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Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers to plan their travel and avoid delays. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Fuel Savings, Smarter Travel, and Efficient Roadways Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers to plan their travel and avoid delays.
Also tagged in: Budgets, Federal aid to transportation, Federal-state relations, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Interstate highway system, Limited access highways, Road construction, State and local government, State laws, Transportation, Virginia
Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive the repayment of any Federal-aid highway funds expended on the construction of any high occupancy lanes on the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the Hampton Roads area of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to allow the commonwealth of Virginia to remove the high occupancy vehicle designation for one or more of Interstate Routes I-64, I-264, and I-564 in the Hampton Roads area. Requires the Secretary to waive the repayment of federal highway funds expended by the commonwealth of Virginia on the construction of any high occupancy lane or auxiliary lane on such routes due to the removal of the high occupancy designation on such lane.
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Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Bill TextTo establish an Energy and Environment Block Grant Program, and for other purposes. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Energy and Environment Block Grant Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an Energy and Environment Block Grant Program to make block grants to state or local governments for: (1) energy efficiency and climate protection strategy; (2) technical consultant services to assist in the development of such strategy; (3) energy audits; (4) weatherization programs; (5) financial incentives for energy efficiency retrofits; and (6) grants to nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies for energy retrofits. Declares the purchase or leasing of equipment or vehicles for the private sector, or of pollution control equipment for private electric utilities, ineligible for funds under this Act. Requires a local government unit that is a grant recipient to submit to the Secretary a proposed Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection Strategy establishing [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Commuting, Costs, Energy, Energy prices, Gasoline, Income tax, Rural affairs, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation, Transportation
Latest Action: 10/01/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-distance rural commuters a deduction during periods when the local price of gasoline exceeds $3 per gallon. 10/1/2007--Introduced. Rural Commuters Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who reside in a rural area of not more than 30,000 people a $100 tax credit for commuting costs in any month in which the cost of gasoline is at least $3 per gallon (high gasoline price month). Allows an additional $100 credit for carpooling during a high gasoline price month. Allows individual taxpayers to claim such deduction whether or not they itemize their other deductions.
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Also tagged in: Commuting, Costs, Energy, Energy prices, Gasoline, Income tax, Rural affairs, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation, Transportation
Latest Action: 10/01/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow long-distance rural commuters a deduction during periods when the local price of gasoline exceeds $3 per gallon. 10/1/2007--Introduced. Rural Commuters Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers who reside in a rural area of not more than 30,000 people a $100 tax credit for commuting costs in any month in which the cost of gasoline is at least $3 per gallon (high gasoline price month). Allows an additional $100 credit for carpooling during a high gasoline price month. Allows individual taxpayers to claim such deduction whether or not they itemize their other deductions.
Also tagged in: Air pollution, Alternative energy sources, Block grants, Budgets, Building laws, Carbon dioxide, Climate change, Commuting, Consultants, Department of Energy, Energy, Energy conservation, Energy conservation in buildings, Energy efficiency, Energy research, Environmental protection, Environmental technology, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal aid to air pollution control, Fluorocarbons, Fuel cells, Geothermal resources, Government procurement, Government vehicles, Greenhouse gases, Home repair and improvement, Hours of labor, Housing, Labor, Land use, Mass rapid transit, Methane, Motor buses, Natural gas vehicles, Natural resources, Nitrogen oxides, Nonprofit organizations, Pollution measurement, Public buildings, Public contracts, Recycling of waste products, Revolving funds, Science policy, Service stations, Solar energy, Solid wastes, State and local government, Technological innovations, Technology, Traffic congestion, Traffic engineering, Transportation, Waste reduction, Wind power
Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Bill TextTo establish an Energy and Environment Block Grant Program, and for other purposes. 5/23/2007--Introduced. Energy and Environment Block Grant Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an Energy and Environment Block Grant Program to make block grants to state or local governments for: (1) energy efficiency and climate protection strategy; (2) technical consultant services to assist in the development of such strategy; (3) energy audits; (4) weatherization programs; (5) financial incentives for energy efficiency retrofits; and (6) grants to nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies for energy retrofits. Declares the purchase or leasing of equipment or vehicles for the private sector, or of pollution control equipment for private electric utilities, ineligible for funds under this Act. Requires a local government unit that is a grant recipient to submit to the Secretary a proposed Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection Strategy establishing [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Budgets, Federal aid to transportation, Federal-state relations, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Interstate highway system, Limited access highways, Road construction, State and local government, State laws, Transportation, Virginia
Latest Action: 03/30/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Bill TextTo direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive the repayment of any Federal-aid highway funds expended on the construction of any high occupancy lanes on the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the Hampton Roads area of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to allow the commonwealth of Virginia to remove the high occupancy vehicle designation for one or more of Interstate Routes I-64, I-264, and I-564 in the Hampton Roads area. Requires the Secretary to waive the repayment of federal highway funds expended by the commonwealth of Virginia on the construction of any high occupancy lane or auxiliary lane on such routes due to the removal of the high occupancy designation on such lane.
Also tagged in: Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost accounting, Energy, Energy conservation, Finance, Freight, Fuel consumption, Governmental investigations, Information services, Internet, Parking facilities, Technological innovations, Technology, Technology assessment, Telecommunication, Traffic engineering, Transportation, Transportation planning
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study on the potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers to plan their travel and avoid delays. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Fuel Savings, Smarter Travel, and Efficient Roadways Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on the potential fuel savings from intelligent transportation systems that help businesses and consumers to plan their travel and avoid delays.
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