3.0.0 2830 2023-01-13T04:48:17Z 2023-01-13T04:48:17Z Senate S S 2006-05-18 109 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-05-18T15:42:36Z 2006-05-18 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4799-4800) IntroReferral 2006-05-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4798-4799) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT N P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2006-05-18 True Transportation and Public Works Administrative procedure Automobile industry Automobiles Commerce Cost effectiveness Department of Transportation Energy Environmental Protection Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fuel consumption Government Operations and Politics Law Research and development Science, Technology, Communications Standards Transportation research Transportation and Public Works 00 2006-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-14T21:23:28Z Corporate Average Fuel Economy Reform Act of 2006 - Amends federal transportation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe minimum corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for passenger automobiles, including standards that are based on one or more vehicle attributes that relate to fuel economy. Requires the Secretary of Transportation, when deciding maximum feasible average fuel economy for passenger automobiles, to consider (in addition to current considerations) motor vehicle safety, emissions, and the need of the United States to reduce its dependence on oil for transportation.

Solicits comment from the Department of Energy (DOE) (currently) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before the Secretary issues a notice for a proposed or amended CAFE standard.

Allows manufacturers to earn credits which may be applied to any five (currently, three) consecutive model years after the year in which they were earned if the average fuel economy of passenger automobiles manufactured by a manufacturer in a particular model year exceeds an applicable established average fuel economy standard. Permits trading credits between passenger-automobile production and non-passenger-automobile production.

Requires civil penalties assessed by the Secretary or by a Court against a person who violates CAFE standards to be credited to a Department of Transportation (DOT) account and made available to carry out a program of research and development into fuel saving automotive technologies and to support the CAFE program.

]]> Corporate Average Fuel Economy Reform Act of 2006 Display Title Corporate Average Fuel Economy Reform Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the automobile fuel economy provisions of title 49, United States Code, to reform the setting and calculation of fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Corporate Average Fuel Economy Reform Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-18T04:00:00Z 2006-05-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4799-4800) 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.