US Congress Senate Bill 1355 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 24 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Modifies average vehicle fuel economy standards, with respect to alternative fuel automobiles, by: excepting natural gas automobiles from maximum fuel economy increase requirements for model years 1993 through 2019 and from minimum driving range requirements for dual fueled automobiles; allowing inclusion in an alternative fuel vehicle of a reserve gasoline tank for incidental or emergency use; requiring reasonably comparable energy efficiency, as compared to a gasoline- or diesel fuel-vehicle (under current law, "equal or superior energy efficiency"); and revising the formula for measuring the fuel economy of a model of gaseous fuel dual fueled automobiles manufactured in models years 1993 through 2019, including by using the model's alternative fuel range as a base.

A bill to provide regulatory parity among alternative fuel vehicles, and for other purposes.

Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]

Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]

Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]

Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1355/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s1355/BILLS-113s1355is.pdf