Clean Trucks Act of 2004

Clean Trucks Act of 2004 - Amends Federal transportation law to require motor carriers, as part of registering with the Secretary of Transportation to provide transportation, to comply with the heavy duty vehicle and engine emission performance standards and related regulations established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Directs the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to: (1) collect annually information on the year, make, model, certification level, travel routes, trip duration, fuel quality and consumption, and related activities of long-haul heavy duty trucks operating in the United States; and (2) submit such information to the Adminstrator of the EPA for use in developing and publishing estimates of the total national emissions of all criteria pollutants and hazardous air pollutants associated with long-haul heavy duty trucks.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5314 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5314

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require motor carriers to 
 comply with vehicle emission performance standards established by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 2004

Mr. Filner (for himself, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Ms. Carson of Indiana, 
 and Mr. Sandlin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require motor carriers to 
 comply with vehicle emission performance standards established by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Trucks Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. VEHICLE EMISSION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

    Section 13902(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
        subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
                    ``(B) the heavy duty vehicle and engine emission 
                performance standards and related regulations 
                established by the Administrator of the Environmental 
                Protection Agency pursuant to section 202(a)(3) of the 
                Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521(a)(3)) and a 
                demonstration of compliance with such standards and 
                related regulations;''.

SEC. 3. EMISSIONS INFORMATION COLLECTION AND REPORTING.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration, on an annual basis, shall--
            (1) collect information on the year, make, model, 
        certification level, travel routes, trip duration, fuel quality 
        and consumption, and related activities of long-haul heavy duty 
        trucks operating in the United States; and
            (2) submit the information collected under paragraph (1) to 
        the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    (b) Publication of Emissions Estimates.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
        Protection Agency shall use the information submitted under 
        subsection (a)(2) to develop and publish estimates of the total 
        national emissions of all criteria pollutants and hazardous air 
        pollutants associated with long-haul heavy duty trucks, 
        including, whenever possible--
                    (A) the location of such emissions;
                    (B) an analysis of their impact on nonattainment of 
                air quality standards; and
                    (C) the public health effects of these emissions.
            (2) Form and manner.--The estimates developed under 
        paragraph (1) shall be published in a form and manner that is 
        most useful for State air quality directors and transportation 
        planners to use in--
                    (A) developing state implementation plans; and
                    (B) making attainment demonstrations, maintenance 
                demonstrations, and transportation conformity 
                determinations under section 176 of the Clean Air Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 7506).
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