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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3194 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit State standards relating to the |
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| 6 | 6 | | control of emissions from existing locomotives and engines used in loco- |
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| 7 | 7 | | motives, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MAY5, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | OOLENAAR(for himself, Mr. OBERNOLTE, and Mr. GOLDMANof Texas) |
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| 12 | 12 | | introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En- |
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| 13 | 13 | | ergy and Commerce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit State standards |
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| 16 | 16 | | relating to the control of emissions from existing loco- |
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| 17 | 17 | | motives and engines used in locomotives, and for other |
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| 18 | 18 | | purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lifting Overburden-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | some Commerce Obstructions and Motives Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ‘‘LOCOMOTIVES Act’’. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON STATE STANDARDS RELATING TO 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | THE CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM EXIST-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ING LOCOMOTIVES AND ENGINES USED IN 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | LOCOMOTIVES. 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Section 209(e)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 7543(e)(1)) is amended— 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) by striking ‘‘either of the following new 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | nonroad engines or nonroad vehicles subject to regu-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | lation under this Act—’’ and inserting ‘‘any of the 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | following nonroad engines or nonroad vehicles:’’; 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘which are 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | used in construction equipment or vehicles or used 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | in farm equipment or vehicles and which are smaller 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | than 175 horsepower.’’ and inserting ‘‘, which are— 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(i) used in construction equipment or 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | vehicles or used in farm equipment or vehi-16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | cles; 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(ii) smaller than 175 horsepower; 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(iii) subject to regulation under this 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act.’’; 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, which 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | are subject to regulation under this Act’’ after ‘‘in 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | locomotives’’; and 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (4) by adding at the end the following: 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(C) Locomotives or engines used in loco-1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | motives— 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(i) other than the locomotives and 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | engines described in subparagraph (B); 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | and 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(ii) which are engaged in commerce, 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | which shall encompass all locomotives en-7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | gaged in providing common carrier railroad 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | transportation for compensation pursuant 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | to section 10102 of title 49, United States 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Code.’’. 11 |
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