3.0.0 3694 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z 2023-01-12T17:52:28Z Senate S S 2006-07-19 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-07-19T23:08:21Z 2006-07-19 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2006-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7926-7927) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-19 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 2006-07-19 True B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2006-07-19 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2006-07-19 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2006-07-19 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2006-07-19 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2006-07-19 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2006-07-19 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2006-07-26 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-07-26 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2006-09-05 False Energy Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Automobile engines Automobile industry Automobiles Cartels Commerce Congress Cost effectiveness Defense budgets Department of Transportation Economics and Public Finance Electric vehicles Employee training Energy efficiency Energy prices Energy security Energy supplies Environmental Protection Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Fuel consumption Gasoline Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Imports Income tax Industrial buildings International Affairs Labor and Employment Law Motor vehicle pollution control Petroleum Research and development Science, Technology, Communications Standards Tax credits Taxation Transportation and Public Works Transportation research Trucks Energy 00 2006-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-23T13:48:56Z Fuel Economy Reform Act - Amends federal transportation law to: (1) revise the definition of automobile to require including all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds (currently, not all automobiles up to 10,000 pounds are required to be included in the definition); and (2) continue applying the current minimum corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for non-passenger and passenger automobiles to automobiles manufactured through model year 2011, but, for passenger automobiles, adds an increase of four percent per year in such standard for model years 2009 through 2011.

Requires an average fuel economy standard of 27.5 miles per gallon for all automobiles manufactured by all manufacturers for model year 2012, with an increase of four percent in the average fuel economy from the level for the prior model year for model year 2013 and beyond.

Requires the average fuel economy standard in a model year for a manufacturer's domestic and foreign fleetwide passenger automobiles under calculation of average fuel economy provisions to be at least 92% of the average fuel economy projected by the Secretary for the combined domestic and foreign fleets manufactured by all manufacturers in that model year.

Permits lower fuel economy standards if the minimum standards: (1) are technologically unachievable; (2) materially reduce auto safety; or (3) are not cost effective.

Allows, with a specified exception, the selling of credits between manufacturers.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) terminate the limitation on the number of new qualified hybrid and advanced lean burn technology vehicles eligible for the alternative motor vehicle credit; and (2) allow an advanced technology motor vehicles manufacturing credit.

]]> Fuel Economy Reform Act Display Title Fuel Economy Reform Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fuel Economy Reform Act Introduced in Senate 2006-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3694is/xml/BILLS-109s3694is.xml 2006-07-19 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.