,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #chbb ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,july #ah1 #bjai,mr4 ,doggett 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 and ,mr4 ,tonko7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,transportation and ,infrastructure ,a ,,bill ,to amend titles #bc and #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 to require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,green ,transportation ,act4 #b4 ,greenhouse gas emissions in long-range transportation plans 7a7 ,highway planning ,section #acd7;c77#b7 of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 ,such plans and ,t,i,ps shall be developed after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases 7as defined in section #baa7o77#a7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#a777 and shall provide for reductions in such emissions4 7b7 ,public transportation planning ,section #ecjc7;c77#b7 of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 ,such plans and ,t,i,ps shall be developed after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases 7as defined in section #baa7o77#a7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#a777 and shall provide for reductions in such emissions4 7c7 ,statewide and nonmetropolitan highway planning ,section #ace7;a77#b7 of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 ,such plans and ,t,i,ps shall be developed after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases 7as defined in section #baa7o77#a7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#a777 and shall provide for reductions in such emissions4 7d7 ,statewide and nonmetropolitan public transportation planning ,section #ecjd7;a77#b7 of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 ,such plans and ,t,i,ps shall be developed after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases 7as defined in section #baa7o77#a7 of the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gede7o77#a777 and shall provide for reductions in such emissions4 7e7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall take effect-- 7#a7 with respect to a metropolitan planning organization that operate within a metropolitan planning area with a population of not less than #bjj1jjj1 on the date of enactment of this section2 and 7#b7 with respect to a metropolitan planning organization other than a metropolitan planning organization described in paragraph 7#a71 on the date that is #d years after the date of enactment of this section4 #c4 ,consideration of emissions of greenhouse gases 7a7 ,title #bc ,title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #acd7;a77#a7-- 7,a7 by striking fuel consumption and air pollution and inserting fuel consumption and air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions2 and 7,b7 by striking minimizing and inserting reducing2 7#b7 in section #acd7;i77#b77;,h71 by striking play in reducing congestion1 pollution1 and inserting play in reducing congestion1 pollution1 greenhouse gas emissions12 7#c7 in section #acd7;g77#c77;,a71 by striking disaster risk reduction1 environmental protection1 and inserting disaster risk reduction1 environmental protection1 climate change adaptation and resilience12 7#d7 in section #acd7;h77#a77;,e7-- 7,a7 by striking promote energy conservation and inserting promote energy conservation1 reduce greenhouse gas emissions2 7,b7 by inserting and public health after quality of life2 and 7,c7 by inserting 1 including housing and land use patterns after development patterns2 7#e7 in section #acd7;i77#b77;,d77i71 by striking greatest potential to and inserting greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and2 7#f7 in section #acd7;i77#e77;,a71 by inserting air quality1 public health1 housing1 transportation1 after conservation12 7#g7 in section #ace7;d77#a77;,e7-- 7,a7 by striking promote energy conservation and inserting promote energy conservation1 reduce greenhouse gas emissions2 7,b7 by inserting and public health after quality of life2 and 7,c7 by inserting 1 including housing and land use patterns after development patterns2 7#h7 in section #ace7;d77#a77;,i71 by striking mitigate stormwater and inserting mitigate stormwater and climate change2 7#i7 in section #ace7;f77#b77;,d77i71 by inserting air quality1 public health1 housing1 transportation1 after conservation12 7#aj7 in section #ace7;f77#d77;,a71 by striking have the greatest potential to and inserting have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and2 and 7#aa7 in section #ace7;f77#h71 by striking play in reducing congestion1 pollution1 and inserting play in reducing congestion1 pollution1 greenhouse gas emissions14 7b7 ,title #di ,title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #ecjc7;a77#a71 by striking fuel consumption and air pollution and inserting fuel consumption and air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions2 7#b7 in section #ecjc7;i77#b77;,h71 by striking reducing congestion1 pollution1 and inserting reducing congestion1 pollution1 greenhouse gas emissions2 7#c7 in section #ecjc7;g77#c77;,a71 by striking reduction1 environmental protection1 and inserting reduction1 environmental protection1 climate change adaptation and resilience12 7#d7 in section #ecjc7;h77#a77;,e71 by striking promote energy conservation and inserting promote energy conservation1 reduce greenhouse gas emissions2 7#e7 in section #ecjc7;h77#a77;,i71 by striking reliability of the transportation system and inserting reliability of the transportation system and reduce or mitigate stormwater and climate change impacts of surface transportation2 7#f7 in section #ecjc7;i77#b77;,d71 by striking may have the greatest potential to and inserting may have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and2 7#g7 in section #ecjd7;d77#a77;,e71 by striking promote energy conservation1 and inserting promote energy conservation1 reduce greenhouse gas emissions12 7#h7 in section #ecjd7;f77#b77;,d77i71 by striking resources1 environmental protection1 and inserting resources1 environmental protection1 climate change adaptation and resilience12 and 7#i7 in section #ecjd7;f77#d77;,a71 by striking have the greatest potential to and inserting have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and4 #d4 ,use of funds for measuring and monitoring transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 a ,state or metropolitan planning organization may use amounts authorized pursuant to section #aaja of the ,,fast ,act to develop standardized models and methodologies for measuring and monitoring transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions4 #e4 ,submission of reports 7a7 ,states ,section #aej7;e7 of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking and at the end2 7#b7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking the period and inserting 2 and2 and 7#c7 by adding at the end the following3 7#e7 the standardized models and methodologies the ,state uses to measure and monitor transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions4 4 7b7 ,m,p,os ,not later than #b years after the date of enactment of this section1 and biennially thereafter1 each metropolitan planning organization 7as such term is defined in section #acd of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code7 shall submit to the ,secretary of ,transportation the standardized models and methodologies the metropolitan planning organization uses to measure and monitor transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions4 7c7 ,analysis ,the ,secretary of ,transportation shall collect and organize the models and methodologies that are submitted pursuant to section #aej7;e77#e7 of title #bc1 ,united ,states ,code1 and subsection 7b7 of this section1 in a publicly available clearinghouse4