To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of certain fuel additives.

Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) amend certain regulations regarding motor vehicle fuels to prohibit the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a fuel additive; and (2) prohibit any additive in gasoline registered under fuel regulation provisions unless it has been determined, through scientific testing and peer review, not to have adverse effects on the public.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2253 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2253

   To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of 
                        certain fuel additives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2003

  Mr. Pombo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 211 of the Clean Air Act to prohibit the use of 
                        certain fuel additives.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 211.

     Section 211(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)) is amended 
as follows:
            (1) By adding at the end of paragraph (1) the following: 
        ``The Administrator shall amend the regulations under this 
        paragraph as promptly as practicable after the date of 
        enactment of this sentence to prohibit the use of methyl 
        tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) as a fuel additive.''.
            (2) By adding the following new subparagraph at the end of 
        paragraph (2):
                    ``(D) The Administrator shall prohibit under 
                paragraph (1) any additive in gasoline registered under 
                subsection (a) after the enactment of this subparagraph 
                unless it has been determined (through scientific 
                testing and peer review) not to have any adverse 
                effects on the public.''.
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