{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-16139","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 16139","heading":"Settlement agreement provisions","body":"In any settlement agreement regarding alleged violations of environmental law in which a defendant agrees to perform a diesel emissions reduction Supplemental Environmental Project, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall require the defendant to include in the settlement documents a certification under penalty of law that the defendant would have agreed to perform a comparably valued, alternative project other than a diesel emissions reduction Supplemental Environmental Project if the Administrator were precluded by law from accepting a diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Project. A failure by the Administrator to include this language in such a settlement agreement shall not create a cause of action against the United States under the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.] or any other law or create a basis for overturning a settlement agreement entered into by the United States.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 149—NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"3c6ebd7def2042e97d559c4d69f2564508d3cb5432cec5dd10f245f5c431a3c7","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-16138","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-16151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}