HRES 140
101th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Alcohol as fuel
Carbon monoxide
Energy policy
Gasohol
Motor vehicle pollution control
Natural gas
Oxygen
Ozone
Expressing the sense of the House regarding the critical need to include the use of alternative fuels such as ethanol, produced from our abundant stocks of surplus grain, methanol, which can be produced from our vast coal reserves, and compressed natural gas which can be produced from abundant gas reserves in air pollution control strategies required by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency to achieve compliance with the Clean Air Act.
Introduced: April 26, 1989
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Jun 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Apr 26, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 26, 1989
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House that the Environmental Protection Agency should strongly encourage nonattainment cities to include in their State Implementation Plans, as cost effective and preferred pollution control strategies in meeting Clean Air Act standards, the required use of ethanol blended and other oxygenated fuels in carbon monoxide nonattainment areas, neat alcohol fuels in ozone nonattainment areas, and compressed natural gas in both carbon monoxide and ozone nonattainment areas.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1