I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1780 
To amend the Clean Air Act to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reductions 
through transportation efficiency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2009 
Ms. MATSUI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to achieve greenhouse gas 
emissions reductions through transportation efficiency. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smart Planning for 
Smart Growth Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
GREENHOUSE 
GAS 
EMISSIONS 
REDUCTIONS 
THROUGH TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY. 
Title I of the Clean Air Act is amended by inserting 
after section 179B (42 U.S.C. 7509a) the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 179C. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS 
THROUGH TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this section, submit to the Adminis-
trator goals for transportation-related greenhouse 
gas emissions reductions; and 
‘‘(2) as part of each transportation plan or 
transportation improvement plan developed under 
title 23 or title 49, United States Code, ensure that 
a plan to achieve such goals, or an updated version 
of such a plan, is submitted to the Administrator 
and to the Secretary of Transportation (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘Secretary’) by each metro-
politan planning organization in the State for an 
area with a population exceeding 200,000. 
‘‘(b) MODELS AND METHODOLOGIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
promulgate regulations to establish standardized 
models and methodologies for use in developing 
goals, plans, and strategies under this section. Such 
regulations may approve or improve existing models 
and methodologies. 
‘‘(2) TIMING.—The Administrator shall— 
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‘‘(A) publish proposed regulations under 
paragraph (1) not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this section; and 
‘‘(B) promulgate final regulations under 
paragraph (1) not later than 2 years after such 
date of enactment. 
‘‘(c) GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOALS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSULTATION.—Each State shall develop 
the goals referred to in subsection (a)(1)— 
‘‘(A) in concurrence with State agencies re-
sponsible for air quality and transportation; 
‘‘(B) in consultation with each metropoli-
tan planning organization for an area in the 
State with a population exceeding 200,000 and 
applicable local air quality and transportation 
agencies; and 
‘‘(C) with public involvement, including 
public comment periods and meetings. 
‘‘(2) PERIOD.—The goals referred to in sub-
section (a)(1) shall be for 10- and 20-year periods. 
‘‘(3) TARGETS; DESIGNATED YEAR.—The goals 
referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall establish tar-
gets to reduce mobile source greenhouse gas emis-
sions in the covered area from levels projected under 
a business-as-usual scenario. The targets shall be de-
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signed to ensure that the levels of such emissions 
stabilize and decrease after a designated year. The 
State shall consider designating 2010 as such des-
ignated year. 
‘‘(4) COVERED AREA.—The goals referred to in 
subsection (a)(1) shall be established— 
‘‘(A) on a statewide basis; and 
‘‘(B) for each metropolitan planning orga-
nization in the State for an area with a popu-
lation exceeding 200,000. 
‘‘(5) REVISED
GOALS.—Every 4 years, each 
State shall update and revise, as appropriate, the 
goals referred to in subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(d) PLANNING.—A plan referred to in subsection 
(a)(2) shall— 
‘‘(1) be based upon the models and methodolo-
gies established by the Administrator under sub-
section (b); 
‘‘(2) address mobile sources, economic develop-
ment, and scenario analysis; and 
‘‘(3) be developed— 
‘‘(A) with public involvement, including 
public comment periods and meetings; 
‘‘(B) with regional coordination, including 
with respect to— 
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‘‘(i) metropolitan planning organiza-
tions; 
‘‘(ii) the localities comprising the met-
ropolitan planning organization; 
‘‘(iii) the State in which the metro-
politan planning organization is located; 
and 
‘‘(iv) air quality and transportation 
agencies for the State and region involved; 
and 
‘‘(C) in consultation with the State and 
local housing, public health, economic develop-
ment, land use, environment, and public trans-
portation agencies. 
‘‘(e) STRATEGIES.—In developing goals under sub-
section (a)(1) and a plan under subsection (a)(2), the 
State or metropolitan planning organization, as applicable, 
shall consider transportation and land use planning strate-
gies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Efforts to increase public transportation, 
including commuter rail service and ridership, by 
adding at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) new public transportation systems, 
including new commuter rail systems; 
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‘‘(B) employer-based subsidies; and 
‘‘(C) cleaner locomotive technologies. 
‘‘(2) Updates to zoning and other land use reg-
ulations and plans to support development that— 
‘‘(A) coordinates transportation and land 
use planning; 
‘‘(B) focuses future growth close to exist-
ing and planned job centers and public facili-
ties; 
‘‘(C) uses existing infrastructure; 
‘‘(D) promotes walking, bicycling, and pub-
lic transportation use; and 
‘‘(E) mixes land uses such as housing, re-
tail, and schools. 
‘‘(3) Implementation of a policy (referred to as 
a ‘complete streets policy’) that— 
‘‘(A) ensures adequate accommodation of 
all users of transportation systems, including 
pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation 
users, motorists, children, the elderly, and indi-
viduals with disabilities; and 
‘‘(B) adequately addresses the safety and 
convenience of all users of the transportation 
system. 
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‘‘(4) Construction of bicycle and pedestrian in-
frastructure facilities. 
‘‘(5) Projects to promote telecommuting, flexi-
ble work schedules, or satellite work centers. 
‘‘(6) Pricing measures such as congestion pric-
ing. 
‘‘(7) Intermodal freight system strategies, in-
cluding enhanced rail services, short sea shipping, 
and other strategies. 
‘‘(8) Parking policies. 
‘‘(9) Travel demand management projects. 
‘‘(10) Restriction of the use of certain roads, or 
lanes, by vehicles other than passenger buses and 
high-occupancy vehicles. 
‘‘(11) Reduction of vehicle idling, including 
idling associated with freight management, construc-
tion, transportation, and commuter operations. 
‘‘(12) Policies to encourage the use of retrofit 
technologies and early replacement of vehicles, en-
gines and equipment to reduce greenhouse gas emis-
sions from existing mobile sources. 
‘‘(13) Other projects that the Administrator 
finds reduce greenhouse gas emissions from mobile 
sources. 
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‘‘(f) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Administrator 
shall publish, including by posting on the Environmental 
Protection Agency’s website— 
‘‘(1) the goals and plans submitted under sub-
section (a); and 
‘‘(2) for each plan submitted under subsection 
(a)(2), an analysis of the anticipated effects of the 
plan on greenhouse gas emissions and oil consump-
tion. 
‘‘(g) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Administrator finds 
that a State has failed to submit goals under subsection 
(a)(1), or to ensure the submission of a plan under sub-
section (a)(2), for any area in the State (irrespective of 
whether the area is a nonattainment area), the Adminis-
trator may impose a prohibition in accordance with section 
179(b)(1) applicable to the area. The Administrator may 
not impose a prohibition under the preceding sentence, 
and no action may be brought by the Administrator or 
any other entity alleging a violation of this section, based 
on the content or adequacy of a goal or plan submitted 
under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2). 
‘‘(h) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—The Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Transportation, may 
award grants on a competitive basis to metropolitan 
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planning organizations to develop or implement 
plans submitted under subsection (a)(2) or elements 
thereof. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In making grants under para-
graph (1), the Administrator shall give priority to 
applicants based upon— 
‘‘(A) the amount of greenhouse gas emis-
sions to be reduced on a total or per capita 
basis, as determined by the Administrator in 
consultation with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation; and 
‘‘(B) such other factors as the Adminis-
trator determines appropriate. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
To carry out this subsection, there are authorized to 
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘metropolitan planning organiza-
tion’ means a metropolitan planning organization, as 
such term is used in section 176 of the Clean Air 
Act. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘scenario analysis’ means an 
analysis that is conducted by identifying different 
trends and making projections based on those trends 
to develop a range of scenarios and estimates of how 
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each scenario could improve access to goods and 
services, including access to employment, education, 
and health care (especially for elderly and economi-
cally disadvantaged communities), and could affect 
rates of— 
‘‘(A) vehicle miles traveled; 
‘‘(B) use of mobile source fuel by type, in-
cluding electricity; and 
‘‘(C) greenhouse gas emissions from the 
mobile source sector. 
‘‘(j) LAND USE AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed to— 
‘‘(1) infringe upon the existing authority of 
State or local governments to plan or control land 
use, or 
‘‘(2) provide or transfer authority over land use 
to any other entity.’’. 
Æ 
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