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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1976

To amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require

that the fuel economy labels for new automobiles also contain air pollution information that consumers can use to help communities achieve

Federal air quality standards.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 27, 1999

Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. LEWIS

of California, and Mr. CUNNINGHAM) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings

Act to require that the fuel economy labels for new

automobiles also contain air pollution information that

consumers can use to help communities achieve 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 Information Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS LABELS ON NEW AUTO2 MOBILES.

3 (a) AMENDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE INFORMATION

4 AND COST SAVINGS ACT REQUIREMENTS.—Section

5 32908 of title 49 of the United States Code is amended

6 as follows:

7 (1) By adding the following at the end of sub8 section (b)(1):

9 ‘‘(G) An air pollutant emissions index number

10 representing the composite level of emissions from

11 the automobile of all air pollutants regulated under

12 section 202 of the Clean Air Act, as determined by

13 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection

14 Agency under section 2(b) of the Automobile Emis15 sions Consumer Information Act of 1999.

16 ‘‘(H) The range of the air pollutant emissions

17 index numbers of comparable automobiles of all

18 manufacturers.’’.

19 (2) By amending subsection (d) of such section

20 by inserting ‘‘or air pollutant emissions’’ after ‘‘fuel

21 costs’’.

22 (b) STATE SUBJECT TO WAIVER.—Section 32919 of

23 title 49 of the United States Code is amended by inserting

24 ‘‘or air pollutant emissions’’ after ‘‘operating costs’’ and

25 by adding the following at the end thereof: ‘‘The air pollut26 ant emissions requirements of section 32908 shall not
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1 apply in any State for which a waiver is in effect under

2 section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act.’’.

3 (c) COMPOSITE EMISSIONS INDEX NUMBER.—For

4 each model of automobile and for each model year, the

5 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

6 shall calculate, under regulations promulgated by the Ad7 ministrator, provide to the automobile manufacturer, and

8 publish an air pollutant emissions index number rep9 resenting the composite level of emissions of all air pollut10 ants regulated under section 202 of the Clean Air Act.

11 Such number shall be based on information provided

12 under section 206(e) of the Clean Air Act and shall be

13 weighed by the Administrator on the basis of the relative

14 contribution of emissions from the automobile model con15 cerned to violations of the national ambient air quality

16 standards.

17 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Administrator shall pro18 mulgate regulations under this Act not later than 180

19 days after the enactment of this Act. This Act and the

20 amendments made by this Act shall take effect with re21 spect to motor vehicle model years beginning after the first

22 model year after the promulgation of such regulations.

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