The Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs (the Portfolio Committee), having deliberated and considered the subject matter of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Amendment Bill [B27D-2013], (National Assembly - sec 76), as amended by the Select Committee on Land and Environmental Affairs, on 25 February 2014 and subsequently debated in the National Council of Provinces and referred to the Portfolio Committee on 4 March 2014, reports that it agreed with the amendments in the Amendment Bill.