To promote advanced plug-in hybrid vehicles and vehicle components.
Latest action · Aug 24, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedJul 31, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to: (1) provide loan guarantees for the construction of facilities for the manufacture of advanced vehicle batteries and battery systems; (2) provide grants to state governments, local governments, metropolitan transportation authorities, air pollution control districts, or private or nonprofit entities to carry out projects to encourage the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles or other emerging electric vehicle technologies; (3) provide electric drive transportation education nationwide, including to establish a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle competition known as the Dr. Andrew Frank Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Competition for institutions of higher education; (4) make grants to owners of domestic motor vehicle manufacturing or production facilities for the production of plug-in hybrid electric motors or conversion modules to convert vehicles to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; and (5) provide revolving loans to eligible entities to carry out qualified electric transportation projects. Authorizes appropriations.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide grants to hybrid component manufacturers to encourage domestic production of plug-in electric hybrid vehicles. Authorizes the Secretary to coordinate such grant program with similar state and local programs, including by: (1) establishing matching grant arrangements; and (2) retaining and retraining skilled workers from manufacturing facilities that have recently closed or will close in the near future to produce plug-in electric hybrid vehicles and hybrid components. Authorizes appropriations.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to: (1) revise the definition of "alternative fueled vehicle" to include medium or heavy duty hybrid vehicles for purposes of provisions requiring the acquisition of such vehicles for federal and state fleets; and (2) allow a credit to a fleet that, or covered person who, acquires certain electric drive vehicles. Authorizes appropriations.
Requires: (1) a market assessment to be made for electric drive transportation technologies and hybrid technologies; (2) a study of the implications of the use of plug-in electric vehicles and other types of electric transportation on the electric grid and on the production of electricity from renewable sources; and (3) the Secretary to provide grants to eligible electric utilities to conduct programs to encourage owners of electric drive transportation technologies to use off-peak electricity. Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study, and report to Congress on, the benefits of and barriers to widespread use of plug-in hybrid electric drive vehicles and plug-in electric drive vehicles (city cars). Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 31, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Jul 31, 2007 |
Committees 3
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 Jul 31, 2007Reported Aug 4, 2007 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jul 31, 2007Discharged Aug 4, 2007 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jul 31, 2007Discharged Aug 4, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Aug 24, 2007 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 24, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Aug 3, 2007Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-307, Part I.
- Aug 3, 2007Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
- Aug 3, 2007Committee on Science and Technology discharged.
- Aug 3, 2007Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 194.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3114 | Pete Sessions R-TX | May 7, 2008 |
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
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote advanced plug-in hybrid vehicles and vehicle components.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Alternative energy sources
- Authorization
- Automobile industry
- Building construction
- Commerce
- Competition
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Energy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electric batteries
- Electric power
- Electric power distribution
- Electric utilities
- Electric vehicles
- Energy
- Energy research
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to education
- Federal aid to research
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Fuel cells
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government vehicles
- Grants-in-aid
- Higher education
- Industrial buildings
- Labor and Employment
- Manufacturing industries
- Motor vehicle pollution control
- Occupational retraining
- Research grants
- Revolving funds
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Skilled labor
- Subsidies
- Technological innovations
- Technology assessment
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2007Reported in House
- Jul 31, 2007Introduced in House
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.
