S.Amdt. 4517

SA 4517. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 4500 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. LeMieux (for
himself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Cantwell, Ms.
Klobuchar, and Mrs. Murray)) to the amendment SA 4499 proposed by Mr.
Reid (for Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 5297, to create the Small
Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury
to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to
increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small
business job creation, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie
on the table; as follows:

At the end of the amendment, add the following:

Subtitle C--Stationary Source Regulations Delay

SEC. 5301. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN EPA ACTION.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
notwithstanding any provision of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7401 et seq.), during the 2-year period beginning on the date
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency may not take any action under
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) with respect to
any stationary source permitting requirement or any
requirement under section 111 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7411)
relating to carbon dioxide or methane.
(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to--
(1) any action under part A of title II of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.) relating to the vehicle
emissions standards contained in Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-
0171 or Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0472;
(2) any action relating to the preparation of a report or
the enforcement of a reporting requirement; or
(3) any action relating to the provision of technical
support at the request of a State.

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(c) Treatment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
no action taken by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency before the end of the 2-year period
described in subsection (a) shall be considered to make
carbon dioxide or methane a pollutant subject to regulation
under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) for any
source other than a new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle
engine, as described in section 202(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C.
7521(a)).

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