’’ after 

9 ‘‘quality of life’’; and 

10 (C) by inserting ‘‘, including housing and 

11 land use patterns’’ after ‘‘development pat12 terns’’; 

13 (8) in section 135(d)(1)(I), by striking ‘‘miti14 gate stormwater’’ and inserting ‘‘mitigate 

15 stormwater and climate change’’; 

16 (9) in section 135(f)(2)(D)(i), by inserting ‘‘air 

17 quality, public health, housing, transportation,’’ 

18 after ‘‘conservation,’’; 

19 (10) in section 135(f)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘have 

20 the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘have the 

21 greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emis22 sions and’’; and 

23 (11) in section 135(f)(8), by striking ‘‘play in 

24 reducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘play 


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1 in reducing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas 

2 emissions,’’. 

3 (b) TITLE 49.—Title 49, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in section 5303(a)(1), by striking ‘‘fuel con6 sumption and air pollution’’ and inserting ‘‘fuel con7 sumption and air pollution and greenhouse gas emis8 sions’’; 

9 (2) in section 5303(i)(2)(H), by striking ‘‘re10 ducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘reduc11 ing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions’’; 

12 (3) in section 5303(g)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘re13 duction, environmental protection,’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘reduction, environmental protection, climate change 

15 adaptation and resilience,’’; 

16 (4) in section 5303(h)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘pro17 mote energy conservation’’ and inserting ‘‘promote 

18 energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emis19 sions’’; 

20 (5) in section 5303(h)(1)(I), by striking ‘‘reli21 ability of the transportation system’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘reliability of the transportation system and reduce 

23 or mitigate stormwater and climate change impacts 

24 of surface transportation’’; 


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1 (6) in section 5303(i)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘may 

2 have the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘may 

3 have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas 

4 emissions and’’; 

5 (7) in section 5304(d)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘pro6 mote energy conservation,’’ and inserting ‘‘promote 

7 energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emis8 sions,’’; 

9 (8) in section 5304(f)(2)(D)(i), by striking ‘‘re10 sources, environmental protection,’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘resources, environmental protection, climate change 

12 adaptation and resilience,’’; and 

13 (9) in section 5304(f)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘have 

14 the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘have the 

15 greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emis16 sions and’’. 

17 SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS FOR MEASURING AND MONITORING 

18 TRANSPORTATION-RELATED GREENHOUSE 

19 GAS EMISSIONS. 

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State 

21 or metropolitan planning organization may use amounts 

22 authorized pursuant to section 1101 of the FAST Act to 

23 develop standardized models and methodologies for meas24 uring and monitoring transportation-related greenhouse 

25 gas emissions. 


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1 SEC. 5. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS. 

2 (a) STATES.—Section 150(e) of title 23, United 

3 States Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

5 end; 

6 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 

7 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(5) the standardized models and methodologies 

10 the State uses to measure and monitor transpor11 tation-related greenhouse gas emissions.’’. 

12 (b) MPOS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

13 of enactment of this section, and biennially thereafter, 

14 each metropolitan planning organization (as such term is 

15 defined in section 134 of title 23, United States Code) 

16 shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation the stand17 ardized models and methodologies the metropolitan plan18 ning organization uses to measure and monitor transpor19 tation-related greenhouse gas emissions. 

20 (c) ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of Transportation 

21 shall collect and organize the models and methodologies 

22 that are submitted pursuant to section 150(e)(5) of title 

23 23, United States Code, and subsection (b) of this section, 

24 in a publicly available clearinghouse. 

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