Light-Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Parity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3226
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-07-17
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Energy efficiency and conservation

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles

Motor fuels

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Light-Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Parity Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to provide compliance and incentive values to natural gas vehicles that are at least equal to those for electric vehicles.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3226 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 17, 2018 Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that the treatment of natural gas vehicles is equal to the treatment of electric vehicles.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Light-Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Parity Act of 2018 . 2. Regulatory parity for natural gas vehicles Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall amend the regulations and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency— (1) to provide that the compliance and incentive values applied to electric vehicles are, at a minimum, equally applied to natural gas vehicles; and (2) in the case of calculating the average fuel economy or any other type of automotive emission for a natural gas dual-fueled vehicle when the vehicle is operating on natural gas, to ensure that no eligibility requirement is imposed on that vehicle.