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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 pollu-
tion 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.
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 ‘‘Automobile Emissions
Information Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS LABELS ON NEW AUTO-
MOBILES.
(a) AMENDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE INFORMATION
AND
COST
SAVINGS
ACT
REQUIREMENTS.—Section
32908 of title 49 of the United States Code is amended
as follows:
(1) By adding the following at the end of sub-
section (b)(1):
‘‘(G) An air pollutant emissions index number
representing the composite level of emissions from
the automobile of all air pollutants regulated under
section 202 of the Clean Air Act, as determined by
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency under section 2(b) of the Automobile Emis-
sions Consumer Information Act of 1999.
‘‘(H) The range of the air pollutant emissions
index numbers of comparable automobiles of all
manufacturers.’’.
(2) By amending subsection (d) of such section
by inserting ‘‘or air pollutant emissions’’ after ‘‘fuel
costs’’.
(b) STATE SUBJECT TO WAIVER.—Section 32919 of
title 49 of the United States Code is amended by inserting
‘‘or air pollutant emissions’’ after ‘‘operating costs’’ and
by adding the following at the end thereof: ‘‘The air pollut-
ant emissions requirements of section 32908 shall not
apply in any State for which a waiver is in effect under
section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act.’’.
(c) COMPOSITE EMISSIONS INDEX NUMBER.—For
each model of automobile and for each model year, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
shall calculate, under regulations promulgated by the Ad-
ministrator, provide to the automobile manufacturer, and
publish an air pollutant emissions index number rep-
resenting the composite level of emissions of all air pollut-
ants regulated under section 202 of the Clean Air Act.
Such number shall be based on information provided
under section 206(e) of the Clean Air Act and shall be
weighed by the Administrator on the basis of the relative
contribution of emissions from the automobile model con-
cerned to violations of the national ambient air quality
standards.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Administrator shall pro-
mulgate regulations under this Act not later than 180
days after the enactment of this Act. This Act and the
amendments made by this Act shall take effect with re-
spect to motor vehicle model years beginning after the first
model year after the promulgation of such regulations.
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