HR 670 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

DRIVE Act

Introduced Jan 24, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Eliot L. Engel D-NY

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Latest action · Feb 2, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 24, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Dependence Reduction through Innovation in Vehicles and Energy Act or DRIVE Act - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to publish in the Federal Register an oil savings target and action plan for specified calendar years. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a national media campaign to decrease oil consumption in the United States over the next decade.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop: (1) a fuel efficiency program for passenger car and light truck tires; (2) a program to designate Transit-Oriented Development Corridors; and (3) pilot projects to save oil by reducing vehicle miles traveled.

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) develop a testing and assessment program to determine the fuel economy of heavy duty vehicles; (2) establish a near-term electric transportation deployment program; and (3) implement a fuel and technology neutral program to reduce tailpipe emissions. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe average heavy duty vehicle fuel economy standards.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to make loan guarantees for eligible projects to improve hybrid technologies or to encourage production of efficient hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles.

Requires a specified graduated percentage of passenger cars manufactured by light-duty motor vehicles manufacturers to be fuel choice enabling motor vehicles or alternative fuel automobiles.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow an advanced technology motor vehicles manufacturing tax credit; (2) allow a flexible fuel vehicle tax credit; (3) extend the alternative vehicle tax credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles; (4) allow a fuel-efficient tax credit for private fleets; (5) subject heavy vehicles to the depreciation limitation for certain luxury automobiles; (6) increase the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property tax credit; (7) provide a graduated tax credit for plug-in hybrid electric passenger and light truck vehicles; and (8) allow an idling reduction tax credit for heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway vehicles.

Establishes the Alternative Fueling Infrastructure Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to obligate sums from the Fund for the Clean Cities grant program to increase the availability to consumers of ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels.

Amends the Clean Air Act to prescribe minimum annual quantities of renewable fuel from cellulosic biomass.

Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) require at least a 20% reduction in the federal fleets' petroleum consumption (including that at least 30% of federal vehicles required to be alternative fuel vehicles be flexible fuel hybrid or flexible fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles); (2) submit to Congress an action plan calling for a specified graduated percentage of the nation's ground fuel demand to be supplied by fuels derived from sources other than oil; and (3) carry out a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle prize program.

Cosponsors 83

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 24, 2007 to Jun 10, 2008; 67 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-SCBob InglisOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-INDan BurtonOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-GADavid ScottOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-AZGabrielle GiffordsOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-GAJack KingstonOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-CAJane HarmanOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-WAJay InsleeOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-PAJim GerlachOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-NJJim SaxtonOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-CAJohn CampbellOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYJohn J. HallOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-GAJohn LinderOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-NYJohn R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr.OriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-NELee TerryOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-TNLincoln DavisOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-GALynn A. WestmorelandOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-INMark E. SouderOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-COMark UdallOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-CAMary BonoOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYMichael A. ArcuriOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-ALMike RogersOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-ARMike RossOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-GAPhil GingreyOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-AZRick RenziOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-WIRon KindOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-FLRon KleinOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-ALTerry EverettOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-PATodd Russell PlattsOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-CATom LantosOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-GATom PriceOriginalJan 24, 2007
R-MDWayne T. GilchrestOriginalJan 24, 2007
D-CAJerry McNerneyJan 30, 2007
D-CAZoe LofgrenJan 30, 2007
D-WITammy BaldwinJan 31, 2007
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyFeb 12, 2007
D-GAJohn LewisFeb 16, 2007
R-CTChristopher ShaysFeb 27, 2007
R-CAHoward P. "Buck" McKeonFeb 27, 2007
D-NYJerrold NadlerFeb 27, 2007
R-NYJohn M. McHughFeb 27, 2007
R-TXLamar SmithMar 5, 2007
R-ALJo BonnerMar 9, 2007
R-SCJoe WilsonMar 26, 2007
R-PRLuis G. FortunoMay 1, 2007
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterMay 17, 2007
D-GAJohn BarrowJun 5, 2007
R-ILMark KirkJun 10, 2008

Committees 5

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jan 24, 2007
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Feb 2, 2007
HouseScience, Space, and Technology Committee
Referred Jan 24, 2007
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Jan 31, 2007
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jan 24, 2007
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Jan 24, 2007
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred Jan 25, 2007
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jan 24, 2007

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 2, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
  2. Jan 31, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
  3. Jan 25, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  4. Jan 24, 2007Introduced in House
  5. Jan 24, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E193)
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In the Congressional Record 12

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H6084Jack Kingston R-GAJun 25, 2008
HouseDebate and remarks H5792Roscoe G. Bartlett R-MDJun 20, 2008
HouseDebate and remarks H3330Roscoe G. Bartlett R-MDMay 8, 2008
HouseDebate and remarks H3008Roscoe G. Bartlett R-MDMay 1, 2008
HouseDebate and remarks H13389Jack Kingston R-GANov 8, 2007
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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 4

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

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 110-86DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET PROPOSAL296 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeFeb 7, 2008
Serial No. 110-61ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES: STATE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR STATIONARY AND VEHICULAR APPLICATIONS88 pagesScience, Space, and Technology CommitteeOct 3, 2007
Serial No. 110-32MEMBER PROPOSALS ON ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES79 pagesWays and Means CommitteeApr 24, 2007
Serial No. 110-3THE FISCAL YEAR 2008 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY78 pagesEnergy and Commerce CommitteeFeb 8, 2007

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 339DRIVE ActRelated billJan 18, 2007

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To promote the national security and stability of the United States economy by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign oil through the use of alternative fuels and new vehicle technologies, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
DRIVE Act
Dependence Reduction through Innovation in Vehicles and Energy Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 24, 2007Introduced in House

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