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H.R. 2764: Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019

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H.R. 2764: Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-15 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019

Plain summary

Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a zero-emission passenger vehicle standard. Specifically, the bill sets a schedule for increasing the percentage of zero-emission vehicles a vehicle manufacturer delivers for sale, culminating in a requirement to sell only zero-emission vehicles from 2040 on. The bill also requires the EPA to establish a zero-emission vehicle credit program that approves one zero-emission vehicle credit for each zero-emission vehicle delivered for sale in the United States and partial credits for qualified electric vehicles based on the estimated proportion of the mileage driven on the battery. Manufacturers that fail to meet the minimum required percentage of zero-emission vehicle sales must submit to the EPA a quantity of zero-emission vehicle credits sufficient to offset the excess. Credits may also be sold, transferred, exchanged, or retired in certain circumstances. The bill imposes civil penalties for the failure to comply with zero-emission vehicle credit standards, with collected penalties being deposited into the Highway Trust Fund. After 2040, the EPA may issue injunctions on the manufacture of passenger vehicles other than zero-emission vehicles.

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Official text

Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] · 25 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joe Neguse (D-CO), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] reported raising $3.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2764 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116