,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ag1         
#bjae,mr4 ,thune 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,manchin1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,boozman1   
,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1 ,mr4      
,coats1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4
 ,enzi1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4 ,flake1    
,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mr4         
,isakson1 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,ms4        
,murkowski1 ,mr4 ,perdue1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 
,mr4 ,scott1 ,mr4 ,vitter1 and ,mr4     
,wicker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,environment and ,public 
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to improve the      
establishment of any lower ground-level 
ozone standards1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,clean ,air1 ,strong       
,economies ,act or the ,,case ,act4  #b4
 ,ground-level ozone standards          
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law 7including regulations71 in         
promulgating a national primary or      

secondary ambient air quality standard  
for ozone1 the ,administrator of the    
,environmental ,protection ,agency--    
7#a7 shall not make final a national    
primary or secondary ambient air quality
 standard for ozone that is lower than  
the standard established under section  
#ej4ae of title #dj1 ,code of ,federal  
,regulations 7as in effect on ,january  
#a1 #bjae71 until at least #he percent  
of the counties that were nonattainment 
areas under that standard as of ,january
 #cj1 #bjae1 achieve full compliance    
with that standard2  7#b7 shall only    
consider all or part of a county to be a
 nonattainment area under the standard  
on the basis of direct air quality      
monitoring2  7#c7 shall take into       
consideration feasibility and cost2 and 
7#d7 shall include in the regulatory    
impact analysis for the proposed and    
final rule at least #a analysis that    
does not include any calculation of     
benefits resulting from reducing        
emissions of any pollutant other than   

ozone4