An Act to improve, strengthen, and accelerate programs for the prevention and abatement of air pollution
PL 88-206 (H.R.6518), enacted 12/17/1963

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the fund shall consist of the amount of the fair and reasonable value of 
such supply inventories, equipment, and other assets and inventories 
on order, pertaining to the services to be carried on by the fund, as the 
Secretary may transfer to the fund, less the related liabilities and 
unpaid obligations, together with any appropriations made for the 
purpose of providing capital. Not to exceed $750,000 in net assets 
shall be transferred to the fund for purposes of providing capital. 
The fund shall be reimbursed, or credited with advance payments, 
from applicable appropriations and funds of the Department of State, 
other Federal agencies, and other sources authorized by law, for sup-
plies and services at rates which will approximate the expense of 
operations, including accrual of annual leave and depreciation of plant 
and equipment of the fund. The fund shall also be credited with other 
receipts from sale or exchange of property or in payment for loss or 
damage to property held by the fund. 
There shall be transferred into 
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, as of the close of each fiscal 
year, earnings which the Secretary determines to be excess to the needs 
of the fund. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
amounts as may be necessary to provide capital for the fund." 
SEC. 406. The first sentence of the first section of the Act entitled 
"An Act to authorize participation by the United States in parlia-
mentary conferences of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization", 
22 use 1928a. 
approvcd July 11,1956 (70 Stat. 523), is amended to read as follows: 
"That not to exceed eighteen Members of Congress shall be appointed 
to meet jointly and annually with representative parliamentary groups 
from other NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) members, 
for discussion of common problems in the interests of the maintenance 
of pea<;e and security in the North Atlantic area." 
Approved December 16, 1963. 
Public Law 88-206 
December 17, 1963 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 6518] 
,p^ improve, strengthen, and accelerate programs for the prevention and 
abatement of air pollution. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Clean Air Act. 
United Statcs of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of 
69 Stat. 322; 
July 14,1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1857-1857g), is hereby amended 
73 Stat. 646. 
to read as foUows: 
"FINDINGS AND PURPOSES 
"SECTION 1. (a) The Congress finds— 
"(1) that the predominant part of the Nation's population is 
located in its rapidly expanding metropolitan and other urban 
areas, which generally cross the Doundary lines of local jurisdic-
tions and often extend into two or more States; 
"(2) that the growth in the amount and complexity of air 
pollution brought about by urbanization, industrial development, 
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and the increasing use of motor vehicles, has resulted in mounting 
dangers to the public health and welfare, including injury to 
agricultural crops and livestock, damage to and the deterioration 
of property, and hazards to air aftd ground transportation; 
"(3) that the prevention and control of air pollution at its 
source is the primary responsibility of States and local govern-
ments; and 
"(4) that Federal financial assistance and leadership is essen-
tial for the development of cooperative Federal, State, regional, 
and local programs to prevent and control air pollution, 
"(b) The purposes of this Act are— 
"(1) to protect the Nation's air resources so as to promote the 
public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its 
population; 
" (2) to initiate and accelerate a national research and develop-
ment program to achieve the prevention and control of air 
pollution ; 
"(3) to provide technical and financial assistance to State and 
local governments in connection with the development and execu-
tion of their air pollution prevention and control programs; and 
"(4) to encourage and assist the development and operation of 
regional air pollution control programs. 
"COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES AND UNIFORM LAWS 
"SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary shall encourage cooperative activities 
by the States and local governments for the prevention and control of 
air pollution; encourage the enactment of improved and, so far as 
practicable in the li^ht of varying conditions and needs, uniform State 
and local laws relating to the prevention and control of air pollution; 
and encourage the making of agreements and compacts between States 
for the prevention and control of air pollution. 
" (b) The Secretary shall cooperate with and encourage cooperative 
activities by all Federal departments and agencies having functions 
relating to the j)revention and control of air pollution, so as to assure 
the utilization in the Federal air pollution control program of all 
appropriate and available facilities and resources within the Federal 
Government. 
"(c) The consent of the Congress is hereby given to two or more 
States to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts, not in con-
flict with any law or treaty of the United States, for (1) cooperative 
eJffort and mutual assistance for the prevention and control of air 
pollution and the enforcement of their respective laws relating thereto, 
and (2) the establishment of such agencies, joint or otherwise, as they 
may deem desirable for makiujg effective such agreements or compacts. 
No such agreement or compact shall be binding or obligatory upon 
any State a party thereto unless and until it has been approved by 
Congress. 
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"RESEARCH, INVESTIGATIONS, TRAINING, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES 
"SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary shall establish a national research and 
development program for the prevention and control of air pollution 
und as part of such program shall— 
" (1) conduct, and promote the coordinaticm and acceleration of, 
research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, 
surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, preven-
tion, and control of air pollution; and 
"(2) encourage, cooperate with, and render technical services 
and provide financial assistance to air pollution control agencies 
and other appropriate public or private agencies, institutions, 
and organizations, and individuals in the conduct of such activi-
ties; and 
"(3) conduct investigations and research and make surveys 
concerning any specific problem of air pollution in cooperation 
with any air pollution control agency with a view to recommend-
ing a solution of such problem, if he is requested to do so by such 
agency or if, in his judgment, such problem may affect any com-
munity or communities in a State other than that in which the 
source of the matter causing or contributing to the pollution is 
located; and 
"(4) initiate and conduct a program of research directed 
toward the development of improved, low-cost techniques for 
extracting sulfur from fuels. 
"(b) In carrying out the provisions of the preceding subsection the 
Secretary is authorized to— 
"(1) collect and make available, through publications and 
other appropriate means, the results of and other information, 
including appropriate recommendations by him in connection 
therewith, pertaining to such research and other activities; 
"(2) cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies, 
with air pollution control agencies, with other public and private 
agencies, institutions, and organizations, and with any industries 
involved, in the preparation and conduct of such research and 
other activities; 
" (3) make grants to air pollution control agencies, to other pub-
lic or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations, 
and to individuals, for purposes stated in subsection (a)(1) of 
this section; 
"(4) contract with public or private agencies, institutions, and 
organizations, and with individuals, without regard to sections 
3648 and 3T09 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529; 41 U.S.C. 5); 
"(5) provide training for, and make training grants to, per-
sonnel of air pollution control agencies and other persons with 
suitable qualifications; 
"(6) establish and maintain research fellowships, in the Depart-
ment of Health, Education, and Welfare and at public or nonprofit 
private educational institutions or research organizations; 
"(7) collect and disseminate, in cooperation with other Federal 
departments and agencies, and with other public or private agen-
cies, institutions, and organizations having related responsibilities, 
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basic data on chemical, physical, and biological effects of varying 
air quality and other information pertaining to air pollution and 
the prevention and control thereof; and 
"(8) develop effective and practical processes, methods, and 
prototype devices for the prevention or control of air pollution, 
"(c) (1) In carrying out the provisions of subsection (a) of this 
section the Secretary shall conduct research on, and survey the results 
of other scientific studies on, the harmful effects on the health or 
welfare of persons by the various known air pollution agents (or 
combinations of agents). 
"(2) Whenever he determines that there is a particular air pollu-
tion agent (or combination of agents), present in the air in certain 
quantities, producing effects harmful to the health or welfare of 
persons, the Secretary shall compile and publish criteria reflecting 
accurately the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the 
kind and extent of such effects which may be expected from the 
presence of such air pollution agent (or combination of agents) in the 
air in varying quantities. Any such criteria shall be published for 
informational purposes and made available to municipal. State, and 
interstate air pollution control agencies. He shall revise and add to 
such criteria whenever necessary to reflect accurately developing 
scientific knowledge. 
"(3) The Secretary may recommend to such air pollution control 
agencies and to other appropriate organizations such criteria of air 
quality as in his judgment may be necessary to protect the public 
health and welfare. 
"GRANTS FOR SUPPORT OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 4. (a) From the sums appropriated annually for the purposes 
of this Act but not to exceed 20 per centum of any such appropriation, 
the Secretary is authorized to make grants to air pollution control 
agencies in an amount up to two-thirds of the cost of developing, 
establishing, or improving progi'ams for the prevention and control 
of air pollution: Provided^ That the Secretary is authorized to make 
grants to intermunicipal or interstate air pollution control agencies 
(described in section 9(b) (2) and (4)) in an amount up to three-
fourths of the cost of developing, establishing, or improving, regional 
air pollution programs. As used in this subsection, the term 'regional 
air pollution control program' means a program for the prevention 
and control of air pollution in an area that includes the areas of two 
or more municipalities, whether in the same or different States. 
"(b) From the sums available mider subsection (a) of this section 
for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall from time to time make grants 
to air pollution control agencies upon such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary may fijid necessary to carry out the purpose of this sec-
tion. 
In establishing regulations for the granting of such funds the 
Secretary shall, so far as practicable, give due consideration to (1) the 
population, (2) the extent of the actual or potential air pollution prob-
lem, and (8) the financial need of the respective agencies. No agency 
shall receive any grant under this section during any fiscal year when 
its expenditures of non-Federal funds for air pollution programs 
w411 be less than its expenditures were for such programs during the 
preceding fiscal year. No grant shall be made under this section until 
the Secretary has consulted with the appropriate official as designated 
by the Governor or Governors of the State or States affected. 
"(c) Not more than 12% per centum of the grant funds available 
under subsection (a) of this section shall be expended in any one 
State. 
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ABATEMENT OF AIR POLLUTIOX 
"SEC. 5. (a) The pollution of the air in any State or States which 
endangers the health or welfare of any persons, shall be subject to 
abatement as provided in this section. 
"(b) Consistent with the policy declaration of this Act, municipal, 
State, and interstate action to abate air pollution shall be encouraged 
and shall not be displaced by Federal enforcement action except as 
otherwise provided by or pursuant to a court order under sub-
section (g). 
"(c)(1)(A) Whenever requested by the Governor of any State, 
a State air pollution control agency, or (with the concurrence of the 
Governor and the State air pollution control agency for the State in 
which the municipality is situated) the governing body of any 
municipality, the Secretary shall, if such request refers to air pollu-
tion which is alleged to endanger the health or welfare of persons in 
a State other than that in which the discharge or discharges (caus-
ing or contributing to such pollution) originate, give formal notifica-
tion thereof to the air pollution control agency of the municipality 
where such discharge or discharges originate, to the air pollution con-
trol agency of the State in which such municipality is located, and to 
the intersvate air pollution control agency, if any, in whose jurisdic-
tional area such municipality is located, and shall call promptly a 
conference of such agency or agencies and of the air pollution control 
agencies of the municipalities which may be adversely affected by such 
pollution, and the air pollution control agency, if any, of each State, 
or for each area, in which any such municipality is located. 
"(B) Whenever requested by the Governor of any State, a State 
air pollution control agency, or (with the concurrence of the Gov-
ernor and the State air pollution control agency for the State in 
which the municipality is situated) the governing body of any 
municipality, the Secretary shall, if such request refers to alleged 
air pollution which is endangering the health or welfare of persons 
only in the State in which the discharge or discharges (causing or 
contributing to such pollution) originate and if a municipality affected 
by such air pollution, or the municipality in which such pollution 
originates, has either made or concurred in such request, give formal 
notification thereof to the State air pollution control agency, to the 
air pollution control agencies of the municipality where such dis-
charge or discharges originate and of the municipality or municipali-
ties alleged to be adversely affected thereby, and to any interstate air 
pollution control agency, whose jurisdictional area includes any such 
municipality and shall promptly call a conference of such agency or 
agencies, unless, in the judgment of the Secretary, the effect of such 
pollution is not of such significance as to warrant exercise of Federal 
jurisdiction under this section. 
"(C) The Secretary may, after consultation with State officials of 
all affected States, also call such a conference whenever, on the basis 
of reports, surveys, or studies, he has reason to believe that any 
pollution referred to in subsection (a) is occurring and is endangering 
the health and welfare of persons in a State other than that in which 
the discharge or discharges originate. The Secretary shall invite the 
cooperation of any municipal. State, or interstate air pollution control 
agencies having jurisdiction in the affected area on any surveys or 
studies forming the basis of conference action. 
"(2) The agencies called to attend such conference may bring such 
persons as they desire to the conference. 
Not less than three weeks' 
prior notice of the conference date shall be given to such agencies. 
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"(3) Followiiijg this conference, the Secretary shall prepare and 
forward to all air pollution control agencies attending the conference 
a summary of conference discussions including (A) occurrence of air 
pollution subject to abatement under this Act; (B) adequacy of meas-
ures taken toward abatement of the pollution; and (C) nature of 
delays, if any, being encountered in abating the pollution. 
"(d) If the Secretary believes, upon the conclusion of the confer-
ence or thereafter, that effective progress toward abatement of such 
pollution is not being made and that the health or welfare of any 
gersons is being endangered, he shall recommend to the appropriate 
tate, interstate, or municipal air pollution control agency (or to 
all such agencies) that the necessary remedial action be taken. 
The 
Secretary shall allow at least six months from the date he makes such 
recommendations for the taking of such recommended action, 
"(e)(1) If, at the conclusion of the period so allowed, such remedial 
action or other action which in the judgment of the Secretary is 
reasonably calculated to secure abatement of such pollution has not 
been taken, the Secretary shall call a public hearing, to be held in or 
near one or more of the places where the discharge or discharges caus-
ing or contributing to such pollution originated, before a hearing 
board of five or more persons appointed by the Secretary. Each State 
in which any discharge causing or contributing to such pollution 
originates and each State claiming to be adversely affected by such 
pollution shall be given an opportunity to select one member of such 
hearing board and each Federal department, agency, or instrumen-
tality having a substantial interest in the subject matter as determined 
by the Secretary shall be given an opportunity to select one member 
of such hearing board, and one member shall be a representative of the 
appropriate interstate air pollution agency if one exists, and not less 
than a majority of such hearing board shall be persons other than 
officers or employees of the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare. At least three weeks' prior notice of such hearing shall be 
given to the State, interstate, and municipal air pollution control 
agencies called to attend such hearing and to the alleged polluter or 
polluters. 
" (2) On the basis of evidence presented at such hearing, the hearing 
board shall make findings as to whether pollution referred to in sub-
section (a) is occurring and whether effective progress toward abate-
ment thereof is being made. If the hearing board finds such pollution 
is occurring and effective progress toward abatement thereof is not 
being made it shall make recommendations 4o the Secretary concern-
ing the measures, if any, which it finds to b3 reasonable and suitable 
to secure abatement of such pollution. 
"(3) The Secretary ^hall send such findings and recommendations 
to the person or persons discharging any matter causing or contribut-
ing to such pollution; to air pollution control agencies of the State or 
States and of the municipality or municipalities where such discharge 
or discharges originate; and to any interstate air pollution control 
agency whose jurisdictional area includes any such municipality, 
together with a notice specifying a reasonable time (not less than 
six months) to secure abatement of such pollution. 
"(f) If action reasonably calculated to secure abatement of the 
pollution within the time specified in the notice following the public 
hearing is not taken, the Secretary— 
"(1) in the case of pollution of air which is endangering the 
health or welfare of persons in a State other than that in which 
the discharge or discharges (causing or contributing to such 
pollution) originate, may request the Attorney General to bring 
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a suit on befhalf of the United States to secure abatement of pollu-
tion, and 
"(2) in the case of pollution of air which is endangering the 
health or welfare of persons only in the State in which the dis-
charge or discharges (causing or contributing to such pollution) 
originate, at the request of the Governor of such State, shall pro-
vide such technical and other assistance as in his judgment is 
necessary to assist the State in judicial proceedings to secure 
abatement of the pollution under State or local law or, at the 
request of the Governor of such State, shall request the Attorney 
General to bring suit on behalf of the United States to secure 
abatement of the pollution. 
"(g) The court shall receive in evidence in any suit brought in a 
United States court under subsection (f) of this section a transcript 
of the proceedings before the board and a copy of the board's recom-
mendations and shall receive such further evidence as the court in its 
discretion deems proper. The court, giving due consideration to the 
practicability of complying with such standards as may be applicable 
and to the physical and economic feasibility of securing abatement 
of any pollution proved, shall have jurisdiction to enter such judg-
ment, and orders enforcing such judgment, as the public interest and 
the equities of the case may require. 
"(h) Members of any hearing board appointed pui-suant to subsec-
tion (e) who are not regular full-time officers or employees of the 
United States shall, while participating in the hearing conducted by 
such board or otherwise engaged on the work of such board, be entitled 
to receive compensation ait a rate fixed by the Secretary, but not ex-
ceeding $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from 
their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 
60 Stat. 808. 
law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed 
intermittently. 
"(i) (1) In connection with any conference called under this section, 
the Secretary is authorized to require any person whose activities 
result in the emission of air pollutants causing or contributing to air 
pollution to file with him, in such form as he may prescribe, a report, 
based on existing data, furnishing to the Secretary such information 
as may reasonably be required as to the character, kind, and quantity 
of pollutants discharged and the use of devices or other means to 
prevent or reduce the emission of pollutants by the person filing such 
a report. After a conference has been held with respect to any such 
pollution the Secretary shall require such reports from the person 
whose activities result in such pollution only to the extent recom-
mended by such conference. Such report shall be made under oath or 
otherwise, as the Secretary may prescribe, and shall be filed w^ith the 
Secretary within such reasonable period as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, unless additional time be granted by tlie Secretary. No person 
shall be required in such report to divulge^trade secrets or secret 
processes and all information reported shall be considered confidential 
6 2 Stat. 791. 
for the purposes of section 1905 of title 18 of the United States Code. 
"(2) If any person required to file any report under this subsection 
shall fail to do so within the time fixed by the Secretary for filing the 
same, and such failure shall continue for thirty days after notice of 
such default, such person shall forfeit to the United States the sum 
of $100 for each and every day of the continuance of such failure, 
which forfeiture shall be payable into the Treasury of the United 
States, and shall be recoverable in a civil suit in the name of the United 
States brought in the district where such person has his principal 
office or in any district in which he does business: Provided^ That the 
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Secretary may upon application therefor remit or mitigate any for-
feiture provided for under this subsection and he shall have authority 
to determine the facts upon all such applications. 
"(3) It shall be the duty of the various United States attorneys, 
under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to 
prosecute for the recovery of such forfeitures. 
ii AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE AND FUEL POLLUTION 
"SEC. 6. (a) The Secretary shall encourage the continued efforts on 
the part of the automotive and fuel industries to develop devices and 
fuels to prevent pollutants from being discharged from the exhaust of 
automotive vehicles, and to this end shall maintain liaison with auto-
motive vehicle, exhaust control device, and fuel manufacturers. 
For 
this purpose, he shall appoint a teclinical committee, whose member-
ship shall consist of an equal number of representatives of the Depart-
ment and of automotive vehicle, exhaust control device, and fuel 
manufacturers. 
The committee shall meet from time to time at the 
call of the Secretary to evaluate progress in the development of such 
devices and fuels and to develop and recommend research programs 
which could lead to the development of such devices and fuels. 
"(b) One year after enactment of this section, and semi-annually 
Report to 
thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on measures ^""^ress. 
taken toward the resolution of the vehicle exhaust pollution problem 
and efforts to improve fuels including (A) occurrence of pollution as 
a result of discharge of pollutants from automotive exhaust; (B) 
progress of research into development of devices and fuels to reduce 
pollution from exhaust of automotive vehicles; (C) criteria on degree 
of pollutant matt/er discharged from automotive exhausts; (D) efforts 
to improve fuels so as to reduce emission of exhaust pollutants; and 
(E) his recommendations for additional legislation, if necessary, to 
regulate the discharge of pollutants from automotive exhausts. 
"COOPERATION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CONTROL AIR POLLL'TION FROM 
FEDERAL FACILITIES 
"SEC. 7. (a) It is hereby declared to be the int-ent of Congress that 
any Federal department or agency having jurisdiction over any build-
ing, installation, or other property shall, to the extent practicable and 
consistent with the interests of the United States and within any avail-
able appropriations, cooper-ate with the Department of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare and with any air pollution control agency in pre-
venting and controlling the pollution of the air in any area insofar as 
the discharge of any matter from or by such building, installation, 
or other property may cause or contribute to pollution of the air in 
such area. 
"(b) In order to control air pollution which may endanger the health 
or welfare of any persons, the Secretary may establish classes of poten-
tial pollution sources for which any Federal department or agency 
having jurisdiction ov«r any building, installation, or other property 
shall, before discharging any matter into the air of the United States, 
obtain a permit from the Secretary for such discharge, such permits 
to be issued for a specified period of time to be determined by the 
Secretary and subject to revocation if the Secretary finds pollution is 
endangering the health and welfare of any persons. In connection 
with the issuance of such permits, there shall be submitted to the 
Secretary such plans, specifications, and other information as he deems 
relevant thereto and under such conditions as he may prescribe. The 
Report to 
Secretary shall report each January to the Congress the status of such Congress. 
permits and compliance therewith. 
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ADMINISTRATION 
"SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such regula-
tions as are necessary to carry out his functions under this Act. The 
Secretary may delegate to any officer or employee of the Department 
of Health, Education, and Welfare such of his powers and duties 
under this Act,' except the making of regulations, as he may deem 
necessary or expedient. 
"(b) Upon the request of an air pollution control agency, personnel 
of the Public Health Service may be detailed to such agency for the 
purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. The provisions 
58 Stat. 690. 
of sectiou 214(d) of the Public Health Service Act shall be applicable 
60 stat^. 423*. 
with respect to any personnel so detailed to the same extent as if 
such personnel had been detailed under section 214(b) of that Act. 
"(c) Payments under grants made under this Act may be made in 
installments, and in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be 
determined by the Secretary. 
"DEFINITIONS 
"SEC. 9. When used in this Act— 
"(a) The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare. 
"(b) The term 'air pollution control agency' means any of the 
following: 
"(1) A single State agency designated by the Governor of that 
State as the official State air pollution control agency for purposes 
of this Act; 
"(2) An agency established by two or more States and having 
substantial powers or duties pertaining to the prevention and 
control of air pollution; 
" (3) A city, county, or other local government health authority, 
or, in the case of any city, county, or other local government in 
which there is an agency other than the health authority charged 
with responsibility for enforcing ordinances or laws relating to 
the prevention and control of air pollution, such other agency; or 
"(4) An agency of two or more municipalities located in the 
same State or in different States and having substantial powers 
or duties pertaining to the prevention and control of air pollution. 
"(c) The term 'interstate air pollution control agency' means— 
" (1) an air pollution control agency established by two or more 
States, or 
" (2) an air pollution control agency of two or more municipali-
ties located in different States. 
"(d) The term 'State' means a State, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and 
American Samoa. 
"(e) The term 'person' includes an individual, corporation, partner-
ship, association. State, municipality, and political subdivision of a 
State. 
"(f) The term 'municipality"' means a city, town, borough, county, 
{)arisli, district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State 
aw. 
"(g) All language referring to adverse effects on Avelfare shall 
include but not be limited to injury to agricultural crops and live-
stock, damage to and the deterioration of property, and hazards to 
transportation. 
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"OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED 
"SEC. 10. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, 
this Act shall not be construed as superseding or limiting the authori-
ties and responsibilities, under any other provision of law, of the 
Secretary or any other Federal officer, department, or agency. 
"(b) No appropriation shall be authorized or made under section 
301, 311, or 314(c) of the Public Health Service Act for any fiscal ^42 use 241. 
year after the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, for any purpose for 
which appropriations may be made under authority of this Act. 
243, 246. 
"RECORDS AND AUDrr 
"SEC. 11. (a) Each recipient of assistance under this Act shall keep 
such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which 
fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the 
proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking 
in connection with which such assistance is given or used, and the 
amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking sup-
plied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an 
effective audit. 
"(b) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the 
Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly 
authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit 
and examinations to any books, documents, papers, and records of the 
recipients that are pertinent to the grants received under this Act. 
"SEPARABILITY 
"SEC. 12. If any provision of this Act, or the application of any 
provision of this Act to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, 
the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, 
and the remainder of this Act, shall not be affected thereby. 
"APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC. 13. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out section 4 of this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30,1964, 
not to exceed $5,000,000. 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act not to exceed $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1965, not to exceed $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1966, and not to exceed $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1967. 
"SHORT TITLE 
"SEC. 14. This Act may be cited as the 'Clean Air Act'." 
SEC. 2. The title of such Act of July 14, 1955, is amended to read 
"An Act to provide for air pollution prevention and control activities 
of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and for other 
purposes". 
Approved December 17, 1963. 
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