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The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program Assessing 10 Years of Experience -- Special Report 264 (2002) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A - Text of Congressional Request
Pages 171-172

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... Study -- The Secretary and the Administrator of the En vironmental Protection Agency shall enter into arrange ments with the National Academy of Sciences to com plete, but not later than January 1, 2001, a study of the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement pro gram under section 149 of title 23, United States Code.
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... , the National Academy of Sciences shall transmit to the Secretary, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the results of the study with recom mendations for modifications to the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program in light of the results of the study.
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