HR 1300 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

PROGRESS Act

Introduced Mar 1, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Steny H. Hoyer D-MD

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Latest action · Mar 28, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 1, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Program for Real Energy Security Act or the PROGRESS Act - Establishes the National Commission on Energy Security and Transition to New Fuels. Sets forth the duties of the Commission, including to make recommendations to Congress and the President for: (1) preserving the national energy security in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster; and (2) reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil over a specified period.

Establishes: (1) the New Manhattan Center for High Efficiency Vehicles; and (2) the Advisory Council on Federal Participation. Requires the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of grants to federal and private sector researchers (including the Center) to research and develop alternative fuels and technologies to improve the productivity of U.S. automotive firms in the manufacture of high efficiency vehicles.

Establishes a grant program to provide assistance to retail and wholesale motor fuel dealers or other entities to install, replace, or convert motor fuel storage and dispensing infrastructure for use in the storage and dispensing of biobased fuels.

Sets forth requirements calling for: (1) the production and distribution of biobased fuels (ethanol) and deployment of new engine technologies for fuel-flexible, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and biodiesel vehicles; (2) greater use of alternative fuels in dual fueled vehicles operating in the federal fleet; and (3) the increase and expansion of employer-provided mass transit fringe benefits.

Transit Rail Accommodation Improvement and Needs Act - Allows for the shared use of rail carrier trackage and rail rights-of-way by mass transportation authorities. Authorizes capital investment grants to improve intercity passenger rail service.

Allows a tax credit to holders of qualified high-speed rail infrastructure bonds.

Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2007 - Establishes a capital grant program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad track of class II and class III railroads. Requires the issuance of regulations implementing reliability standards for the safe transportation of energy supplies by rail.

Cosponsors 110

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2007 to May 1, 2007; 101 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-TNBart GordonOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MIBart StupakOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-OHBetty SuttonOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NCBrad MillerOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-GADavid ScottOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CADennis A. CardozaOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CADiane E. WatsonOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NDEarl PomeroyOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-AZGabrielle GiffordsOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MOIke SkeltonOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-PAJason AltmireOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-TNLincoln DavisOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-ARMarion BerryOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-COMark UdallOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-ILMelissa L. BeanOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYMichael A. ArcuriOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-ARMike RossOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-VARick BoucherOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-WARick LarsenOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-WIRon KindOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NJRush HoltOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MORuss CarnahanOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-TXSilvestre ReyesOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-SDStephanie Herseth SandlinOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-MNTimothy J. WalzOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-CATom LantosOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-ARVic SnyderOriginalMar 1, 2007
D-HIMazie K. HironoMar 12, 2007
D-VTPeter WelchMar 12, 2007
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeMar 12, 2007
D-INBaron P. HillApr 16, 2007
D-CTJoe CourtneyApr 16, 2007
D-WIDavid R. ObeyApr 18, 2007
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Apr 18, 2007
D-CAJim CostaMay 1, 2007
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardMay 1, 2007

Committees 8

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2007
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Mar 5, 2007
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2007
Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee
Referred Mar 28, 2007
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2007
HouseRules Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2007
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2007
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Mar 5, 2007
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2007
HouseCommittee on House Administration
Referred Mar 1, 2007
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Mar 1, 2007
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred Mar 2, 2007
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
Referred Mar 2, 2007

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 28, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
  2. Mar 5, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
  3. Mar 5, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
  4. Mar 2, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  5. Mar 2, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
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Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced
To strengthen national security and promote energy independence by reducing the Nation's reliance on foreign oil, improving vehicle technology and efficiency, increasing the distribution of alternative fuels, bolstering rail infrastructure, and expanding access to public transit.
Short Titles as Introduced
Program for Real Energy Security Act
PROGRESS Act
Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
Railroad Track Modernization Act of 2007
Transit Rail Accommodation Improvement and Needs Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 1, 2007Introduced in House

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