Fire Protection Act of 2011

Fire Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to exempt a substance listed as acceptable for use as a fire suppression agent for nonresidential applications from the prohibition against introducing into interstate commerce or using any class II substance (specified hydrochlorofluorocarbons).

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1613 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1613

To amend title VI of the Clean Air Act to make a restriction on the use 
of class II substances inapplicable to certain fire suppression agents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2011

Mr. Heck (for himself, Mr. Matheson, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren 
of California, and Mr. Heller) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title VI of the Clean Air Act to make a restriction on the use 
of class II substances inapplicable to certain fire suppression agents.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fire Protection Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FIRE SUPPRESSION AGENTS.

    Section 605(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671d(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (2);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph 
        (3):
            ``(4) is listed as acceptable for use as a fire suppression 
        agent for nonresidential applications in accordance with 
        section 612(c).''.
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