PRINTER'S NO. 127
No. 13 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY COWELL, MISCEVICH, IRVIS, DeLUCA, ITKIN, PRESTON,
TRELLO, MARKOSEK, MRKONIC, DALEY, EVANS, VAN HORNE, DAWIDA,
MAYERNIK, PISTELLA, SEVENTY, MICHLOVIC, PETRARCA, MARMION,
DUFFY, COLE, POTT, BOOK, GAMBLE, RICHARDSON, DEAL, MURPHY,
CLARK, OLASZ AND PETRONE, FEBRUARY 1, 1983
ADOPTED, FEBRUARY 8, 1983
A RESOLUTION
1 Requiring the Committee on Federal-State Relations to meet with
2 certain members of Congress concerning auto emission
3 inspection program.
4 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been ordered by
5 a Federal district court to implement a vehicle emission
6 inspection program in several regions of the Commonwealth; and
7 WHEREAS, Subsequent to the General Assembly's enactment of
8 legislation prohibiting the use of public moneys by any agency
9 of State government for the establishment and administration of
10 any such emission inspection system, the Federal district court
11 prohibited the commitment of Federal funds for various highway
12 and bridge projects in Pennsylvania; and
13 WHEREAS, The Federal court's order to implement the emission
14 inspection program and the court's prohibition of the commitment
15 of Federal highway and bridge funds is predicated upon
16 provisions of Federal law; and
17 WHEREAS, The House of Representatives continues to believe
1 the emission inspection program as ordered by the Federal court
2 is unfair and unnecessary and the House of Representatives is
3 concerned about the safety and economic consequences of the
4 court's prohibition concerning the commitment of highway and
5 bridge funds; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the
7 Committee on Federal-State Relations to meet with the
8 Pennsylvania delegation in the United States Congress and any
9 other appropriate Federal officials to express the concerns and
10 objections of House members to the Federal court actions
11 relating to a vehicle emission inspection program and the
12 withholding of Federal funds for various highway and bridge
13 projects; and be it further
14 RESOLVED, That the Federal-State Relations Committee is
15 instructed to seek Congressional support for amendments to
16 Federal law which would eliminate Federal authorization for the
17 use of mandatory vehicle emission inspection programs and the
18 withholding of Federal highway and bridge funds for
19 noncompliance with provisions of the Clean Air Law.
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