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S.3815 Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010, 111th Congress

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  • Latest Action: Nov 17, 2010 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.

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  • 55% of users oppose S.3815

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    55% of users on OpenCongress.org, a free, non-partisan resource, oppose S.3815.
  • S.3815 has been viewed 7,427 times

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    OpenCongress Bill Summary

    • This bill seeks to encourage adoption of non-gas vehicles through a combination of tax incentives. It would spend $4.5 billion over the next ten years on tax rebates for buyers of natural gas vehicles and subsidies for manufacturers of the vehicles. It also authorizes $1.5 billion over the next ten years for research and development effort related to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. To pay for it all, it would nearly triple the tax oil companies pay into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund from 8 cents per barrel to 21 cents.

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      Here's a summary from OpenCongress.org: This bill seeks to encourage adoption of non-gas vehicles through a combination of tax incentives. It would spend $4.5 billion over the next ten years on tax rebates for buyers of natural gas vehicles and subsidies for manufacturers of the vehicles. It also authorizes $1.5 billion over the next ten years for research and development effort related to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. To pay for it all, it would nearly triple the tax oil companies pay into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund from 8 cents per barrel to 21 cents.

    Supporting Organizations

    • American Jewish Committee

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    • Domestic Energy Producers Alliance

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    Opposing Organizations

    • North Shore Tea Party

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    • National Propane Gas Association

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      I know that the organization National Propane Gas Association opposes S.3815

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    • Propane Autogas Exclusion in U.S. Senate Bills a Disservice to ... - January 01, 2011 by Motorsport World News - ROUSH® CleanTech has strong concerns regarding U.S. Senate Bills S.3495 and S.3815, titled Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 and Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010, respectively, as they both exclude propane ...

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      As noted by Motorsport World News on January 01, 2011, "ROUSH® CleanTech has strong concerns regarding U.S. Senate Bills S.3495 and S.3815, titled Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010 and Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010, respectively, as they both exclude propane ..." (http://www.motorsportworldnews.com/?p=6392)
    • Pickens Plan District Group AZ-03 - PickensPlan - December 14, 2010 by Latest Activity on PickensPlan - We urge you to call your Senators in Arizona- John McCain and Jon Kyl as soon as possible to discuss NGVs and to express your support for Senator Reid's attempts to bring up and pass S. 3815. Thanks, Dave For contact information see- ...

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      As noted by Latest Activity on PickensPlan on December 14, 2010, "We urge you to call your Senators in Arizona- John McCain and Jon Kyl as soon as possible to discuss NGVs and to express your support for Senator Reid's attempts to bring up and pass S. 3815. Thanks, Dave For contact information see- ..." (http://push.pickensplan.com/xn/detail/2187034:Comment:2357961?xg_source=activity)
    • Pickens Plan District Group AZ-02 - PickensPlan - December 14, 2010 by Latest Activity on PickensPlan - We urge you to call your Senators in Arizona- John McCain and Jon Kyl as soon as possible to discuss NGVs and to express your support for Senator Reid's attempts to bring up and pass S. 3815. Thanks, Dave For contact information see- ...

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      As noted by Latest Activity on PickensPlan on December 14, 2010, "We urge you to call your Senators in Arizona- John McCain and Jon Kyl as soon as possible to discuss NGVs and to express your support for Senator Reid's attempts to bring up and pass S. 3815. Thanks, Dave For contact information see- ..." (http://push.pickensplan.com/xn/detail/2187034:Comment:2357959?xg_source=activity)

    Highly Rated News Articles

    • Liberal Legislation on Deck - November 14, 2010 by The Heritage Foundation - ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has filed motions to force debates on two liberal issues this week. The first bill is S.3815, the Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010. This is expected to be a $6 billion expenditure of you

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      As noted by The Heritage Foundation on November 14, 2010, "... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has filed motions to force debates on two liberal issues this week. The first bill is S.3815, the Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010. This is expected to be a $6 billion expenditure of you" (http://www.heritage.org/Research/Commentary/2010/11/Liberal-Legislation-on-Deck)
    • Enemies of the post-2010 election - November 14, 2010 by Renew America - ...Schedule and the Lame Duck Session Starts November 15th The schedule for the Senate and bills you need to be aware of: S.3815, the Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Bill, S.3772, the Paycheck Fairness Bill, S.510, the Food Safety Bill. Source: Resistnet

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      As noted by Renew America on November 14, 2010, "...Schedule and the Lame Duck Session Starts November 15th The schedule for the Senate and bills you need to be aware of: S.3815, the Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Bill, S.3772, the Paycheck Fairness Bill, S.510, the Food Safety Bill. Source: Resistnet" (http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hale/101115)
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