PLOW Storms Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8782 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8782

  To amend the Clean Air Act to include dedicated-use municipal snow 
 removal vehicles and machinery as examples of an emergency vehicle in 
        the definition of covered fleet, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2026

  Mr. Bergman (for himself, Mr. Wied, and Mr. Stauber) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Clean Air Act to include dedicated-use municipal snow 
 removal vehicles and machinery as examples of an emergency vehicle in 
        the definition of covered fleet, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Protecting Lifesaving Operations 
during Winter Storms Act'' or the ``PLOW Storms Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN SNOW REMOVAL VEHICLES AND MACHINERY AS 
              EMERGENCY VEHICLES IN THE DEFINITION OF COVERED FLEET.

    Section 241(5) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7581(5)) is amended 
by striking ``emergency vehicles,'' and inserting ``emergency vehicles 
(including dedicated-use vehicles and machinery owned or operated by a 
unit of State, local, or tribal government and used primarily for the 
clearance of snow or ice from, or the application of anti-icing or de-
icing material to, public roads, public rights-of-way, or other public 
property),''.
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