S. 3226 — Introduced in Senate

II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3226 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 17, 2018 Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that the treatment of natural gas vehicles is equal to the treatment of electric vehicles. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Light-Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Parity Act of 2018. 2. Regulatory parity for natural gas vehicles Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall amend the regulations and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency— (1) to provide that the compliance and incentive values applied to electric vehicles are, at a minimum, equally applied to natural gas vehicles; and (2) in the case of calculating the average fuel economy or any other type of automotive emission for a natural gas dual-fueled vehicle when the vehicle is operating on natural gas, to ensure that no eligibility requirement is imposed on that vehicle.