DRIVE Act

To promote the national security and stability of the United States economy by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign oil through the use of alternative fuels and new vehicle technologies, and for other purposes.

1/24/2007--Introduced.
Dependence Reduction through Innovation in Vehicles and Energy Act or DRIVE Act - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to publish in the Federal Register an oil savings target and action plan for specified calendar years. Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct a national media campaign to decrease oil consumption in the United States over the next decade. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to develop:
(1) a fuel efficiency program for passenger car and light truck tires;
(2) a program to designate Transit-Oriented Development Corridors; and
(3) pilot projects to save oil by reducing vehicle miles traveled. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to:
(1) develop a testing and assessment program to determine the fuel economy of heavy duty vehicles;
(2) establish a near-term electric transportation deployment program; and
(3) implement a fuel and technology neutral program to reduce tailpipe emissions. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe average heavy duty vehicle fuel economy standards. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of Energy to make loan guarantees for eligible projects to improve hybrid technologies or to encourage production of efficient hybrid and advanced diesel vehicles. Requires a specified graduated percentage of passenger cars manufactured by light-duty motor vehicles manufacturers to be fuel choice enabling motor vehicles or alternative fuel automobiles. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:
(1) allow an advanced technology motor vehicles manufacturing tax credit;
(2) allow a flexible fuel vehicle tax credit;
(3) extend the alternative vehicle tax credit for new qualified hybrid motor vehicles;
(4) allow a fuel-efficient tax credit for private fleets;
(5) subject heavy vehicles to the depreciation limitation for certain luxury automobiles;
(6) increase the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property tax credit;
(7) provide a graduated tax credit for plug-in hybrid electric passenger and light truck vehicles; and
(8) allow an idling reduction tax credit for heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway vehicles. Establishes the Alternative Fueling Infrastructure Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to obligate sums from the Fund for the Clean Cities grant program to increase the availability to consumers of ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels. Amends the Clean Air Act to prescribe minimum annual quantities of renewable fuel from cellulosic biomass. Directs the Secretary of Energy to:
(1) require at least a 20% reduction in the federal fleets' petroleum consumption (including that at least 30% of federal vehicles required to be alternative fuel vehicles be flexible fuel hybrid or flexible fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles);
(2) submit to Congress an action plan calling for a specified graduated percentage of the nation's ground fuel demand to be supplied by fuels derived from sources other than oil; and
(3) carry out a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle prize program.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
• and 83 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
  • Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
  • Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
  • Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6]
  • Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Jo Bonner [R, AL-1]
  • Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]
  • Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
  • Rep. John Campbell [R, CA-48]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Lincoln Davis [D, TN-4]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Terry Everett [R, AL-2]
  • Rep. Luis Fortuno [R, PR-0]
  • Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
  • Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
  • Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R, MD-1]
  • Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY-20]
  • Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11]
  • Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
  • Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Bob Inglis [R, SC-4]
  • Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
  • Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
  • Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
  • Rep. Jack Kingston [R, GA-1]
  • Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
  • Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
  • Rep. John Kuhl [R, NY-29]
  • Rep. Tom Lantos [D, CA-12]
  • Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
  • Rep. John Linder [R, GA-7]
  • Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
  • Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
  • Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]
  • Rep. Howard McKeon [R, CA-25]
  • Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
  • Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
  • Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
  • Rep. Tom Price [R, GA-6]
  • Rep. Rick Renzi [R, AZ-1]
  • Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3]
  • Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
  • Rep. H. James Saxton [R, NJ-3]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
  • Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
  • Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
  • Rep. Christopher Shays [R, CT-4]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
  • Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX-21]
  • Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
  • Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Mark Udall [D, CO-2]
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
  • Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2]
  • Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
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Committees

• House Transportation and Infrastructure
• 7 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Oversight and Government Reform
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Science and Technology
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January 24, 2007

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• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
• Jan 31, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
• Jan 25, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
• Jan 24, 2007: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
• Jan 24, 2007: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
• Jan 24, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Jan 24, 2007: Referred to House Science and Technology
• Jan 24, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Jan 24, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science and Technology, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Jan 24, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E193)
• Introduced on Jan 24, 2007.
• Jan 24, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E193)

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To the United States Veterans Administration (USVA): PETITION FOR FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS EQUITY AND JUSTICE We call on the US Congress to immediately pass HR 670 and SB 57, or any negotiated bill, that will fully rec...

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HR 670 would promote the national security and stability of the United States economy by reducing the dependence of the United States on foreign oil through the use of alternative fuels and new vehicle technologies....

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