Clean Diesel Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2209
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2003-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Automobile industry
Automobiles
Capital investments
Commerce
Depreciation and amortization
Diesel motor
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fuel consumption
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Import restrictions
Income tax
Industrial buildings
Injunctions
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Petroleum industry
Petroleum refineries
Small business
Sulphur
Tax credits
Tax deductions
Taxation
Trucks

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: 
Clean Diesel Act of 2003 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Administrator of EPA) to promulgate regulations applicable to motor vehicle diesel fuel produced or imported by any refiner or importer beginning on January 1, 2011.
 
Sets forth standards for: (1) sulfur content; (2) cetane number; (3) aromatic content; and (4) lubricity level.
 
Exempts from such standards certain motor vehicle diesel fuel designated for export outside the United States.
 
Authorizes the Administrator to waive such standards upon petition by one or more States.
 
Establishes civil penalties and injunctive authority for misfueling practices which knowingly introduce, or cause or allow to be introduced, fuel other than clean diesel fuel into any motor vehicle designed to operate with diesel fuel.
 
Directs the Secretary of Energy to determine credit amounts for the clean diesel motor vehicle credit and the lifetime fuel savings credit under the Internal Revenue Code in amounts which the Secretary determines will provide appropriate incentives to encourage the widespread consumer acceptance of clean diesel motor vehicles.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish such credits, as well as a credit for producing low sulfur content diesel fuel. Provides for expensing the capital costs incurred in complying with EPA sulfur regulations.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to States and cities to convert old plants to produce clean diesel motor vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Introduced in House