I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3185 
To provide that the rules of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled 
‘‘National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Recipro-
cating Internal Combustion Engines’’ have no force or effect with respect 
to existing stationary compression and spark ignition reciprocating inter-
nal combustion engines operated by certain persons and entities for 
the purpose of generating electricity or operating a water pump. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 13, 2011 
Mr. LATTA (for himself, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
and Mr. KLINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide that the rules of the Environmental Protection 
Agency entitled ‘‘National Emission Standards for Haz-
ardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Com-
bustion Engines’’ have no force or effect with respect 
to existing stationary compression and spark ignition 
reciprocating internal combustion engines operated by 
certain persons and entities for the purpose of generating 
electricity or operating a water pump. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. EXISTING STATIONARY COMPRESSION IGNI-
TION RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUS-
TION ENGINES. 
The final rule published by the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency on March 3, 2010, entitled ‘‘National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Re-
ciprocating Internal Combustion Engines’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 
9648), and any subsequent regulation that is substantially 
the same shall have no force or effect with respect to exist-
ing stationary compression ignition reciprocating internal 
combustion engines (as that term is used in the rule) oper-
ated for the purpose of generating electricity or operating 
a water pump by— 
(1) a State or local government, political sub-
division, or agency; 
(2) a public or cooperative utility; or 
(3) persons or entities engaged in the produc-
tion of agricultural commodities, including livestock. 
SEC. 2. EXISTING STATIONARY SPARK IGNITION RECIPRO-
CATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES. 
The final rule published by the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency on August 20, 2010, entitled ‘‘National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Re-
ciprocating Internal Combustion Engines’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 
51570), the direct final action published by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency on March 9, 2011, entitled 
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‘‘National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollut-
ants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines’’ (76 
Fed. Reg. 12863), and any subsequent regulation that is 
substantially the same shall have no force or effect with 
respect to existing stationary spark ignition reciprocating 
internal combustion engines (as that term is used in the 
rules) operated for the purpose of generating electricity 
or operating a water pump— 
(1) by a State or local government, political 
subdivision, or agency; 
(2) a public or cooperative utility; or 
(3) persons or entities engaged in the produc-
tion of agricultural commodities, including livestock. 
Æ 
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