Whitfield (R-KY) - Amendment No. 1 - Addresses the CBO estimate and clarifies that no new funds are authorized, and the costs for two studies and reports to Congress required under the bill are to be covered by EPA’s existing budget (10 minutes)
Rush (D-IL) - Amendment No. 2 - Would nullify the provisions of Section 3(d) of the bill that provide relief to permit applicants if EPA fails to issue implementation regulations at the same time it revises new standards (10 minutes)
Pallone (D-NJ) - Amendment No. 3 - Would strike Section 3(b) which gives discretion to the EPA Administrator to consider technological feasibility when setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards, but only as a secondary matter (10 minutes)
Gosar (R-AZ) - Amendment No. 4 - Would add a provision to ensure that the study required under the bill relating to ozone formation in rural areas include consideration of wildfires (10 minutes)
Polis (D-CO) - Amendment No. 5 - Would make changes to Section 112 of the Clean Air Act which relates to air toxics and the Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) program that have not been considered by the Committee. Would also circumvent the established regulatory process for listing new hazardous air pollutants and sources set forth in the Clean Air Act (10 minutes)
Norton (D-DC) - Amendment No. 6 - Provides that the provisions of the bill would not apply if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Administration, in consultation with the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, finds that the application of any section could harm human health or the environment (10 minutes)
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