Donald Manzullo: “The amendment I offer brings to focus a terrible unfunded mandate that has come as a result of the 1990 amendments to…”

“The amendment I offer brings to focus a terrible unfunded mandate that has come as a result of the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. That states as follows: ``In any area that has been nominated to be a severe or extreme ozone nonattainable area, States are required to file a State compliance plan.'' Part of that plan states that any employer that has an excess of 100 employees has to file a plan that certifies that within a year or two employee trips will be reduced by 25 percent. This is known as forced car pooling. The purpose of my amendment here would be to direct that the Commission give No. 1 priority to this unfunded mandate which is costing the States millions and millions of dollars.”