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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Nov 28, 2018
Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2018
This bill amends the Clean Air Act 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 must sell, culminating in a requirement to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2040. The bill also sets forth a zero-emission vehicle credit program that approves one zero-emission vehicle credit for each zero-emission vehicle sold in the United States.
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Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D–OR
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced in Senate
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