[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 209 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8269-S8270]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT OF 2017

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 219, S. 1447.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1447) to reauthorize the diesel emissions 
     reduction program, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.

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  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that 
the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider 
be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action 
or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1447) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1447

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Diesel Emissions Reduction 
     Act of 2017''.

     SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION 
                   PROGRAM.

       Section 797(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
     16137(a)) is amended by striking ``2016'' and inserting 
     ``2022''.

     SEC. 3. RECOGNIZING DIFFERENCES IN DIESEL VEHICLE, ENGINE, 
                   EQUIPMENT, AND FLEET USE.

       (a) National Grant, Rebate, and Loan Programs.--Section 
     792(c)(4)(D) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
     16132(c)(4)(D)) is amended by inserting ``, recognizing 
     differences in typical vehicle, engine, equipment, and fleet 
     use throughout the United States'' before the semicolon.
       (b) State Grant, Rebate, and Loan Programs.--Section 
     793(b)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
     16133(b)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) the recognition, for purposes of implementing this 
     section, of differences in typical vehicle, engine, 
     equipment, and fleet use throughout the United States, 
     including expected useful life; and''.

     SEC. 4. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED STATE FUNDS.

       Section 793(c)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
     U.S.C. 16133(c)(2)(C)) is amended beginning in the matter 
     preceding clause (i) by striking ``to each remaining'' and 
     all that follows through ``this paragraph'' in clause (ii) 
     and inserting ``to carry out section 792''.

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