Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 16, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate areas nominated by local air pollution control districts as air and health quality empowerment zones, which shall be eligible for grants for replacing or retrofitting polluting vehicles and/or engines in order to improve the health of the population living in the zones.
Sets forth area eligibility requirements, including: (1) being in nonattainment of specified national ambient air quality standards for ozone or PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter that does not exceed 2.5 micrometers); (2) having specified emission levels from agricultural sources; (3) meeting or exceeding national averages for asthma, school days missed for ozone levels, and unemployment; and (4) being eligible for state or local matching funds.
Prohibits an area from being designated unless the relevant district provides satisfactory assurances that the strategic plan (to be contained in its application) will be implemented. Authorizes the Administrator to revoke the designation if the relevant district: (1) has been designated as being in attainment with the air quality standards; or (2) is failing to comply with, or make progress in achieving the goals of, its strategic plan.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Sep 16, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3565 | Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008 | Identical bill | Sep 24, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Agricultural machinery
- Agricultural pollution
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Asthma
- California
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to air pollution control
- Health
- Labor and Employment
- Nitrogen oxides
- Ozone
- Public-private partnerships
- Standards
- Strategic planning
- Students
- Unemployment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Introduced in Senate
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