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H.R.888
Sponsor: Rep Kildee, Dale E. (introduced 3/1/1999)
Related Bills: S.171
Latest Major Action: 3/11/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend the Clean Air Act to limit the concentration of sulfur in gasoline used in motor vehicles.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
3/1/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
3/11/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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COSPONSORS(50), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 3/1/1999 Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 3/1/1999
Rep Barrett, Thomas M. - 3/1/1999 Rep Berman, Howard L. - 9/21/1999
Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 3/1/1999 Rep Bonior, David E. - 3/1/1999
Rep Boucher, Rick - 3/1/1999 Rep Brown, George E., Jr. - 4/14/1999
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 3/1/1999 Rep Capps, Lois - 3/1/1999
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 3/1/1999 Rep Davis, Danny K. - 9/21/1999
Rep DeGette, Diana - 4/14/1999 Rep Dingell, John D. - 3/1/1999
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 9/21/1999 Rep Ewing, Thomas W. - 10/28/1999
Rep Farr, Sam - 3/1/1999 Rep Filner, Bob - 4/14/1999
Rep Franks, Bob - 3/18/1999 Rep Frost, Martin - 3/1/1999
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 3/1/1999 Rep Hall, Tony P. - 9/21/1999
Rep Inslee, Jay - 3/18/1999 Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 3/1/1999
Rep Klink, Ron - 9/21/1999 Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 4/14/1999
Rep Lazio, Rick - 3/1/1999 Rep Levin, Sander M. - 3/1/1999
Rep Lewis, John - 3/1/1999 Rep Maloney, James H. - 9/21/1999
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 3/1/1999 Rep Martinez, Matthew G. - 9/21/1999
Rep McDermott, Jim - 3/1/1999 Rep McGovern, James P. - 3/18/1999
Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 3/1/1999 Rep Neal, Richard E. - 3/1/1999
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 3/1/1999 Rep Oberstar, James L. - 3/18/1999
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 3/1/1999 Rep Quinn, Jack - 3/18/1999
Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 3/1/1999 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 3/1/1999
Rep Stabenow, Debbie - 3/1/1999 Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 3/1/1999
Rep Tierney, John F. - 3/1/1999 Rep Towns, Edolphus - 3/1/1999
Rep Udall, Tom - 9/21/1999 Rep Vento, Bruce F. - 3/18/1999
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 3/1/1999 Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 9/21/1999


SUMMARY AS OF:
3/1/1999--Introduced.

Clean Gasoline Act of 1999 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, supply, dispensation, transport, or introduction into commerce of motor vehicle gasoline that contains a concentration of sulfur exceeding 40 parts per million per gallon of gasoline.

Provides that a person shall not be in violation of such prohibition if, during a one-year period, the person engages in such an activity with respect to gasoline that contains a sulfur concentration between 40 and 80 parts per million per gallon if the average concentration of sulfur in the gasoline during the period is less than 30 parts per million per gallon.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress on the effects of use of low sulfur motor vehicle gasoline on urban and regional air quality. Provides for an update within two years of submission of the original report.

Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate a regulation to establish maximum and average allowable sulfur concentrations in motor vehicle gasoline that are lower than concentrations specified under this Act if: (1) research conducted after this Act's enactment indicates that significant air quality benefits would result from a reduction in allowable sulfur concentration in such gasoline; or (2) advanced vehicle technologies have been developed that can significantly reduce emissions of air pollutants from motor vehicles but that require gasoline with a lower concentration of sulfur than that specified under this Act.

Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act.