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<title>Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2015</title>
<summary summary-id="id114s565v49" currentChamber="BOTH" update-date="2015-10-22">
<action-date>2015-10-07</action-date>
<action-desc>Public Law</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)</p><p><strong>Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 3) Defines "remanufactured vehicle component" as a vehicle component (including an engine, transmission, alternator, starter, turbocharger, steering, or suspension component) that has been returned to same-as-new, or better, condition and performance by a standardized industrial process that incorporates technical specifications (including engineering, quality, and testing standards) to yield fully warranted products. </p> <p>(Sec. 4) Directs the head of each federal agency to: (1) encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components to maintain federal vehicles if using such components reduces the cost of maintaining such vehicles while maintaining quality; and (2) not encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components if using such components does not reduce the cost of maintenance, lowers the quality of vehicle performance,&nbsp;or delays the return to service of a vehicle. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id114s565v81" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2015-10-09">
<action-date>2015-09-28</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)</p><p><strong>Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 3) Defines "remanufactured vehicle component" as a vehicle component (including an engine, transmission, alternator, starter, turbocharger, steering, or suspension component) that has been returned to same-as-new, or better, condition and performance by a standardized industrial process that incorporates technical specifications (including engineering, quality, and testing standards) to yield fully warranted products. </p> <p>(Sec. 4) Directs the head of each federal agency to: (1) encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components to maintain federal vehicles if using such components reduces the cost of maintaining such vehicles while maintaining quality; and (2) not encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components if using such components does not reduce the cost of maintenance, lowers the quality of vehicle performance,&nbsp;or delays the return to service of a vehicle. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id114s565v82" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-06-29">
<action-date>2015-06-15</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed Senate without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)</p> <p><strong>Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 3) Defines "remanufactured vehicle component" as a vehicle component (including an engine, transmission, alternator, starter, turbocharger, steering, or suspension component) that has been returned to same-as-new, or better, condition and performance by a standardized industrial process that incorporates technical specifications (including engineering, quality, and testing standards) to yield fully warranted products. </p> <p>(Sec. 4) Directs the head of each federal agency to: (1) encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components to maintain federal vehicles if using such components reduces the cost of maintaining such vehicles while maintaining quality; and (2) not encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components if using such components does not reduce the cost of maintenance, lowers the quality of vehicle performance,&nbsp;or delays the return to service of a vehicle. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id114s565v80" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-06-29">
<action-date>2015-05-22</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to Senate without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><strong>Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 3) Defines "remanufactured vehicle component" as a vehicle component (including an engine, transmission, alternator, starter, turbocharger, steering, or suspension component) that has been returned to same-as-new, or better, condition and performance by a standardized industrial process that incorporates technical specifications (including engineering, quality, and testing standards) to yield fully warranted products. </p> <p>(Sec. 4) Directs the head of each federal agency to: (1) encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components to maintain federal vehicles if using such components reduces the cost of maintaining such vehicles while maintaining quality; and (2) not encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components if using such components does not reduce the cost of maintenance, lowers the quality of vehicle performance,&nbsp;or delays the return to service of a vehicle. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id114s565v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2015-03-12">
<action-date>2015-02-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Federal Vehicle Repair Cost Savings Act of 2015</strong></p> Requires the head of each federal agency to encourage the use of remanufactured vehicle components to mantain federal vehicles if using such components reduces the cost, while maintaining the quality, of such vehicles.</p>]]></summary-text>
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