Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010
Public Law 111-364 · H.R. 5809 · 111th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Jan 4, 2011 · Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsor: Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA-1)
Cosponsors (13): Rep. Lamar Smith, Rep. Bart Stupak,
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and extend funding for a grant program for reducing diesel emissions. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) provide rebates, on a competitive basis, including through contracts for the administration of programs for providing rebates and loans, to eligible entities to achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions; and (2) support rebate programs administered by states that are designed to achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions.
Includes among entities eligible to receive funding for reducing diesel emissions any private individual or entity that: (1) is the owner of a diesel vehicle or fleet operated pursuant to a contract, license, or lease with a federal agency or a regional, state, local, or tribal agency or port authority with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality; and (2) meets such requirements as the Administrator may establish for vehicle use and for notice to and approval by such agency with respect to a contract, license, or lease.
Redefines "emerging technology" to mean a technology which is not or has not been certified or verified by, but for which an approved application and test plan has been submitted to, the Administrator or the California Air Resources Board.
Includes Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands within the meaning of "state" along with states and the District of Columbia.
Revises provisions concerning the distribution and use of funds and applications for such funding. Requires the Administrator to develop a simplified application process for applicants to expedite the provision of funds. Requires each state to give priority to projects that meet specified criteria. Requires the Administrator and each state to publish on its website the total number and dollar amount of rebates and loans provided, as well as a breakdown of the technologies funded and a description of each application for which a grant or loan is provided.
Requires the Administrator to include in a report on the implementation of such program sent to Congress before January 1, 2016, an analysis of the need to continue the program, including an assessment of the size of the vehicle and engine fleet that could provide benefits from being retrofitted under this program and a description of the number and types of applications that were not granted in the preceding year.
Requires the Comptroller General to carry out and report on an audit to identify: (1) all federal mobile source clean air grant, rebate, or low cost revolving loan programs under the authority of the Administrator, the Secretary of Transportation, or other relevant federal agency heads that are designed to address diesel emissions from, or reduce diesel fuel usage by, diesel engines and vehicles; and (2) duplication or overlap among, or gaps between, federal mobile source clean air programs.
Rescinds all unobligated amounts provided to carry out the pilot program for mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the purpose of providing notice of town meetings the Senator will attend.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Energy and Commerce Committee · House · markup by, referred to, reported bySubcommittee: Health Subcommittee- Judiciary Committee · House · discharged from, referred toSubcommittee: Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
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Related bills
3 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.
H.R. 6482Related bill
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010
S. 1292Related bill
Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2009
S. 3973Related bill
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 34 actions.
- Jan 4, 2011Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 111-364.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 29, 2010FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Dec 21, 2010Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by voice vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Waxman moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 5809.
- OtherOther · Cleared for White House.
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by voice vote.
- Dec 17, 2010FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 16, 2010FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
- FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 23, 2010CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Sep 22, 2010FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5809.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 360.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Judiciary discharged.
- CommitteeCommittee · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 111-618, Part I.
- Jul 28, 2010CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 26, 2010CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Jul 22, 2010CommitteeCommittee · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Jul 21, 2010CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Data notes
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Amendments
2 amendments offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.
- Agreed to
S.Amdt. 4819SenateSen. George VoinovichR-OH· offered Dec 16, 2010Agreed to
To amend the title.
Dec 16, 2010: Amendment SA 4819 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
- Agreed to
S.Amdt. 4818SenateSen. George VoinovichR-OH· offered Dec 16, 2010Agreed to
In the nature of a substitute.
Dec 16, 2010: Amendment SA 4818 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Data notes
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.