National Fuel Savings and Security Act of 2002
Latest action · Feb 8, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets minimum annual fuel economy standards that manufacturers of cars and trucks must meet and levels they must reach by 2010.
Allows States to permit vehicles occupied by one person to use HOV lanes if a vehicle is a hybrid or runs totally on alternative fuel.
Directs the Secretary, with technical assistance from the Administrator, to devise a system in which manufacturers can sell credits earned for cars and trucks exceeding fuel economy standards.
Requires that trucks, as well as cars, display a label with environmental information such as fuel economy and annual fuel cost. Requires manufacturers to add a logo to the existing label or to add a separate green label detailing a vehicle's performance in meeting criteria developed by the Administrator on fuel economy and greenhouse gas and other emissions.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2002 to Mar 5, 2002, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-SC | Ernest F. Hollings | Original | Feb 8, 2002 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Mar 5, 2002 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Mar 5, 2002 | |
| I-VT | James M. Jeffords | Mar 5, 2002 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Mar 5, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Mar 5, 2002 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Feb 8, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Air bag restraint systems
- Air pollution measurement
- Alternative fuels
- Automobile fuel consumption
- Automobile industry
- Automobile safety standards
- Automotive engineering
- Awards, medals, prizes
- Car pools
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer education
- Department of Transportation
- Eco-labeling
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric vehicles
- Emissions trading
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Federal aid to transportation
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Green marketing
- Hydrogen as fuel
- Labeling
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Liquefied natural gas
- Liquefied petroleum gas
- Methanol
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Motor vehicle safety
- Natural gas vehicles
- Petroleum
- Petroleum conservation
- Recycling of waste products
- Research and development contracts
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Seat belts
- Standards
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation research
- Trucks
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.
