US Congress Senate Bill 1487 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2019

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB2764 (Same As) 2019-05-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
SB4823 (Related) 2020-10-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HB8635 (Related) 2020-10-20 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1487/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1487/BILLS-116s1487is.pdf