End Southeast Wisconsin's ozone nonattainment mandate and related federally mandated compliance burdens, including vehicle emissions testing, by allowing states to prove that out-of-state pollution is driving the nonattainment status.

Thomas P. Tiffany · Wisconsin · Republican

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"Four decades later and with cleaner vehicles on the road, it is time to end this non-attainment zone mandate and stop burdening drivers with a system that cannot prove it works," said Congressman Tom Tiffany.

Tiffany introduced the Fair Air Standards Act and said it is time to end the ozone nonattainment mandate that forces Wisconsin drivers to complete emissions testing; the release says the bill would create an EPA petition process to redesignate affected areas when pollution comes from outside the state.

Wisconsin Congressmen Introduce Fair Air Standards Act, Addressing Ozone Nonattainment, Vehicle Emissions Testing | Representative Tom Tiffany
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introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill record shows the Fair Air Standards Act was introduced with Tiffany as a cosponsor and referred to committee, with no enacted-law status shown. This is concrete effort but not delivery.

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H.R. 8529 (IH) - Fair Air Standards Act - BILLS-119hr8529ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Vehicles customarily kept in one of these seven southeastern Wisconsin counties require an emissions test

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Current Wisconsin DMV guidance still says emissions testing is required in the affected southeastern Wisconsin counties, so the promised burden has not been ended.

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Wisconsin DMV Official Government Site - Emission test
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