3.0.0 3380 2017-12-15T00:37:02Z 2017-12-15T00:37:02Z Senate S S 2008-07-31 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-31T20:53:31Z Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008 110 6052 HR 2008-06-27 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2008-07-31 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2008-09-08 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-09-08 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-09-08 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2008-09-09 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-09-09 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2008-09-11 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-09-12 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2008-09-24 False Transportation and Public Works Alternative energy sources Commuting Congress Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Electric vehicles Energy Energy efficiency Environmental Protection Federal aid to transportation Federal employees Federal-state relations Fringe benefits Fuel consumption Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Intergovernmental fiscal relations Light rail transit Mass rapid transit Motor buses Motor vehicle pollution control Natural gas vehicles Parking facilities Railroad terminals Subways Transportation engineering Transportation rates Travel costs Urban affairs Urban transportation User charges Transportation and Public Works 00 2008-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-13T18:48:39Z Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008 - Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2009 for public transportation formula grants. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make such grants for: (1) operating costs of equipment and facilities being used to provide the public transportation the grant recipient is no longer able to pay as a result of reducing fares; (2) operating and capital costs of equipment and facilities being used to provide transportation services that the recipient incurs as a result of expanding such services; (3) the avoidance of increased fares or decreased services; (4) the costs of acquiring clean or alternative fuel vehicle-related equipment or facilities; and (5) administrative costs in establishing or expanding services to provide commuters with information about alternatives to single occupancy vehicle use.

Requires a grant that involves acquiring clean or alternative fuel vehicle-related equipment or facilities for complying with the Clean Air Act to be for 100% of the net project cost unless the grant recipient requests a lower percentage.

Amends the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to require federal employees in urbanized areas served by fixed route public transportation to be offered transit pass transportation fringe benefits. Requires: (1) the Secretary to issue guidance on nationwide implementation of a transportation fringe benefit program; and (2) agencies to report on program implementation.

Requires the Secretary to establish a pilot program to carry out vanpool demonstration projects in not more than three urbanized areas and two other areas.

Requires a grant for a capital project during FY2008-FY2009 that involves additional parking facilities at an end-of-line fixed guideway station or at a park-and-ride lot that serves a fixed route commuter bus route that is more than 20 miles in length to be for 100% of the net capital cost of the project unless the grant recipient requests a lower percentage.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a national consumer awareness program on the environmental, energy, and economic benefits of public transportation alternatives to the use of single occupancy vehicles.

Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to allow a federal agency to enter into a contract to purchase a generally available fuel that is not an alternative or synthetic fuel or a fuel predominantly produced from a nonconventional petroleum source if: (1) the contract does not specifically require the contractor to provide such an alternative, synthetic, or nonconventional fuel; (2) the purpose of the contract is not to obtain such a fuel; and (3) the contract does not provide incentives for a refinery upgrade or expansion to allow a refinery to use or increase its use of fuel from a nonconventional petroleum source.

]]> Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008 Display Title Saving Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote increased public transportation use, to promote increased use of alternative fuels in providing public transportation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3380is/xml/BILLS-110s3380is.xml 2008-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.