Truck, Trailer, and Transport Efficiency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2705
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2017-05-25
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Department of Transportation

Energy efficiency and conservation

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Motor carriers

Motor vehicles
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Truck, Trailer, and Transport Efficiency Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill removes trailers that do not emit greenhouse gases in connection with a propulsion system from the scope of the final rule titled &quot;Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles--Phase 2.&quot; The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration jointly issued the rule, which created fuel consumption standards and carbon dioxide emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles (e.g., tractors, trucks, vans, and vocational vehicles), on October 25, 2016.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2705 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 25, 2017 Mr. Loudermilk (for himself, Mr. Griffith , and Mr. Russell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To limit the applicability of the final rule entitled Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles—Phase 2 to the extent such final rule relates to trailers that do not themselves emit greenhouse gases in connection with a propulsion system.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Truck, Trailer, and Transport Efficiency Act of 2017 . 2. Limitation of applicability of certain rule to the extent such rule relates to trailers that do not themselves emit greenhouse gases in connection with a propulsion system (a) Prohibition Effective as of the date of enactment of this Act, the final rule entitled Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles—Phase 2 published in the Federal Register on October 25, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 73478), shall cease to apply to the extent such final rule relates to trailers that do not themselves emit greenhouse gases in connection with a propulsion system. (b) Conforming changes The Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, acting jointly, shall promulgate a final regulation revising the final rule cited in subsection (a) (including the amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations made thereby) so as to make such final rule inapplicable to the extent such final rule relates to trailers that do not themselves emit greenhouse gases in connection with a propulsion system.