PRINTER'S NO. 1594
No. 151 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY WOGAN, READSHAW, J. TAYLOR, O'BRIEN, KENNEY,
ARMSTRONG, BARRAR, CIVERA, DALEY, FICHTER, HALUSKA, HASAY,
HERMAN, HERSHEY, LAUGHLIN, LEH, MELIO, S. MILLER, ORIE,
PETRARCA, ROHRER, SEYFERT, SHANER, STAIRS, STERN, TANGRETTI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO, VAN HORNE, ZUG AND COLAFELLA,
APRIL 21, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,
APRIL 21, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing Congress to repeal the vehicle emissions
2 provisions of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.
3 WHEREAS, On November 15, 1990, the President signed the Clean
4 Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Public Law 101-549, 104 Stat. 2399);
5 and
6 WHEREAS, The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 prompted the
7 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to adopt an enhanced vehicle
8 emissions inspection and maintenance program in 11 urban and
9 suburban counties this year, to be effective October 1, 1997;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Although the program favored by the Ridge
12 administration to comply with the Federal mandate is superior to
13 the prior plan, which included a centralized testing program run
14 by an Arizona company, Environtest, the program will still work
15 a significant financial hardship on many families with modest
1 incomes; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
3 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of the
4 United States to repeal the vehicle emissions provisions of the
5 Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
7 the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
8 member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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