91 STAT. 754 Regulations. Demonstration vehicles.
PUBLIC LAW 9 5 - 9 5 — A U G. 7, 1977 for oxides of nitrogen. The Administrator shall, by regulations promulgated within one hundred and eighty days after enactment of the Clean A i r Act Amendments of 1977, require each manufacturer whose sales represent at least 0.5 per centum of light duty motor vehicle sales in the United States, to build and, on a regular basis, demonstrate the operation of light duty motor vehicles that meet this research objective, in addition to any other applicable standards or requirements for other pollutants under this Act. Such demonstration vehicles shall be submitted to the Administrator no later than model year 1979 and in each model year thereafter. Such demonstration shall, in accordance with applicable regulations, to the greatest extent possible, (A) be designed to encourage the development of new powerplant and emission control technologies that are fuel efficient, (B) assure that the demonstration vehicles are or could reasonably be expected to be within the productive capability of the manufacturers, and (C) assure the utilization of optimum engine, fuel, and emission control systems.". STUDY AND REPORT OF F U E L CONSUMPTION
Report to Congress. 42 USC 7551. Submittal to Congress.
SEC. 203. (a) Following each motor vehicle model year, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall report to the Congress respecting the motor vehicle fuel consumption associated with the standards applicable for the immediately preceding model year. (b) The Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy shall each submit to Congress, as promptly as practicable following submission by the Administrator of the fuel consumption report referred to in subsection (a), separate reports respecting such fuel consumption. STATE GRANTS
42 USC 7.'iM.
SEC. 204. Section 210 of such Act is amended by a d d i n g the following at the end thereof: " G r a n t s may be made under this section by way of reimbursement in any case in which amounts have been expended by the State before the date on which any such g r a n t was made.". COST OF CERTAIN EMISSION CONTROL PARTS
Post, p. 756. 42 USC 7541. Post, p. 755. Ante, pp. 702, 751-753; Post, pp. 758-761, 765, 767, 769, 791. "Designed for emission control."
SEC. 205. Section 207(a) of the Clean A i r Act is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: " (3) The cost of any part, device, or component of any light-duty vehicle that is designed for emission control and which in the instructions issued pursuant to subsection (c)(3) of this section is scheduled for replacement during the useful life of the vehicle in order to maintain compliance with regulations under section 202 of this Act, the failure of which shall not interfere with the normal performance of the vehicle, and the expected retail price of which, including installation costs, is greater than 2 percent of the suggested retail price of such vehicle, shall be borne or reimbursed at the time of replacement by the vehicle manufacturer and such replacement shall be provided without cost to the ultimate purchaser, subsequent purchaser, or dealer. The term 'designed for emission control' as used in the preceding sentence means a catalytic converter, thermal reactor, or other component installed on or in a vehicle for the sole or p r i m a r y purpose of reducing vehicle emissions (not including those vehicle components which were in general use prior to model year 1968 and the p r i m a r y function of which is not related to emission control).".
�
