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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1329 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to support efforts by States and 
eligible local and regional entities to develop and implement plans to 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2009 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mrs. TAUSCHER, and Mr. LATOURETTE) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to support efforts 
by States and eligible local and regional entities to de-
velop and implement plans to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions from the transportation sector, 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 ‘‘Clean, Low-Emission, 
Affordable, New Transportation Efficiency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle III of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘CHAPTER 63—TRANSPORTATION 
ALTERNATIVES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘6301. Definitions. 
‘‘6302. Low Greenhouse Gas Transportation Fund. 
‘‘6303. Auctioning. 
‘‘6304. Plans. 
‘‘6305. Recommendations. 
‘‘6306. Technical standards. 
‘‘6307. Report. 
‘‘6308. Funding. 
‘‘§ 6301. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(2) CHARRETTE.—The term ‘charrette’ means 
an open, collaborative, multi-day design session 
that— 
‘‘(A) includes a comprehensive description 
and discussion of proposed plans and projects; 
‘‘(B) involves participation and input by 
stakeholders and the public; 
‘‘(C) involves a collaborative process with a 
series of feedback loops and responses to stake-
holder and public comments; and 
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‘‘(D) is designed to produce 2 or more fea-
sible transportation greenhouse gas reduction 
plans to be reviewed and evaluated through the 
stakeholder process to find the most effective 
option. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE REGIONAL OR LOCAL ENTITY.— 
The term ‘eligible regional or local entity’ means a 
metropolitan planning organization designated under 
section 134(b) of title 23, or other governmental en-
tity, multi-jurisdictional entity, or tribal agency that 
is responsible for transportation. 
‘‘(4) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the Low 
Greenhouse Gas Transportation Fund established 
under section 6302(a). 
‘‘(5) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘greenhouse 
gas’ means carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, 
hydrofluorocarbons, and any other greenhouse gas or 
nongaseous emission that the Administrator deter-
mines should be addressed in mobile source green-
house gas reduction plans. 
‘‘(6) INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT.— 
The term ‘intercity passenger rail project’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘capital project’ in section 
24401. 
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‘‘(7) SCENARIO ANALYSIS.—The term ‘scenario 
analysis’ means an analysis that is conducted by 
identifying different trends and making projections 
based on those trends to develop a range of sce-
narios and estimates of how each scenario could— 
‘‘(A) improve access to goods and services, 
including 
employment, 
education, 
and 
healthcare (especially for the elderly and eco-
nomically disadvantaged communities); and 
‘‘(B) affect rates of— 
‘‘(i) motor vehicle miles traveled; 
‘‘(ii) motor vehicle hours of operation; 
‘‘(iii) use of petroleum-derived trans-
portation fuel; and 
‘‘(iv) greenhouse gas emissions from 
the transportation sector. 
‘‘(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
‘‘(9) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means— 
‘‘(A) any of the several States; 
‘‘(B) the District of Columbia; and 
‘‘(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(10) TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘transpor-
tation’ means the design, construction, operation, 
and maintenance of transportation infrastructure, 
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including highway facilities, public transit, rail, bicy-
cle, and pedestrian facilities, and other modes of 
transporting people, goods, and services. 
‘‘§ 6302. Low Greenhouse Gas Transportation Fund 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the 
‘Low Greenhouse Gas Transportation Fund’, consisting of 
such amounts as are deposited into the Fund under sec-
tion 6303(c). Amounts deposited into the Fund may be 
used by the Secretary, without further appropriation, to 
carry out this chapter. 
‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 
of funds deposited under section 6303(c), upon the 
request of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall transfer from the Fund to the Secretary 
such amounts as the Secretary determines are nec-
essary to provide assistance for use in implementing 
projects under plans developed pursuant to section 
6308(b). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Not more 
than 5 percent of the amounts deposited in the 
Fund may be used to pay the administrative ex-
penses necessary to carry out this chapter. 
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‘‘§ 6303. Auctioning 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of calendar years 2012 
through 2050, the Administrator shall auction 10 percent 
of the emission allowances established for each of those 
calendar years under any program in effect providing for 
the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and the auc-
tioning of emission allowances that is administered by the 
Administrator. 
‘‘(b) TIMING.—The auctions required for each cal-
endar year specified in subsection (a) shall be conducted 
over the course of at least 4 sessions, spaced evenly over 
a period beginning 330 days before, and ending 60 days 
after, the beginning of each such calendar year. 
‘‘(c) DEPOSIT
OF PROCEEDS.—The Administrator 
shall deposit into the Fund the proceeds from each auction 
conducted under this section. 
‘‘§ 6304. Plans 
‘‘(a) GOAL.—Each State and eligible regional or local 
entity shall establish the goal of reducing greenhouse gas 
emissions from the transportation sector during the 10- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
chapter by— 
‘‘(1) increasing mobility options; 
‘‘(2) reducing the number of miles traveled by 
motor vehicle; and 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Transportation greenhouse 
gas reduction plans and project lists shall be devel-
oped with— 
‘‘(A) public involvement, including public 
comment periods and public charrettes; 
‘‘(B) regional coordination, including co-
ordination between each State and— 
‘‘(i) eligible regional or local entities; 
‘‘(ii) the entities that develop trans-
portation greenhouse gas reduction plans; 
and 
‘‘(iii) other transportation and air 
quality agencies within the region in which 
the State is located; and 
‘‘(C) consultation with representatives of— 
‘‘(i) the Environmental Protection 
Agency; 
‘‘(ii) the Department of Transpor-
tation; and 
‘‘(iii) State and local housing, eco-
nomic development, and land use agencies. 
‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION
EMISSION
REDUCTION 
TARGETS.—Transportation emission reduction tar-
gets, at a minimum— 
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