HR 8635 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2020

Introduced Oct 20, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Mike Levin D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 20, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 20, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2020

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a zero-emission passenger vehicle standard. Specifically, the bill sets a schedule for increasing the percentage of zero-emission vehicles a vehicle manufacturer delivers for sale, culminating in a requirement to sell only zero-emission vehicles from 2035 on. The bill also requires the EPA to establish a zero-emission vehicle credit program that approves one zero-emission vehicle credit for each zero-emission vehicle delivered for sale in the United States and partial credits for qualified electric vehicles based on the estimated proportion of the mileage driven on the battery.

Manufacturers that fail to meet the minimum required percentage of zero-emission vehicle sales must submit to the EPA a quantity of zero-emission vehicle credits sufficient to offset the excess.

Credits may also be sold, transferred, exchanged, or retired in certain circumstances.

The bill imposes civil penalties for the failure to comply with zero-emission vehicle credit standards, with collected penalties being deposited into the Highway Trust Fund. After 2035, the EPA may issue injunctions on the manufacture of passenger vehicles other than zero-emission vehicles.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 20, 2020 to Nov 19, 2020, with 15 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalOct 20, 2020
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalOct 20, 2020
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 20, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Oct 20, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 3

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1487Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019Related billMay 15, 2019
HR 2764Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019Related billMay 16, 2019
S 4823ZEVs Act of 2020Related billOct 20, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

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  1. Oct 20, 2020Introduced in House

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