HR 3961
104th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Air quality
Boundaries
Canada
Crime and Law Enforcement
Customs administration
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Latin America
Mexico
Motor vehicle pollution control
Motor vehicle registration
Motor vehicles
Searches and seizures
Standards
State laws
Transportation and Public Works
To provide that customs officers and immigration officers have the authority to deny entry into the United States of certain foreign motor vehicles that do not comply with applicable laws governing motor vehicle emissions, and for other purposes.
Introduced: August 2, 1996
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 4, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Aug 2, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 2, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Directs: (1) Federal departments and agencies to cooperate with State and local enforcement of State auto emission standards; and (2) U.S. customs and immigration officers to deny U.S. entry to noncommercial motor vehicles that do not meet certain auto emission standards.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1