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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5205
To provide Federal assistance for compliance with Federally-mandated motor
vehicle inspection and maintenance requirements and employee trip re-
duction requirements in effect under the Clean Air Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 6, 1994
Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To provide Federal assistance for compliance with Federally-
mandated motor vehicle inspection and maintenance re-
quirements and employee trip reduction requirements in
effect under the Clean Air Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH AUTO IN-
SPECTION AND MAINTENANCE.
(a) EPA GRANTS TO STATES.—The Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to pro-
vide grants under this section to each State carrying out
a vehicle inspection and maintenance program, or an en-
hanced vehicle inspection and maintenance program,
under part D of title I of the Clean Air Act. Such grants
shall be used by the State to provide assistance to enable
vehicle owners to perform such repair and maintenance
on their vehicles as is necessary for such vehicles to comply
with the requirements of such program. The Adminis-
trator may promulgate such regulations as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section.
(b) STATE ASSISTANCE.—
(1) USE OF GRANTS.—Grants under subsection
(a) shall be used by States to make payments for
qualified repair and maintenance costs incurred by
vehicle owners. Each State may publish guidelines
for determining the classes or categories of vehicle
owners to whom such grants may be made.
(2) PAYMENT
SCHEDULE.—Payments made
under a State under paragraph (1) shall cover the
following amounts:
(A) Not to exceed 60 percent of the quali-
fied repair and maintenance costs which do not
exceed $200.
(B) Not to exceed 80 percent of the quali-
fied repair and maintenance costs which exceed
$200 but do not exceed $400.
No such payments may be used to pay any costs
which exceed $400.
(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of a State as-
sistance program under this section, the term
‘‘qualified repair and maintenance costs’’ means the
costs of such repairs and maintenance as are nec-
essary to bring motor vehicles into compliance with
the requirements of any State vehicle inspection and
maintenance program or enhanced vehicle inspection
and maintenance program in effect under part D of
title I of the Clean Air Act.
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH EMPLOYEE
TRIP REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER
CLEAN AIR ACT.
(a) EPA GRANTS TO STATES.—The Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to pro-
vide grants under this section to each State carrying out
employee trip reduction requirements for nonattainment
areas under an applicable State implementation plan
adopted and approved under title I of the Clean Air Act.
Such grants shall be used by the State to provide assist-
ance to enable employers to take such action as may be
necessary to comply with such requirements. The Adminis-
trator may promulgate such regulations as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section.
(b) STATE ASSISTANCE.—Grants under subsection
(a) shall be used by States, in accordance with guidelines
established by each State, to assist employers in the imple-
mentation of employee trip reduction measures necessary
to comply with the State implementation plan provisions
referred to in subsection (a).
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