S. 3565: Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008
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S. 3565: Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-24 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1078.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1078. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate areas nominated by local air pollution control districts as air and health quality empowerment zones, which shall be eligible for grants for replacing or retrofitting polluting vehicles and/or engines in order to improve the health of the population living in the zones. Sets forth area eligibility requirements, including: (1) being in nonattainment of specified national ambient air quality standards for ozone or PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter that does not exceed 2.5 micrometers); (2) having specified emission levels from agricultural sources; (3) meeting or exceeding national averages for asthma, school days missed for ozone levels, and unemployment; and (4) being eligible for state or local matching funds. Prohibits an area from being designated unless the relevant district provides satisfactory assurances that the strategic plan (to be contained in its application) will be implemented. Authorizes the Administrator to revoke the designation if the relevant district: (1) has been designated as being in attainment with the air quality standards; or (2) is failing to comply with, or make progress in achieving the goals of, its strategic plan.
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Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · 0 cosponsors
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s3565.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s3565 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110