Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2020
Latest action · Oct 20, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
- IntroducedOct 20, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Oct 20, 2020 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Nov 19, 2020 |
Committees 1
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 Oct 20, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2020Introduced in House
- Oct 20, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 179, October 20, 2020, page H5700.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46864 | Alternative Fuels and Vehicles: Legislative Proposals Archived | Report | Jul 28, 2021 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1487 | Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 15, 2019 |
| HR 2764 | Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019 | Related bill | May 16, 2019 |
| S 4823 | ZEVs Act of 2020 | Related bill | Oct 20, 2020 |
| HR 9555 | ZEVs Act of 2022 | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 14, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Clean Air Act to create a national zero-emission vehicle standard, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Civil actions and liability
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Government trust funds
- Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
- Manufacturing
- Roads and highways
- Transportation programs funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2020Introduced 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.
