S.Amdt. 185

SA 185. Mr. BOND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 2, making further continuing appropriations by the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 988, after line 23, insert the following provision:

“The Environmental Protection Agency is directed to submit a report no later that February 15, 2004 on the practices and procedures by which States develop separate emission standards, including standards for nonroad engines or vehicles, as compared to the development by Environmental Protection Agency of national emission standards under the Clean Air Act. This report shall include an assessment of the procedures, practices, standards and requirements used by States as opposed to those used by Environmental Protection Agency, including how States and the Environmental Protection Agency take into account technological feasibility, economic feasibility, impact on the economy, costs, safety, noise and energy factors associated in the development of these standards.”.