COST Act
HR 912, the COST Act, requires the federal government to analyze the costs and emissions of converting its vehicle fleet. Specifically, it mandates the Comptroller General to compare the costs of replacing gasoline-powered federal light-duty vehicles (standard government cars/trucks) with electric or E85 flex-fuel vehicles, including infrastructure needs. It also requires the Secretary of Energy to use the GREET model to compare lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from conventional gasoline, E85 flex-fuel, and electric vehicles. Both analyses must be published online or submitted to Congress within one year of the bill's enactment. The bill directly affects the federal government as the owner of the vehicle fleet.
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Feb 2023
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Introduced Feb 9, 2023
Last action Feb 17, 2023
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Feb 17, 2023
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
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Feb 9, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Feb 9, 2023
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1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
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