I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3711 
To authorize States or political subdivisions thereof to regulate fuel economy 
and emissions standards for taxicabs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2009 
Mr. NADLER of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize States or political subdivisions thereof to 
regulate fuel economy and emissions standards for taxicabs. 
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 Taxis Act of 
2009’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE FUEL ECONOMY REGULATION FOR TAXI-
CABS. 
Section 32919 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(d) TAXICABS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a 
State or political subdivision of a State may prescribe re-
quirements for fuel economy for taxicabs and other auto-
mobiles if such requirements are at least as stringent as 
applicable Federal requirements and if such taxicabs and 
other automobiles— 
‘‘(1) are automobiles that are capable of trans-
porting not more than 10 individuals, including the 
driver; 
‘‘(2) are commercially available or are designed 
and manufactured pursuant to a contract with such 
State or political subdivision of such State; 
‘‘(3) are operated for hire pursuant to an oper-
ating or regulatory license, permit, or other author-
ization issued by such State or political subdivision 
of such State; 
‘‘(4) provide local transportation for a fare de-
termined on the basis of the time or distance trav-
eled or a combination of time and distance traveled; 
and 
‘‘(5) do not exclusively provide transportation to 
and from airports.’’. 
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SEC. 3. STATE REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE EMIS-
SIONS FOR TAXICABS. 
Section 209 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7543) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) TAXICABS.—(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
a State or political subdivision thereof may adopt and en-
force standards for the control of emissions from new 
motor vehicles that are taxicabs and other vehicles if such 
standards will be, in the aggregate, at least as protective 
of public health and welfare as applicable Federal stand-
ards and if such taxicabs and other vehicles— 
‘‘(A) are passenger motor vehicles that are 
capable of transporting not more than 10 indi-
viduals, including the driver; 
‘‘(B) are commercially available or are de-
signed and manufactured pursuant to a con-
tract with such State or political subdivision 
thereof; 
‘‘(C) are operated for hire pursuant to an 
operating or regulatory license, permit, or other 
authorization issued by such State or political 
subdivision thereof; 
‘‘(D) provide local transportation for a fare 
determined on the basis of the time or distance 
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traveled or a combination of time and distance 
traveled; and 
‘‘(E) do not exclusively provide transpor-
tation to and from airports. 
‘‘(2) If each standard of a State or political 
subdivision thereof is at least as stringent as the 
comparable applicable Federal standard, such stand-
ard of such State or political subdivision thereof 
shall be deemed at least as protective of health and 
welfare as such Federal standards for purposes of 
this subsection.’’. 
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