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H. R. 2866: This Act may be cited as the National Alternative Fuels and Motor Vehicles Act of 1991, introduced in the US House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, July 10, 1991

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OSTI ID:5168627
This bill would encourage the use of alternative fuels across the transportation sector and facilitate research on the design of motor vehicles powered by these fuels. Alternative fuels include natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and fuel which is at least 85 percent methanol, ethanol, or other alcohol, hydrogen, or electric power. The bill describes the following: the mass transit program; natural gas and other alternative fuel use in fleet vehicles; training program; vehicle research, development, and demonstration program; Federal programs to promote vehicular natural gas use; Federal regulation of the sale of alternative fuels; state regulation of the sale of alternative fuels by sellers of transportation fuels; assistance for state alternative fuel offices and programs; acquisition of alternative fuel vehicles; exceptions; and civil penalty.
OSTI ID:
5168627
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English