US HB5256 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on November 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on November 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to award grants for projects that (1) replace an existing diesel-powered transport refrigeration unit in a heavy-duty vehicle with an electric unit; (2) purchase and install shore power infrastructure (infrastructure that provides power to the vehicle when it is stationary) or other equipment that enables transport refrigeration units to connect to electric power at places where heavy-duty vehicles congregate; or (3) operate and maintain vehicles, infrastructure, or equipment relating to electric transport refrigeration units and associated shore power.
Title
FREEZER Trucks Act of 2019 Fostering and Realizing Electrification by Encouraging Zero Emission Refrigeration Trucks Act of 2019
Sponsors
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] | Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI] |
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-11-25 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. |
2019-11-25 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. |
2019-11-22 | House | Referred 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. |
2019-11-22 | House | Referred 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. |
2019-11-22 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental protection
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor carriers
Transportation programs funding
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental protection
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor carriers
Transportation programs funding
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5256/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5256/BILLS-116hr5256ih.pdf |