Green Transportation Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3822 To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long- range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 18, 2019 Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, and Mr. TONKO) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to require metropolitan planning organizations to consider green- house gas emissions in long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green Transportation 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:12 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3822.IH H3822 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3822 IH SEC. 2. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN LONG-RANGE 1 TRANSPORTATION PLANS. 2 (a) HIGHWAY PLANNING.—Section 134(c)(2) of title 3 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 4 the following: ‘‘Such plans and TIPs shall be developed 5 after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of 6 greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the 7 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide 8 for reductions in such emissions.’’ 9 (b) PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.—Section 10 5303(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 11 by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such plans and TIPs 12 shall be developed after consideration of direct and indi- 13 rect emissions of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 14 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) 15 and shall provide for reductions in such emissions.’’ 16 (c) STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN HIGHWAY 17 PLANNING.—Section 135(a)(2) of title 23, United States 18 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 19 ‘‘Such plans and TIPs shall be developed after consider- 20 ation of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases 21 (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 22 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide for reductions in 23 such emissions.’’ 24 (d) STATEWIDE AND NONMETROPOLITAN PUBLIC 25 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.—Section 5304(a)(2) of 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:11 Jul 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3822.IH H3822 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3822 IH title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 1 end the following: ‘‘Such plans and TIPs shall be devel- 2 oped after consideration of direct and indirect emissions 3 of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of 4 the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall pro- 5 vide for reductions in such emissions.’’ 6 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 7 this section shall take effect— 8 (1) with respect to a metropolitan planning or- 9 ganization that operate within a metropolitan plan- 10 ning area with a population of not less than 11 200,000, on the date of enactment of this section; 12 and 13 (2) with respect to a metropolitan planning or- 14 ganization other than a metropolitan planning orga- 15 nization described in paragraph (1), on the date that 16 is 4 years after the date of enactment of this sec- 17 tion. 18 SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE 19 GASES. 20 (a) TITLE 23.—Title 23, United States Code, is 21 amended— 22 (1) in section 134(a)(1)— 23 (A) by striking ‘‘fuel consumption and air 24 pollution’’ and inserting ‘‘fuel consumption and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:11 Jul 30, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3822.IH H3822 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3822 IH air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions’’; 1 and 2 (B) by striking ‘‘minimizing’’ and inserting 3 ‘‘reducing’’; 4 (2) in section 134(i)(2)(H), by striking ‘‘play in 5 reducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘play 6 in reducing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas 7 emissions,’’; 8 (3) in section 134(g)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘dis- 9 aster risk reduction, environmental protection,’’ and 10 inserting ‘‘disaster risk reduction, environmental 11 protection, climate change adaptation and resil- 12 ience,’’; 13 (4) in section 134(h)(1)(E)— 14 (A) by striking ‘‘promote energy conserva- 15 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘promote energy conserva- 16 tion, reduce greenhouse gas emissions’’; 17 (B) by inserting ‘‘and public health’’ after 18 ‘‘quality of life’’; and 19 (C) by inserting ‘‘, including housing and 20 land use patterns’’ after ‘‘development pat- 21 terns’’; 22 (5) in section 134(i)(2)(D)(i), by striking 23 ‘‘greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘greatest po- 24 tential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and’’; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:12 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3822.IH H3822 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3822 IH (6) in section 134(i)(5)(A), by inserting ‘‘air 1 quality, public health, housing, transportation,’’ 2 after ‘‘conservation,’’; 3 (7) in section 135(d)(1)(E)— 4 (A) by striking ‘‘promote energy conserva- 5 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘promote energy conserva- 6 tion, reduce greenhouse gas emissions’’; 7 (B) by inserting ‘‘and public health’’ after 8 ‘‘quality of life’’; and 9 (C) by inserting ‘‘, including housing and 10 land use patterns’’ after ‘‘development pat- 11 terns’’; 12 (8) in section 135(d)(1)(I), by striking ‘‘miti- 13 gate stormwater’’ and inserting ‘‘mitigate 14 stormwater and climate change’’; 15 (9) in section 135(f)(2)(D)(i), by inserting ‘‘air 16 quality, public health, housing, transportation,’’ 17 after ‘‘conservation,’’; 18 (10) in section 135(f)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘have 19 the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘have the 20 greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emis- 21 sions and’’; and 22 (11) in section 135(f)(8), by striking ‘‘play in 23 reducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘play 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:12 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3822.IH H3822 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 3822 IH in reducing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas 1 emissions,’’. 2 (b) TITLE 49.—Title 49, United States Code, is 3 amended— 4 (1) in section 5303(a)(1), by striking ‘‘fuel con- 5 sumption and air pollution’’ and inserting ‘‘fuel con- 6 sumption and air pollution and greenhouse gas emis- 7 sions’’; 8 (2) in section 5303(i)(2)(H), by striking ‘‘re- 9 ducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘reduc- 10 ing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions’’; 11 (3) in section 5303(g)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘re- 12 duction, environmental protection,’’ and inserting 13 ‘‘reduction, environmental protection, climate change 14 adaptation and resilience,’’; 15 (4) in section 5303(h)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘pro- 16 mote energy conservation’’ and inserting ‘‘promote 17 energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emis- 18 sions’’; 19 (5) in section 5303(h)(1)(I), by striking ‘‘reli- 20 ability of the transportation system’’ and inserting 21 ‘‘reliability of the transportation system and reduce 22 or mitigate stormwater and climate change impacts 23 of surface transportation’’; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:12 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3822.IH H3822 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 3822 IH (6) in section 5303(i)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘may 1 have the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘may 2 have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas 3 emissions and’’; 4 (7) in section 5304(d)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘pro- 5 mote energy conservation,’’ and inserting ‘‘promote 6 energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emis- 7 sions,’’; 8 (8) in section 5304(f)(2)(D)(i), by striking ‘‘re- 9 sources, environmental protection,’’ and inserting 10 ‘‘resources, environmental protection, climate change 11 adaptation and resilience,’’; and 12 (9) in section 5304(f)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘have 13 the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘have the 14 greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emis- 15 sions and’’. 16 SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS FOR MEASURING AND MONITORING 17 TRANSPORTATION-RELATED GREENHOUSE 18 GAS EMISSIONS. 19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State 20 or metropolitan planning organization may use amounts 21 authorized pursuant to section 1101 of the FAST Act to 22 develop standardized models and methodologies for meas- 23 uring and monitoring transportation-related greenhouse 24 gas emissions. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:12 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3822.IH H3822 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 3822 IH SEC. 5. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS. 1 (a) STATES.—Section 150(e) of title 23, United 2 States Code, is amended— 3 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 4 end; 5 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 6 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 8 ‘‘(5) the standardized models and methodologies 9 the State uses to measure and monitor transpor- 10 tation-related greenhouse gas emissions.’’. 11 (b) MPOS.—Not later than 2 years after the date 12 of enactment of this section, and biennially thereafter, 13 each metropolitan planning organization (as such term is 14 defined in section 134 of title 23, United States Code) 15 shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation the stand- 16 ardized models and methodologies the metropolitan plan- 17 ning organization uses to measure and monitor transpor- 18 tation-related greenhouse gas emissions. 19 (c) ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of Transportation 20 shall collect and organize the models and methodologies 21 that are submitted pursuant to section 150(e)(5) of title 22 23, United States Code, and subsection (b) of this section, 23 in a publicly available clearinghouse. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:12 Jul 27, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3822.IH H3822 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS