Electric Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act

Summary

Electric Vehicle Research, Development and Demonstration Act - Declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of this Act to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of electric vehicles for urban individual and business use, and to encourage research and development in new technologies for electric vehicles with wider applications, in order to promote long-range conservation of liquid fuel and reduce environmental pollution. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration to initiate and provide for the conduct of research and development in areas related to electric vehicles. Directs the Administrator to enter into such contracts as may be necessary and appropriate for: (1) the production, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, of significant numbers of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which have electric propulsion systems on conventional chassis; and (2) for the production, within three years after such date, of significant numbers of urban passenger and commercial vehicles which are specifically designed for electric propulsion as the primary power source. Directs the United States Postal Service, the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other Federal agencies to arrange for the introduction of electric vehicles into their fleets as soon as possible. Authorizes $40,000,000 to be appropriated to the Administrator for each of the fiscal years 1976, 1977, and 1978.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 17 June 1975

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 June 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 June 1975

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 June 1975

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Byron, Goodloe E. [D-MD-6] · D · Sponsor
• · hssy00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Electric Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act