3.0.0 2446 2023-01-13T04:48:49Z 2023-01-13T04:48:49Z Senate S S 2006-03-16 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-03-17T00:55:58Z American Fuels Act of 2006 109 6223 HR 2006-10-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities. Related bill CRS 2006-03-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-03-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2006-03-16 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2006-04-06 False Energy Administrative procedure Advice and consent of the Senate Agriculture and Food Alcohol as fuel Alternative energy sources Armed Forces and National Security Automobile industry Biomass energy Cellulose Commerce Commercialization Congress Congressional reporting requirements Diesel motor Economics and Public Finance Electric vehicles Emissions trading Energy facilities Energy research Energy security Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency Environmental technology Excise tax Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Fuel consumption Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Government vehicles Income tax Law Mass rapid transit Military research Military vehicles Minimum tax Motor buses Motor vehicle pollution control Motor vehicles Oils and fats Presidential appointments Public Lands and Natural Resources Science, Technology, Communications Service stations Tax credits Tax refunds Taxation Technology assessment Transportation and Public Works Trucks Energy 00 2006-03-16 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-05T20:05:33Z American Fuels Act of 2006 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Energy Security to oversee all federal energy security programs, including the coordination of efforts of federal agencies to assist the United States in achieving full energy independence.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide: (1) a tax credit for production of qualified flexible fuel motor vehicles, including allowance of the credit against the alternative minimum tax; and (2) an alternative fuel retail sales credit.

Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to ensure that diesel sold or introduced into commerce in the United States, on an annual average basis, contains the applicable volume of alternative diesel fuel.

Requires such regulations to provide for the generation of an appropriate amount of credits by any person that refines, blends, or imports diesel that contains a quantity of alternative diesel fuel greater than prescribed quantities.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the alcohol fuel mixture excise tax credit to cellulosic biomass ethanol.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to include within the term alternative fueled vehicle a medium or heavy duty hybrid vehicle.

Sets a deadline by which: (1) any federal property with at least one fuel refueling station must include at least one alternative fuel refueling station; and (2) any alternative fuel refueling station on federally-owned property must permit full public access for the purpose of refueling using alternative fuel.

Amends federal transportation law to require that any bus purchased with funds from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to be a clean fuel bus.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to implement a program to evaluate the commercial and technical viability of advanced technologies for the production of alternative transportation fuels having applications for the Department of Defense.

]]> American Fuels Act of 2006 Display Title American Fuels Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced American Fuels Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-16T05:00:00Z 2006-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.