Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2005
Latest action · Sep 7, 2005 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 202.
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.
- IntroducedJun 16, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2005 - (Sec. 3) Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) use 70% of the funding provided by this Act to provide grants and low-cost revolving loans, on a competitive basis, to a regional, state, local, or tribal agency or port authority with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality and to certain nonprofit organizations (eligible entities) to reduce diesel emissions; (2) provide not less than 50% of such funding to eligible entities for the benefit of public fleets of diesel vehicles; and (3) provide not less than 90% of such funding to eligible entities for projects using a certified engine configuration (new, rebuilt, or remanufactured engine configuration with a more stringent set of emission standards) or a verified technology. Defines "verified technology" as a pollution control technology (including a retrofit technology), advanced truckstop electrification system, or auxiliary power unit that has been verified by the Administrator or the California Air Resources Board.
Limits to 10% the amount of funding available to eligible entities for the development and commercialization of emerging technologies. Defines "emerging technology" as an uncertified technology for which an approvable application and test plan has been submitted for verification to the Administrator or the California Air Resources Board).
Sets forth grant and loan application requirements for eligible entities, priorities for awarding such grants or loans, and criteria for use of funds provided by this Act.
(Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator to: (1) use 30% of the funding provided by this Act to support state grant and loan programs to reduce diesel emissions; (2) provide certain guidance to states for such programs; (3) make funding allocations; and (4) award additional funding (50%) to states that match allocations.
(Sec. 5) Directs the Administrator, not later than one year after funds are first available under this Act and biennially thereafter, to submit to Congress reports evaluating the implementation of programs under this Act.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to inform industry stakeholders (equipment owners and operators, emission and pollution control technology manufacturers, engine and equipment manufacturers, state and local air quality managers, community organizations, and public health, educational, and environmental organizations) of the benefits of eligible technologies (defined as verified or emerging technologies); (2) develop nonfinancial incentives to promote the use of such technologies; (3) develop appropriate guidance to provide credit to a state for emission reductions created by eligible technologies though a Clean Air Act state implementation plan; and (4) in coordination with the Department of Commerce and industry stakeholders, inform foreign countries with air quality problems of the potential of U.S. technology to reduce emissions in those countries.
(Sec. 7) Affirms that nothing in this Act affects any authority under the Clean Air Act in existence prior to the enactment of this Act.
(Sec. 8) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007-FY2011.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 16, 2005 to Jul 27, 2005; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jun 16, 2005 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Jun 16, 2005 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Jun 16, 2005 |
| R-VT | James M. Jeffords | Original | Jun 16, 2005 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Jun 16, 2005 |
| R-TX | Kay Bailey Hutchison | Original | Jun 16, 2005 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Jun 16, 2005 |
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Jun 21, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Jun 21, 2005 | |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Jun 21, 2005 | |
| R-AK | Ted Stevens | Jun 21, 2005 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Jul 1, 2005 | |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Jul 1, 2005 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Jul 1, 2005 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Jul 11, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jun 16, 2005Markup Jul 20, 2005Reported Sep 7, 2005 |
| Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety Subcommittee Subcommittee | Hearings Jul 12, 2005 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2005Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-133.
- Sep 7, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 202.
- Jul 20, 2005Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 12, 2005Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 109-960.
- Jun 16, 2005Introduced in Senate
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6761Text printed S6762 | George V. Voinovich R-OH (text) | Jun 16, 2005 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jul 28, 2005S. 1265, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 20, 2005</p>
- Jul 28, 2005S. 1265, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2005Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 20, 2005
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-960 | S. 1265, THE DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT OF 2005112 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Jul 12, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to make grants and loans available to States and other organizations to strengthen the economy, public health, and environment of the United States by reducing emissions from diesel engines.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Automobile engines
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction equipment
- Diesel motor
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emissions trading
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental technology
- Federal aid to air pollution control
- Government lending
- International Affairs
- International environmental cooperation
- Marine engines
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Railroad equipment
- Revolving funds
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technological innovations
- Technology transfer
- Transportation and Public Works
- Trucks
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2005Reported to Senate
- Jun 16, 2005Introduced in Senate
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.