Bill > S1779

This bill, known as the LOCOMOTIVES Act (Lifting Overburdensome Commerce Obstructions and Motives Act), proposes to amend the Clean Air Act by prohibiting individual states from establishing their own emissions standards for existing locomotives and locomotive engines. Specifically, the bill expands existing federal regulations by adding a new section that comprehensively defines the scope of locomotives subject to federal emissions control. The legislation targets locomotives engaged in interstate commerce, which is defined as common carrier railroad transportation provided for compensation. By making this change, the bill effectively prevents states from creating their own separate emissions regulations for locomotives, thereby creating a uniform national standard for locomotive emissions control. The amendments clarify and broaden the existing language in Section 209(e)(1) of the Clean Air Act, specifically focusing on locomotives and engines used in locomotives that are part of interstate transportation networks. This proposed change would centralize emissions regulation for locomotives at the federal level, potentially limiting state-level environmental regulatory efforts in this specific transportation sector.

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