To provide a temporary waiver from certain transportation conformity requirements and metropolitan transportation planning requirements under the Clean Air Act and under other laws for certain areas in New York where the planning offices and resources have been destroyed by acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.
Public Law 107-230 · H.R. 3880 · 107th Congress · began in the House
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Oct 1, 2002 · Environmental Protection
Sponsor: Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY-13)
Cosponsors (19): Rep. Ed Towns, Rep. Gregory Meeks,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 377 yea, 0 nay377–0
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Waives, until September 30, 2005, application of: (1) Clean Air Act (CAA) provisions, and regulations thereunder, that prohibit Federal or metropolitan planning organization support for activities not conforming with approved State implementation plans for national primary and secondary ambient air quality standards to transportation projects, programs, and plans, for the Counties of New York, Queens, Kings, Bronx, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam or the towns of Blooming Grove, Chester, Highlands, Monroe, Tuxedo, Warwick, and Woodbury in Orange County, New York; and (2) certain Federal-aid highway and general metropolitan transportation planning requirements to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council or the Metropolitan Planning Organization designated under Federal-aid highway provisions.
Requires the Governor of New York to report to Congress, including a regional emissions analysis, on the status of the State's progress toward achieving compliance with such CAA provisions and regulations.
Prohibits during the waiver allowed under this Act: (1) addition of any regionally significant capacity expanding highway project to the Regional Transportation Plan for the counties referred to above; or (2) advancement of such a project from the out years of the Plan into the transportation improvement program for the area. Excepts from this prohibition a capacity expanding project south of Canal Street and West of Broadway in Manhattan if the project is part of a lower Manhattan redevelopment plan subject to Federal and State environmental assessment requirements and any projected increases in transportation-related emissions are offset by corresponding reductions within the affected county, with best efforts made to achieve reductions from within the immediate area affected by the project's emissions.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 107th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 377 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
377 yea0 nay56 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(186)
Rep. Bob FilnerD-CA-50
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-13
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-14
Rep. Barbara LeeD-CA-9
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1
Rep. Maurice HincheyD-NY-26
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Jan SchakowskyD-IL-9
Rep. Dennis KucinichD-OH-10
Rep. Michael CapuanoD-MA-8
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Tammy BaldwinD-WI-2
Rep. Jim McGovernD-MA-3
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. Stephanie JonesD-OH-11
Rep. Lynn WoolseyD-CA-6
Rep. John TierneyD-MA-6
Rep. Jesse JacksonD-IL-2
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. Mike HondaD-CA-15- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Alcee HastingsD-FL-23
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-28- Rep. Earl HilliardD-AL-7
Rep. Mel WattD-NC-12
Rep. Sherrod BrownD-OH-13- Rep. Cynthia McKinneyD-GA-4
Rep. Tom UdallD-NM-3
Rep. Diana DeGetteD-CO-1
Rep. Hilda SolisD-CA-31
Rep. Lloyd DoggettD-TX-10
Rep. Diane WatsonD-CA-32
Rep. Robert BradyD-PA-1
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-8
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-8- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Bennie ThompsonD-MS-2
Rep. Sam FarrD-CA-17
Rep. Danny DavisD-IL-7
Rep. Wm. ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Chaka FattahD-PA-2
Rep. Mark UdallD-CO-2
Rep. Xavier BecerraD-CA-30- Rep. Eva ClaytonD-NC-1
Rep. Lucille Roybal-AllardD-CA-33
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-15
Rep. Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
Rep. Rush HoltD-NJ-12
Rep. Carolyn KilpatrickD-MI-15
Rep. Luis GutiérrezD-IL-4
Rep. Bobby ScottD-VA-3
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-6
Rep. Eddie JohnsonD-TX-30
Rep. Bart StupakD-MI-1
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-29
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-21
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Lynn RiversD-MI-13
- Rep. Carrie MeekD-FL-17
Rep. Grace NapolitanoD-CA-34
Rep. Mike ThompsonD-CA-1- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Bobby RushD-IL-1
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. Betty McCollumD-MN-4- Rep. Marty MeehanD-MA-5
- Rep. Julia CarsonD-IN-10
Rep. Anthony WeinerD-NY-9
Rep. Brian BairdD-WA-3- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-29
Rep. Elijah CummingsD-MD-7- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
- Rep. Ted StricklandD-OH-6
Rep. Tom AllenD-ME-1
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-5- Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonaldD-CA-37
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Loretta SanchezD-CA-46
Rep. Zoe LofgrenD-CA-16
Rep. Jim ClyburnD-SC-6
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-18- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-5
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. David WuD-OR-1- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-12
Rep. Anna EshooD-CA-14
Rep. Ed PastorD-AZ-2
Rep. Jay InsleeD-WA-1- Rep. Karen McCarthyD-MO-5
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-12
Rep. Ciro RodriguezD-TX-28
Rep. Bob MenendezD-NJ-13
Rep. Brad ShermanD-CA-24
Rep. Jim LangevinD-RI-2
Rep. Robert WexlerD-FL-19
Rep. John LarsonD-CT-1
Rep. Rick LarsenD-WA-2
Rep. Lois CappsD-CA-22- Rep. John BaldacciD-ME-2
Rep. Charlie GonzalezD-TX-20
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-17- Rep. Peter DeutschD-FL-20
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1- Rep. Joseph HoeffelD-PA-13
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. Bill PascrellD-NJ-8
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Joe BacaD-CA-42
Rep. Steven RothmanD-NJ-9
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-9
Rep. Susan DavisD-CA-49- Rep. William LutherD-MN-6
- Rep. Karen ThurmanD-FL-5
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-12
Rep. Shelley BerkleyD-NV-1
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-3
Rep. Darlene HooleyD-OR-5
Rep. Gene GreenD-TX-29- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Dennis MooreD-KS-3
Rep. Nick LampsonD-TX-9- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
- Rep. Rod BlagojevichD-IL-5
Rep. Ron KindD-WI-3
Rep. Bob EtheridgeD-NC-2
Rep. Rubén HinojosaD-TX-15
Rep. Adam SchiffD-CA-27
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Silvestre ReyesD-TX-16
Rep. Ellen TauscherD-CA-10- Rep. Max SandlinD-TX-1
Rep. Michael DoyleD-PA-18
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8- Rep. Ken BentsenD-TX-25
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Carolyn McCarthyD-NY-4- Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-18
Rep. Steve IsraelD-NY-2
Rep. Jane HarmanD-CA-36- Rep. Jim DavisD-FL-11
Rep. Adam SmithD-WA-9
Rep. Earl PomeroyD-ND
Rep. Marion BerryD-AR-1
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Leonard BoswellD-IA-3
Rep. Vic SnyderD-AR-2
Rep. Baron HillD-IN-9
Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11- Rep. James MaloneyD-CT-5
- Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
- Rep. Brad CarsonD-OK-2
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. Allen BoydD-FL-2
Rep. Jim MathesonD-UT-2
Rep. Mike McIntyreD-NC-7
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Mike RossD-AR-4- Rep. Jim TurnerD-TX-2
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Tim HoldenD-PA-6
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. David PhelpsD-IL-19
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-3
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5- Rep. James BarciaD-MI-5
- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
- Rep. Chris JohnD-LA-7
- Rep. Ronnie ShowsD-MS-4
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5- Rep. Ken LucasD-KY-4
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Republicans who voted yea(190)
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-20
- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Michael CastleR-DE- Rep. Stephen HornR-CA-38
- Rep. Greg GanskeR-IA-4
Rep. Frank LoBiondoR-NJ-2- Rep. Jack QuinnR-NY-30
Rep. Timothy JohnsonR-IL-15- Rep. Rob SimmonsR-CT-2
- Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
Rep. John ThuneR-SD
Rep. Steven LaTouretteR-OH-19- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-31
Rep. John McHughR-NY-24- Rep. Doug OseR-CA-3
Rep. Shelley CapitoR-WV-2- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Felix GrucciR-NY-1
Rep. Heather WilsonR-NM-1
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Todd PlattsR-PA-19
Rep. Mark KirkR-IL-10
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10- Rep. Mark FoleyR-FL-16
- Rep. Jim GreenwoodR-PA-8
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-3- Rep. Sue KellyR-NY-19
- Rep. Tom OsborneR-NE-3
Rep. Ray LaHoodR-IL-18
Rep. Lindsey GrahamR-SC-3
Rep. Phil EnglishR-PA-21
Rep. Mary Bono MackR-CA-44
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Mike FergusonR-NJ-7
Rep. Jo Ann EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-6- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5- Rep. Ernie FletcherR-KY-6
Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenR-NJ-11- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-22
- Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
Rep. Charlie BassR-NH-2- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Tom LathamR-IA-5
Rep. Zach WampR-TN-3- Rep. Anne NorthupR-KY-3
- Rep. Bob NeyR-OH-18
Rep. Kay GrangerR-TX-12
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7
Rep. Greg WaldenR-OR-2
Rep. Denny RehbergR-MT
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-40
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-10- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-21
Rep. Deborah PryceR-OH-15
Rep. Judy BiggertR-IL-13
Rep. John ShimkusR-IL-20
Rep. Thomas ReynoldsR-NY-27
Rep. Ed WhitfieldR-KY-1
Rep. Vernon EhlersR-MI-3
Rep. Johnny IsaksonR-GA-6
Rep. Ken CalvertR-CA-43
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-23
Rep. Buck McKeonR-CA-25
Rep. Joe KnollenbergR-MI-11- Rep. Don SherwoodR-PA-10
Rep. John PetersonR-PA-5- Rep. Ernest IstookR-OK-5
Rep. Kenny HulshofR-MO-9- Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Steve BuyerR-IN-5- Rep. Jim NussleR-IA-2
- Rep. John CookseyR-LA-5
- Rep. Jennifer DunnR-WA-8
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. John BoozmanR-AR-3
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-4
Rep. Mike SimpsonR-ID-2
Rep. Spencer BachusR-AL-6
Rep. Ander CrenshawR-FL-4
Rep. Jerry WellerR-IL-11
Rep. Vito FossellaR-NY-13
Rep. Henry BrownR-SC-1
Rep. Darrell IssaR-CA-48- Rep. Melissa HartR-PA-4
- Rep. George NethercuttR-WA-5
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. David DreierR-CA-28- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
- Rep. Billy TauzinR-LA-3
- Rep. Michael BilirakisR-FL-9
Rep. Robin HayesR-NC-8- Rep. Cass BallengerR-NC-10
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Saxby ChamblissR-GA-8
Rep. Mike RogersR-MI-8- Rep. Bill JenkinsR-TN-1
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8
Rep. Frank LucasR-OK-6
Rep. Bill ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Richard BurrR-NC-5- Rep. J.C. WattsR-OK-4
Rep. Chip PickeringR-MS-3
Rep. Roger WickerR-MS-1- Rep. Porter GossR-FL-14
Rep. Ron LewisR-KY-2
Rep. John MicaR-FL-7
Rep. Rob PortmanR-OH-2
Rep. Robert AderholtR-AL-4- Rep. Ed SchrockR-VA-2
Rep. Sam GravesR-MO-6
Rep. Lee TerryR-NE-2
Rep. Adam PutnamR-FL-12
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-52- Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. George RadanovichR-CA-19- Rep. Henry BonillaR-TX-23
- Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
- Rep. Ed BryantR-TN-7
Rep. Randy ForbesR-VA-4- Rep. Dan MillerR-FL-13
Rep. John LinderR-GA-11
Rep. Roy BluntR-MO-7
Rep. Pat TiberiR-OH-12
Rep. John SullivanR-OK-1
Rep. David VitterR-LA-1
Rep. Kevin BradyR-TX-8- Rep. Scott McInnisR-CO-3
Rep. Joe WilsonR-SC-2- Rep. Jo Ann DavisR-VA-1
Rep. Todd TiahrtR-KS-4
Rep. Terry EverettR-AL-2
Rep. Ric KellerR-FL-8
Rep. Nathan DealR-GA-9
Rep. Jerry MoranR-KS-1
Rep. Mac ThornberryR-TX-13- Rep. Charlie NorwoodR-GA-10
Rep. Jack KingstonR-GA-1
Rep. Donald ManzulloR-IL-16
Rep. Paul RyanR-WI-1- Rep. Mark GreenR-WI-8
Rep. Gary MillerR-CA-41- Rep. Richard ArmeyR-TX-26
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6- Rep. Richard PomboR-CA-11
Rep. Joe BartonR-TX-6
Rep. Eric CantorR-VA-7
Rep. Sue MyrickR-NC-9
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Chris CannonR-UT-3- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Barbara CubinR-WY
Rep. Pete HoekstraR-MI-2- Rep. J.D. HayworthR-AZ-6
Rep. Roscoe BartlettR-MD-6
Rep. Dave WeldonR-FL-15- Rep. Mark KennedyR-MN-2
Rep. Jim DeMintR-SC-4
Rep. Bob GoodlatteR-VA-6
Rep. Pete SessionsR-TX-5
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3
Rep. Joseph PittsR-PA-16
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Sam JohnsonR-TX-3
Rep. Steve ChabotR-OH-1- Rep. Jim RyunR-KS-2
- Rep. Butch OtterR-ID-1
- Rep. Bob BarrR-GA-7
Rep. John CulbersonR-TX-7
Rep. Cliff StearnsR-FL-6
Rep. Mike PenceR-IN-2
Rep. John ShadeggR-AZ-4
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-45
Rep. Pat ToomeyR-PA-15- Rep. Brian KernsR-IN-7
Rep. Jimmy DuncanR-TN-2- Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-8
Rep. Ed RoyceR-CA-39
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9- Rep. John HostettlerR-IN-8
- Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Tom TancredoR-CO-6
Rep. Ron PaulR-TX-14
Rep. Jeff FlakeR-AZ-1
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 888 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. 1 yea vote was cast by members of neither major party and is highlighted on the compass but not listed. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Energy and Commerce Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Energy Subcommittee- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 18 actions.
- Oct 1, 2002Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 107-230.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Sep 20, 2002PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Sep 12, 2002FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 10, 2002FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 377 - 0 (Roll no. 382).House roll call 382
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Upton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 9, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Sep 5, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Jul 24, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Mar 26, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Energy Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Mar 7, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Mar 6, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Energy and Commerce Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.