1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Green Transportation Act”.
Green Transportation Act
A BILL
To amend titles 23 and 49, United States Code, to require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range transportation plans and transportation improvement programs, and for other purposes.
2. Greenhouse gas emissions in long-range transportation plans
Highway planning— Section 134(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Such plans and TIPs shall be developed after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide for reductions in such emissions.”
Public transportation planning— Section 5303(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Such plans and TIPs shall be developed after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide for reductions in such emissions.”
Statewide and nonmetropolitan highway planning— Section 135(a)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Such plans and TIPs shall be developed after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide for reductions in such emissions.”
Statewide and nonmetropolitan public transportation planning— Section 5304(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “Such plans and TIPs shall be developed after consideration of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases (as defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1))) and shall provide for reductions in such emissions.”
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect—
with respect to a metropolitan planning organization that operate within a metropolitan planning area with a population of not less than 200,000, on the date of enactment of this section; and
with respect to a metropolitan planning organization other than a metropolitan planning organization described in paragraph (1), on the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of this section.
3. Consideration of emissions of greenhouse gases
Title 23— Title 23, United States Code, is amended—
in section 134(a)(1)—
by striking “fuel consumption and air pollution” and inserting “fuel consumption and air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions”; and
by striking “minimizing” and inserting “reducing”;
in section 134(i)(2)(H), by striking “play in reducing congestion, pollution,” and inserting “play in reducing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions,”;
in section 134(g)(3)(A), by striking “disaster risk reduction, environmental protection,” and inserting “disaster risk reduction, environmental protection, climate change adaptation and resilience,”;
in section 134(h)(1)(E)—
by striking “promote energy conservation” and inserting “promote energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions”;
by inserting “and public health” after “quality of life”; and
by inserting “, including housing and land use patterns” after “development patterns”;
in section 134(i)(2)(D)(i), by striking “greatest potential to” and inserting “greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and”;
in section 134(i)(5)(A), by inserting “air quality, public health, housing, transportation,” after “conservation,”;
in section 135(d)(1)(E)—
by striking “promote energy conservation” and inserting “promote energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions”;
by inserting “and public health” after “quality of life”; and
by inserting “, including housing and land use patterns” after “development patterns”;
in section 135(d)(1)(I), by striking “mitigate stormwater” and inserting “mitigate stormwater and climate change”;
in section 135(f)(2)(D)(i), by inserting “air quality, public health, housing, transportation,” after “conservation,”;
in section 135(f)(4)(A), by striking “have the greatest potential to” and inserting “have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and”; and
in section 135(f)(8), by striking “play in reducing congestion, pollution,” and inserting “play in reducing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions,”.
Title 49— Title 49, United States Code, is amended—
in section 5303(a)(1), by striking “fuel consumption and air pollution” and inserting “fuel consumption and air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions”;
in section 5303(i)(2)(H), by striking “reducing congestion, pollution,” and inserting “reducing congestion, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions”;
in section 5303(g)(3)(A), by striking “reduction, environmental protection,” and inserting “reduction, environmental protection, climate change adaptation and resilience,”;
in section 5303(h)(1)(E), by striking “promote energy conservation” and inserting “promote energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions”;
in section 5303(h)(1)(I), 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 transportation”;
in section 5303(i)(2)(D), by striking “may have the greatest potential to” and inserting “may have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and”;
in section 5304(d)(1)(E), by striking “promote energy conservation,” and inserting “promote energy conservation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions,”;
in section 5304(f)(2)(D)(i), by striking “resources, environmental protection,” and inserting “resources, environmental protection, climate change adaptation and resilience,”; and
in section 5304(f)(4)(A), by striking “have the greatest potential to” and inserting “have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and”.
4. Use of funds for measuring and monitoring transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State or metropolitan planning organization may use amounts authorized pursuant to section 1101 of the FAST Act to develop standardized models and methodologies for measuring and monitoring transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
5. Submission of reports
States— Section 150(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (3), by striking “and” at the end;
in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(5) the standardized models and methodologies the State uses to measure and monitor transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.”
MPOs— Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, and biennially thereafter, each metropolitan planning organization (as such term is defined in section 134 of title 23, United States Code) 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 emissions.
Analysis— The Secretary of Transportation shall collect and organize the models and methodologies that are submitted pursuant to section 150(e)(5) of title 23, United States Code, and subsection (b) of this section, in a publicly available clearinghouse.