Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011


Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 was a bill in the United States House of Representatives that would have required that a certain portion of light-passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. be alternative fueling vehicles capable of running on something other than just gasoline. The Open Fuel Standard Act does not dictate what types of vehicles are to be sold, only that an increasing percentage of the passenger car fleet sold in the U.S. be capable of running on non-petroleum sources - whether it be natural gas, electric, alcohol fuels, hydrogen or biodiesel, with a catch-all provision for any other sustainable technologies. The bill was intended by its sponsors to ensure that new vehicles enable fuel competition so as to reduce the strategic importance of oil to the United States.

Sponsors

Rep John Shimkus introduced the bill along with Rep Eliot Engel

Cosponsors

Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G.
Rep Berman, Howard L.
Rep Blumenauer, Earl
Rep Boswell, Leonard L.
Rep Braley, Bruce L.
Rep Andre Carson
Rep Cole, Tom
Rep Dold, Robert J.
Rep Engel, Eliot
Rep Israel, Steve
Rep Henry C. "Hank," Jr.
Rep Loebsack, David
Rep McDermott, Jim
Rep Peterson, Collin C.
Rep Ross, Dennis
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y.

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