HR 3762 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

To require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency in order to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the United States by 10 percent beginning in 2016, and for other purposes.

Introduced Sep 14, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Sherwood Boehlert R-NY

Latest action · Sep 19, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

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.

IntroducedSep 14, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation by regulation to prescribe (corporate) average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for automobiles manufactured after 2008 that ensure that the CAFE achieved by automobiles manufactured after 2015 is at least 33 miles per gallon, and meets other specified criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to establish separate standards for different classes of automobiles according to size.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish a CAFE credit trading program to allow a manufacturer that exceeds fuel economy standards to sell credits to another manufacturer.

Cosponsors 109

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2005 to Nov 13, 2006; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-NC	Brad Miller	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-CT	Christopher Shays	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-IA	James A. Leach	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-IL	Mark Kirk	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Sep 14, 2005
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Original	Sep 14, 2005
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Sep 19, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Sep 19, 2005
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Sep 19, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Sep 19, 2005
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Sep 19, 2005
D-HI	Ed Case		Sep 19, 2005
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Sep 19, 2005
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Sep 19, 2005
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Sep 19, 2005
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Sep 19, 2005
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Sep 19, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Sep 19, 2005
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Sep 26, 2005
D-WI	David R. Obey		Sep 26, 2005
D-CA	George Miller		Sep 26, 2005
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Sep 26, 2005
D-IL	Lane Evans		Sep 26, 2005
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Sep 26, 2005
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Sep 26, 2005
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Sep 26, 2005
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Sep 26, 2005
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Sep 26, 2005
D-WA	Adam Smith		Sep 29, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Sep 29, 2005
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Sep 29, 2005
D-PA	Tim Holden		Sep 29, 2005
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Sep 29, 2005
D-MA	Barney Frank		Oct 6, 2005
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Oct 6, 2005
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Oct 6, 2005
D-CO	Mark Udall		Oct 6, 2005
D-CA	Sam Farr		Oct 6, 2005
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Dec 6, 2005
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		Dec 6, 2005
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Dec 6, 2005
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Dec 6, 2005
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Feb 7, 2006
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Feb 7, 2006
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Feb 7, 2006
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Feb 7, 2006
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Feb 28, 2006
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Feb 28, 2006
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 29, 2006
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Apr 25, 2006
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Apr 25, 2006
D-VA	James P. Moran		Apr 25, 2006
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Apr 25, 2006
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Apr 27, 2006
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		May 2, 2006
D-CO	Diana DeGette		May 23, 2006
D-NC	David E. Price		May 24, 2006
R-PA	Phil English		Jun 6, 2006
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Jun 8, 2006
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Jun 14, 2006
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jun 15, 2006
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Jun 21, 2006
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jun 22, 2006
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Jun 22, 2006
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Jun 22, 2006
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 22, 2006
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jun 27, 2006
D-GA	David Scott		Jun 28, 2006
R-CA	Mary Bono		Jun 29, 2006
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Jul 10, 2006
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jul 11, 2006
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jul 11, 2006
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jul 13, 2006
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Jul 13, 2006
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jul 13, 2006
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Jul 20, 2006
D-WA	Brian Baird		Jul 24, 2006
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Jul 24, 2006
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jul 25, 2006
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Jul 28, 2006
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Jul 28, 2006
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 28, 2006
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Jul 28, 2006
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Jul 28, 2006
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Sep 6, 2006
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Sep 6, 2006
R-NY	James T. Walsh		Sep 6, 2006
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Sep 7, 2006
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Sep 7, 2006
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Sep 7, 2006
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Sep 14, 2006
R-NY	John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.		Sep 25, 2006
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Nov 13, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Sep 14, 2005
	Energy Subcommittee	Referred Sep 19, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 19, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Sep 14, 2005Introduced in House
Sep 14, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 109-95	A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) TO SET PASSENGER CAR FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS152 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	May 3, 2006

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 5543	To ensure that the average fuel economy achieved by automobiles manufactured after 2016 is no less than 33 miles per gallon, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jun 23, 2006

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency in order to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the United States by 10 percent beginning in 2016, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 14, 2005Introduced in House

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