Why? Because we would also have to go to the original Clean Air Act to compare. Here is an example of the gobbledy gook in the bill:
(b) PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION.—Section
6 307(d)(7)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7 7607(d)(7)(B)) is amended—
8 (1) by inserting after the second sentence the
9 following: ‘‘If a petition for reconsideration is filed,
10 the Administrator shall take final action on the peti11
tion, including promulgation of final action revising
12 or determining not to revise the action for which re13
consideration is sought, not later than 150 days
14 after the date on which the petition is received by
15 the Administrator, or the petition shall be deemed to
16 be denied for the purpose of judicial review.’’; and
17 (2) by striking ‘‘If the Administrator refuses to
18 convene such a proceeding, such person may seek re19
view of such refusal in the United States court of
20 appeals for the appropriate circuit (as provided in
21 subsection (b) of this section).’’ and inserting the
22 following: ‘‘The person may seek judicial review of
23 such a denial, or of any other final action, by the
24 Administrator, in response to a petition for reconsid25
eration, in the United States Court of Appeals for
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1 the appropriate circuit (as provided in subsection
2 (b)).’’.
3 SEC.
SEC. 2503. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
4 (a) FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT.—Section 113 of the
5 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7413) is amended—
6 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘or title
7 VI,’’ and inserting ‘‘title VI, title VII, or title VIII’’;
8 (2) in subsection (b)—
9 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
10 by striking ‘‘or a major stationary source’’ and
11 inserting ‘‘a major stationary source, covered
12 entity, or covered EGU under title VIII’’; and
13 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or title
14 VI’’ and inserting ‘‘title VI, title VII, or title
15 VIII’’;
16 (3) in subsection (c)—
17 (A) in the first sentence of paragraph (1),
18 by striking ‘‘or title VI (relating to strato19
spheric ozone control),’’ and inserting ‘‘title VI,
20 title VII, or title VIII,’’; and
(B) in the first sentence of paragraph (3),
22 by striking ‘‘or VI’’ and inserting ‘‘VI, VII, or
23 VIII’’;
24 (4) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘or VI’’
25 and inserting ‘‘VI, VII, or VIII’’;
(5) in subsection (f), in the first sentence, by
2 striking ‘‘or VI’’ and inserting ‘‘VI, VII, or VIII’’;
3 and
4 (6) by adding at the end the following:
5 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATOR.—In this sec6
tion, the term ‘Administrator’ includes the head of a Fed7
eral agency responsible for administering provisions of
8 title VII with respect to the provisions.’’.
9 (b) INSPECTIONS, MONITORING, AND ENTRY.—Sec10
tion 114(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7414(a)) is
11 amended by striking ‘‘purpose (i)’’ and all that follows
12 through ‘‘(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘purpose of developing or as13
sisting in the development of any implementation plan
14 under section 110 or 111(d), any standard of performance
15 under section 111, any emission standard under section
16 112, or any regulation under title VII or VIII, for the pur17
pose of determining whether any person is in violation of
18 any such standard or any requirement of such a plan, or
19 for the purpose of’’.
20 ((c) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 304(f) of the Clean Air
21 Act (42 U.S.C. 7604(f)) is amended—
22 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
23 end;
24 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at
25 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following:
2 ‘‘(5) any requirement of title VII or VIII,’’.
3 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS AND JUDICIAL
4 REVIEW.—Section 307 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
5 7607) is amended—
6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, or section
7 306’’ and inserting ‘‘section 306, or title VII or
8 VIII’’;
9 (2) in subsection (b)(1)—
10 (A) by striking ‘‘,,’’ and inserting ‘‘,’’ in
11 each place it appears; and
12 (B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, or
13 under section 120,’’ and inserting ‘‘or 120, any
14 final action under title VII or VIII,’’;
15 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking subpara16
graph (S) and inserting the following:
17 ‘‘(S) the promulgation or revision of any
18 regulation under title VII or VIII,’’; and
19 (4) by adding at the end the following:
20 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF ADMINISTRATOR.—In this sec21
tion, the term ‘Administrator’ includes the head of a Fed22
eral agency responsible for administering provisions of
23 title VII with respect to the provisions.’’.
I'm not even going to format the darn thing. A big giant WTF?????? How can citizens possibly figure out this bill????!!!???? Do I trust Senator Kerry or the writer at Mother Jones? Who the bleep knows?
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