HR 6546 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program Act of 2022

Latest action · Feb 2, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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. IntroducedFeb 1, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish the Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program to award grants on a competitive basis for projects to construct, install, or improve existing wireless charging infrastructure and technology for electric vehicles.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2022 to May 10, 2022; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalFeb 1, 2022
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalFeb 1, 2022
D-NVDina TitusOriginalFeb 1, 2022
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalFeb 1, 2022
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalFeb 1, 2022
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalFeb 1, 2022
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalFeb 1, 2022
D-INAndré CarsonFeb 7, 2022
D-PAMadeleine DeanFeb 9, 2022
D-PADwight EvansFeb 15, 2022
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyFeb 15, 2022
D-MDKweisi MfumeFeb 15, 2022
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterFeb 15, 2022
D-NYPaul TonkoFeb 15, 2022
D-RIDavid N. CicillineFeb 18, 2022
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldFeb 18, 2022
D-OHJoyce BeattyFeb 18, 2022
D-GALucy McBathFeb 18, 2022
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeFeb 18, 2022
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettFeb 18, 2022
D-OHShontel M. BrownMar 3, 2022
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonMar 8, 2022
D-NJAlbio SiresMay 10, 2022
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánMay 10, 2022

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Feb 1, 2022
Environment Subcommittee
Referred Feb 2, 2022
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Feb 1, 2022
Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Referred Feb 2, 2022

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 2, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
  2. Feb 2, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
  3. Feb 1, 2022Introduced in House
  4. Feb 1, 2022Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 20, February 1, 2022, page H331.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Grant Program Act of 2022

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 1, 2022Introduced in House

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