S. 1447: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017
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S. 1447: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-27 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 219.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 219. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017
Plain summary
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017 This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2022 a diesel emissions reduction program. The program authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants, rebates, or loans for reducing diesel emissions from certain diesel vehicles or fleets by retrofitting or replacing their engines. The bill modifies requirements governing how the EPA must prioritize projects when providing grants, rebates, and loans. Specifically, the EPA must recognize differences in how vehicles, engines, equipment, and fleets are used across the country as it prioritizes projects that include certified engine configurations, verified technologies, or emerging technologies that have a long expected useful life. Under current law, the EPA must use a certain percentage of the funds made available for the program to support state administered programs for reducing diesel emissions. If a state does not quality for funds, then the funds for the unqualified state must be reallocated to qualified states. This bill requires the funds for the unqualified state to be reallocated to the national diesel emissions reduction program.
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Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · 3 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1447, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2017 (2017-07-24)
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John Barrasso (R-WY), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s1447.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s1447 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115