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HR 2900 106th Congress House

Clean Smokestacks Act of 1999

Official title: To reduce emissions from electric powerplants, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 13, 2000 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative procedureAir pollution controlAir qualityCarbon dioxide
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Electric power productionEmissions tradingEnergyEnvironmental Protection AgencyEnvironmental healthGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthLawMercuryNitrogen oxidesStandardsSulphur dioxide
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Sep 21, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Sep 21, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 8, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Clean Smokestacks Act of 1999 - Amends the Clean Air Act (CAA) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to achieve specified reductions in emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, and mercury from powerplants (electric generation facilities with a nameplate capacity of 15 megawatts or greater that use a combustion device to generate electricity for sale) by January 1, 2005.

Requires outdated powerplants, on the later of the date 30 years after the powerplant commenced operation or five years after this Act's enactment, to comply with the most recent new source performance standards under CAA provisions regarding air quality and emissions limitations and with specified requirements for modified sources.

Defines an "outdated powerplant" as a powerplant that has been in operation for 30 years or more.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 24
All 24 Democratic 19 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 19, 2000
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Thompson, Mike
California · Oct 10, 2000
FROST, MARTIN
· Sep 25, 2000
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Sep 25, 2000
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 4, 2000
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 13, 2000
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 13, 2000
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 5, 2000
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 5, 2000
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 23, 2000
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 1, 2000
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 15, 2000
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 15, 2000
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jan 31, 2000
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jan 31, 2000
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Jan 31, 2000
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Nov 16, 1999
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Nov 15, 1999
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 15, 1999
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Oct 27, 1999
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 18, 1999
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 21, 1999
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 21, 1999
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 21, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2900: Clean Smokestacks Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2900/
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"H.R. 2900: Clean Smokestacks Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2900/.
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H.R. 2900, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2900/.
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