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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3097 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2021 
Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. CHU, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PORTER, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mr. TAKANO, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. DESAULNIER, 
Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. TITUS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, and Mr. KHANNA) 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 green-
house gas emissions in long-range transportation plans 
and transportation improvement programs, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Green Transportation 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN LONG-RANGE 
TRANSPORTATION PLANS. 
(a) HIGHWAY PLANNING.—Section 134(c)(2) of title 
23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘Such plans and TIPs shall be developed 
after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of 
greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide 
for reductions in such emissions.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.—Section 
5303(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such plans and TIPs 
shall be developed after consideration of direct and indi-
rect emissions of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 
211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) 
and shall provide for reductions in such emissions.’’. 
(c) STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN HIGHWAY 
PLANNING.—Section 135(a)(2) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Such plans and TIPs shall be developed after consider-
ation of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases 
(as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide for reductions in 
such emissions.’’. 
(d) STATEWIDE
AND NONMETROPOLITAN PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING.—Section 5304(a)(2) of 
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title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘Such plans and TIPs shall be devel-
oped after consideration of direct and indirect emissions 
of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall pro-
vide for reductions in such emissions.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect— 
(1) with respect to a metropolitan planning or-
ganization that operate within a metropolitan plan-
ning area with a population of not less than 
200,000, on the date of enactment of this section; 
and 
(2) with respect to a metropolitan planning or-
ganization other than a metropolitan planning orga-
nization described in paragraph (1), on the date that 
is 4 years after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE 
GASES. 
(a) TITLE 23.—Title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 134(a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fuel consumption and air 
pollution’’ and inserting ‘‘fuel consumption and 
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air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘minimizing’’ and inserting 
‘‘reducing’’; 
(2) in section 134(d)(3), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(D) CONSIDERATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) EQUITABLE AND PROPORTIONAL 
REPRESENTATION.—In designating offi-
cials or representatives under paragraph 
(2), the metropolitan planning organization 
shall consider the equitable and propor-
tional representation of the population of 
the metropolitan planning area. 
‘‘(ii) SAVINGS
CLAUSE.—Nothing in 
this paragraph shall require a metropolitan 
planning organization in existence on the 
date of enactment of this subparagraph to 
be restructured.’’; 
(3) in section 134(i)(2)(H), by striking ‘‘play in 
reducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘play 
in reducing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas 
emissions,’’; 
(4) in section 134(g)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘dis-
aster risk reduction, environmental protection,’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘disaster risk reduction, environmental 
protection, climate change adaptation and resil-
ience,’’; 
(5) in section 134(h)(1)(E)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘promote energy conserva-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘promote energy conserva-
tion, reduce greenhouse gas emissions’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and public health’’ after 
‘‘quality of life’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, including housing and 
land use patterns’’ after ‘‘development pat-
terns’’; 
(6) in section 134(i)(2)(D)(i), by striking 
‘‘greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘greatest po-
tential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and’’; 
(7) in section 134(i)(5)(A), by inserting ‘‘air 
quality, public health, housing, transportation,’’ 
after ‘‘conservation,’’; 
(8) in section 135(d)(1)(E)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘promote energy conserva-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘promote energy conserva-
tion, reduce greenhouse gas emissions’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and public health’’ after 
‘‘quality of life’’; and 
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(C) by inserting ‘‘, including housing and 
land use patterns’’ after ‘‘development pat-
terns’’; 
(9) in section 135(d)(1)(I), by striking ‘‘miti-
gate 
stormwater’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘mitigate 
stormwater and climate change’’; 
(10) in section 135(f)(2)(D)(i), by inserting 
‘‘air quality, public health, housing, transportation,’’ 
after ‘‘conservation,’’; 
(11) in section 135(f)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘have 
the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘have the 
greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emis-
sions and’’; and 
(12) in section 135(f)(8), by striking ‘‘play in 
reducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘play 
in reducing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas 
emissions,’’. 
(b) TITLE 49.—Title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 5303(a)(1), by striking ‘‘fuel con-
sumption and air pollution’’ and inserting ‘‘fuel con-
sumption and air pollution and greenhouse gas emis-
sions’’; 
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(2) in section 5303(i)(2)(H), by striking ‘‘re-
ducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘reduc-
ing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions’’; 
(3) in section 5303(g)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘re-
duction, environmental protection,’’ and inserting 
‘‘reduction, environmental protection, climate change 
adaptation and resilience,’’; 
(4) in section 5303(h)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘pro-
mote energy conservation’’ and inserting ‘‘promote 
energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emis-
sions’’; 
(5) in section 5303(h)(1)(I), by striking ‘‘reli-
ability of the transportation system’’ and inserting 
‘‘reliability of the transportation system and reduce 
or mitigate stormwater and climate change impacts 
of surface transportation’’; 
(6) in section 5303(i)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘may 
have the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘may 
have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions and’’; 
(7) in section 5304(d)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘pro-
mote energy conservation,’’ and inserting ‘‘promote 
energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emis-
sions,’’; 
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(8) in section 5304(f)(2)(D)(i), by striking ‘‘re-
sources, environmental protection,’’ and inserting 
‘‘resources, environmental protection, climate change 
adaptation and resilience,’’; and 
(9) in section 5304(f)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘have 
the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘have the 
greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emis-
sions and’’. 
SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS FOR MEASURING AND MONITORING 
TRANSPORTATION-RELATED 
GREENHOUSE 
GAS EMISSIONS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State 
or metropolitan planning organization may use amounts 
authorized pursuant to section 1101 of the FAST Act to 
develop standardized models and methodologies for meas-
uring and monitoring transportation-related greenhouse 
gas emissions. 
SEC. 5. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS. 
(a) STATES.—Section 150(e) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(5) the standardized models and methodologies 
the State uses to measure and monitor transpor-
tation-related greenhouse gas emissions.’’. 
(b) MPOS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this section, and biennially thereafter, 
each metropolitan planning organization (as such term is 
defined in section 134 of title 23, United States Code) 
shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation the stand-
ardized models and methodologies the metropolitan plan-
ning organization uses to measure and monitor transpor-
tation-related greenhouse gas emissions. 
(c) ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall collect and organize the models and methodologies 
that are submitted pursuant to section 150(e)(5) of title 
23, United States Code, and subsection (b) of this section, 
in a publicly available clearinghouse. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL GOALS AND PERFORMANCE MANAGE-
MENT MEASURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 150 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following: 
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‘‘(7) COMBATING
CLIMATE
CHANGE.—To re-
duce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emis-
sions and reduce the climate impacts of the trans-
portation system.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Not 
later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of the MAP–21, the Secretary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
measures for States to use to assess— 
‘‘(A) carbon dioxide emissions per capita 
on public roads; and 
‘‘(B) any other greenhouse gas emissions 
per capita on public roads that the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Not later than 1 year 
after the Secretary has promulgated the 
final rulemaking under subsection (c), 
each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘and (6)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(6), and (7)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) REGRESSIVE TARGETS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may not es-
tablish a regressive target for the measures de-
scribed under paragraph (4) or paragraph (7) 
of subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) REGRESSIVE TARGET DEFINED.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘regressive target’ 
means a target that fails to demonstrate con-
stant or improved performance for a particular 
measure.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of the MAP–21 and 
biennially thereafter, a’’ and inserting ‘‘A’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘biennial’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary a’’. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT
OF GREENHOUSE GAS MEAS-
URE.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out paragraph 
(7) of section 150(c) of title 23, United States Code, as 
added by this Act. 
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SEC. 7. CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 171. Carbon pollution reduction 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a carbon pollution reduction program to support the 
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the surface 
transportation system. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A project is eligible for 
funding under this section if such project— 
‘‘(1) is expected to yield a significant reduction 
in greenhouse gas emissions from the surface trans-
portation system; 
‘‘(2) will help a State meet the greenhouse gas 
emissions performance targets established under sec-
tion 150(c)(7); and 
‘‘(3) is— 
‘‘(A) eligible for assistance under this title 
or under chapter 53 of title 49; or 
‘‘(B) a capital project, as such term is de-
fined in section 22906 of title 49, to improve 
intercity rail passenger transportation, provided 
that the project will yield a significant reduction 
in single occupant vehicle trips and improve 
mobility on public roads. 
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