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S. 247 - Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009

Cash for Clunkers, Fuel efficiency, Car recycling - Energy. 111th Congress (2009-2010) View bill details
Sponsor:
Dianne Feinstein
Summary:
A bill to accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and provide incentives to registered owners of high fuel consumption automobiles to replace such automobiles with fuel efficient automobiles or public transportation. (by CRS)
Status:
The bill has been introduced.
There have been no votes on this bill.

Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009

S. 247 — 111th Congress (2009–2010)

Keywords
Cash for Clunkers, Fuel efficiency, Car recycling
Summary
A bill to accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and provide incentives to registered owners of high fuel consumption automobiles to replace such automobiles with fuel efficient automobiles or public transportation. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to accelerate motor fuel savings nationwide and provide incentives to registered owners of high fuel consumption automobiles to replace such automobiles with fuel efficient automobiles or public transportation.
Other Titles
  • Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009
Sponsor
Dianne Feinstein
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Energy
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Consumer affairs
  • Department of Energy
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Government information and archives
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Motor vehicles
  • Public transit
  • Retail and wholesale trades
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • Transportation costs
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Major Actions
Introduced1/14/2009
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced1/14/2009
1/14/2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S394-395)
1/14/2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus
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Contributions

  1. January - February 2004 For $11,635 Against $19,000
  2. March - April 2004 For $29,212 Against $58,450
  3. May - June 2004 For $49,715 Against $51,900
  4. July - August 2004 For $14,722 Against $73,750
  5. September - October 2004 For $23,852 Against $88,050
  6. November - December 2004 For $5,000 Against $3,500
  7. January - February 2005 For $16,600 Against $22,250
  8. March - April 2005 For $45,933 Against $50,050
  9. May - June 2005 For $44,725 Against $27,400
  10. July - August 2005 For $30,350 Against $11,768
  11. September - October 2005 For $55,902 Against $62,750
  12. November - December 2005 For $68,350 Against $26,450
  13. January - February 2006 For $31,817 Against $15,270
  14. March - April 2006 For $105,674 Against $51,500
  15. May - June 2006 For $137,678 Against $42,765
  16. July - August 2006 For $96,195 Against $21,450
  17. September - October 2006 For $289,172 Against $72,304
  18. November - December 2006 For $45,157 Against $9,650
  19. January - February 2007 For $31,850 Against $14,950
  20. March - April 2007 For $42,650 Against $49,750
  21. May - June 2007 For $79,790 Against $57,800
  22. July - August 2007 For $29,600 Against $22,600
  23. September - October 2007 For $80,455 Against $40,850
  24. November - December 2007 For $161,535 Against $40,683
  25. January - February 2008 For $51,850 Against $32,600
  26. March - April 2008 For $103,047 Against $58,930
  27. May - June 2008 For $186,158 Against $35,950
  28. July - August 2008 For $105,358 Against $33,735
  29. September - October 2008 For $313,019 Against $46,450
  30. November - December 2008 For $33,681 Against $9,150
  31. January - February 2009 For $7,000 Against $17,600
  32. March - April 2009 For $17,550 Against $6,150
  33. May - June 2009 For $40,044 Against $42,285
  34. July - August 2009 For $7,250 Against $13,483
  35. September - October 2009 For $38,350 Against $15,800
  36. November - December 2009 For $3,500 Against $2,000

Votes

    4 Organizations Support and 5 Oppose; See Which Ones
    4 Organizations Support and 5 Oppose; See Which Ones

    Organizations that took a position on
    Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act of 2009

    4 organizations support this bill

    American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
    (2009, January 14). ACEEE Support. Retrieved May 11, 2009, from .
    Consumer Federation of America
    (2009, January 16). CFA Support. Retrieved May 15, 2009, from .
    Safe Climate Campaign
    (2009, April 20). The Hill. Retrieved May 15, 2009, from .
    Sierra Club
    (n.d.). SC Action Alert. Retrieved May 15, 2009, from .

    5 organizations oppose this bill

    Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association
    (2009, February 2). Tire Business. Retrieved May 11, 2009, from .
    Automotive Recyclers Association
    (2009, May 9). ARA opposition. Retrieved May 11, 2009, from .
    Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association
    (2009, February 2). Tire Business. Retrieved May 11, 2009, from .
    Tire Industry Association
    (2009, February 2). Tire Business. Retrieved May 11, 2009, from .
    UAW
    (n.d.). UAW Opposition. Retrieved May 15, 2009, from .

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    Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 111th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MAPLight.org, January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2009.
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    Contributions By Legislator

    Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Support    		$ From Interest Groups
    That Oppose
    Aanestad, SamRCA-4$0$1,500
    Akaka, DanielDHI$10$1,050
    Alexander, LamarRTN$500$33,500
    Alquist, ElaineDCA-13$0$9,600
    Ashburn, RoyRCA-18$0$0
    Barrasso, JohnRWY$0$0
    Baucus, MaxDMT$19,200$27,350
    Bayh, EvanDIN$0$15,750
    Begich, MarkDAK$89,674$1,000
    Bennet, MichaelDCO$9,200$1,000
    Bennett, RobertRUT$0$0
    Bingaman, JeffDNM$16,001$500
    Bond, ChristopherRMO$0$17,250
    Boxer, BarbaraDCA$136,077$26,283
    Brown, ScottRMA$0$1,000
    Brown, SherrodDOH$60,610$14,600
    Brownback, SamuelRKS$0$750
    Bunning, JimRKY$0$4,600
    Burr, RichardRNC$2,300$27,250
    Burris, RolandDIL$0$0
    Byrd, RobertDWV$250$0
    Calderon, RonDCA-30$0$0
    Cantwell, MariaDWA$159,865$6,700
    Cardin, BenjaminDMD$40,051$5,200
    Carper, ThomasDDE$2,300$16,520
    Casey, RobertDPA$66,513$9,400
    Cedillo, GilbertDCA-22$0$0
    Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$0$32,500
    Coburn, ThomasROK$0$7,200
    Cochran, ThadRMS$2,300$4,700
    Cogdill, DaveRCA-14$5,600$500
    Collins, SusanRME$17,400$3,900
    Conrad, KentDND$0$6,000
    Corbett, EllenDCA-10$6,700$2,000
    Corker, BobRTN$2,000$62,250
    Cornyn, JohnRTX$0$19,254
    Correa, LouDCA-34$0$4,600
    Crapo, MichaelRID$0$4,000
    DeMint, JimRSC$2,300$38,582
    DeSaulnier, MarkDCA-7$6,400$1,500
    Denham, JeffRCA-12$0$1,000
    Dodd, ChristopherDCT$4,100$3,000
    Dorgan, ByronDND$2,250$2,250
    Ducheny, DeniseDCA-40$0$5,000
    Durbin, RichardDIL$19,910$1,750
    Dutton, RobertRCA-31$1,500$7,500
    Ensign, JohnRNV$0$8,500
    Enzi, MichaelRWY$0$2,000
    Feingold, RussellDWI$27,045$9,750
    Feinstein, DianneDCA$32,600$2,000
    Florez, DeanDCA-16$0$500
    Franken, AlDMN$145,253$8,850
    Gillibrand, KirstenDNY$37,509$3,000
    Graham, LindseyRSC$1,250$21,800
    Grassley, CharlesRIA$0$8,500
    Gregg, JuddRNH$1,000$1,000
    Hagan, KayDNC$41,197$16,381
    Hancock, LoniDCA-9$2,100$15,600
    Harkin, ThomasDIA$13,315$2,000
    Harman, TomRCA-35$0$10,200
    Hatch, OrrinRUT$0$12,000
    Hollingsworth, DennisRCA-36$0$0
    Huff, BobRCA-29$990$8,100
    Hutchison, KayRTX$5,483$17,250
    Inhofe, JamesROK$0$8,500
    Inouye, DanielDHI$2,300$300
    Isakson, JohnRGA$0$17,850
    Johanns, MikeRNE$0$0
    Johnson, TimDSD$5,800$2,000
    Kaufman, EdwardDDE$0$0
    Kehoe, ChristineDCA-39$3,200$2,000
    Kerry, JohnDMA$18,920$218
    Klobuchar, AmyDMN$64,000$11,400
    Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
    Kyl, JonRAZ$0$10,850
    Landrieu, MaryDLA$1,416$5,500
    Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$18,403$8,500
    LeMieux, GeorgeRFL$0$0
    Leahy, PatrickDVT$11,700$1,000
    Leno, MarkDCA-3$0$4,500
    Levin, CarlDMI$23,095$32,050
    Lieberman, JosephICT$37,200$18,100
    Lincoln, BlancheDAR$800$50,350
    Liu, CarolDCA-21$4,600$0
    Lugar, RichardRIN$6,700$12,750
    Maldonado, AbelRCA-15$0$0
    McCain, JohnRAZ$1,300$1,500
    McCaskill, ClaireDMO$48,110$4,900
    McConnell, MitchRKY$4,600$31,850
    Menéndez, RobertDNJ$30,660$37,900
    Merkley, JeffDOR$85,345$4,050
    Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$9,650$6,000
    Murkowski, LisaRAK$0$11,300
    Murray, PattyDWA$31,799$13,300
    Negrete McLeod, GloriaDCA-32$0$10,000
    Nelson, BenDNE$1,500$5,500
    Nelson, BillDFL$62,405$10,450
    Oropeza, JennyDCA-28$3,300$265
    Padilla, AlexDCA-20$1,000$5,700
    Pavley, FranDCA-23$14,850$2,000
    Price, CurrenDCA-26$0$1,000
    Pryor, MarkDAR$1,000$24,900
    Reed, JohnDRI$6,560$2,150
    Reid, HarryDNV$34,335$13,300
    Risch, JamesRID$0$0
    Roberts, PatRKS$0$5,000
    Rockefeller, JohnDWV$47,100$4,800
    Romero, GloriaDCA-24$0$2,500
    Runner, GeorgeRCA-17$0$1,500
    Sanders, BernardIVT$36,060$2,650
    Schumer, CharlesDNY$3,750$6,800
    Sessions, JeffersonRAL$2,000$11,000
    Shaheen, JeanneDNH$89,567$500
    Shelby, RichardRAL$2,300$8,400
    Simitian, S.DCA-11$6,100$0
    Snowe, OlympiaRME$10,400$1,000
    Specter, ArlenDPA$1,000$19,150
    Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$25,810$44,000
    Steinberg, DarrellDCA-6$1,000$7,600
    Strickland, TonyRCA-19$0$1,485
    Tester, JonDMT$110,977$15,100
    Thune, JohnRSD$1,000$36,100
    Udall, MarkDCO$323,207$2,000
    Udall, TomDNM$150,514$1,000
    Vitter, DavidRLA$3,800$26,400
    Voinovich, GeorgeROH$0$41,150
    Walters, MimiRCA-33$2,000$4,000
    Warner, MarkDVA$6,633$7,000
    Webb, JimDVA$42,740$500
    Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$40,410$6,050
    Wicker, RogerRMS$2,300$35,400
    Wiggins, PatriciaDCA-2$143$200
    Wolk, LoisDCA-5$6,000$2,000
    Wright, RoderickDCA-25$0$0
    Wyden, RonDOR$1,000$7,835
    Wyland, MarkRCA-38$0$0
    Yee, LelandDCA-8$3,264$250

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    		NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Support    		$ From Interest Groups
    That Oppose
    		Aanestad, SamRCA-4$0$1,500
    		Akaka, DanielDHI$10$1,050
    		Alexander, LamarRTN$500$33,500
    		Alquist, ElaineDCA-13$0$9,600
    		Ashburn, RoyRCA-18$0$0
    		Barrasso, JohnRWY$0$0
    		Baucus, MaxDMT$19,200$27,350
    		Bayh, EvanDIN$0$15,750
    		Begich, MarkDAK$89,674$1,000
    		Bennet, MichaelDCO$9,200$1,000
    		Bennett, RobertRUT$0$0
    		Bingaman, JeffDNM$16,001$500
    		Bond, ChristopherRMO$0$17,250
    		Boxer, BarbaraDCA$136,077$26,283
    		Brown, ScottRMA$0$1,000
    		Brown, SherrodDOH$60,610$14,600
    		Brownback, SamuelRKS$0$750
    		Bunning, JimRKY$0$4,600
    		Burr, RichardRNC$2,300$27,250
    		Burris, RolandDIL$0$0
    		Byrd, RobertDWV$250$0
    		Calderon, RonDCA-30$0$0
    		Cantwell, MariaDWA$159,865$6,700
    		Cardin, BenjaminDMD$40,051$5,200
    		Carper, ThomasDDE$2,300$16,520
    		Casey, RobertDPA$66,513$9,400
    		Cedillo, GilbertDCA-22$0$0
    		Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$0$32,500
    		Coburn, ThomasROK$0$7,200
    		Cochran, ThadRMS$2,300$4,700
    		Cogdill, DaveRCA-14$5,600$500
    		Collins, SusanRME$17,400$3,900
    		Conrad, KentDND$0$6,000
    		Corbett, EllenDCA-10$6,700$2,000
    		Corker, BobRTN$2,000$62,250
    		Cornyn, JohnRTX$0$19,254
    		Correa, LouDCA-34$0$4,600
    		Crapo, MichaelRID$0$4,000
    		DeMint, JimRSC$2,300$38,582
    		DeSaulnier, MarkDCA-7$6,400$1,500
    		Denham, JeffRCA-12$0$1,000
    		Dodd, ChristopherDCT$4,100$3,000
    		Dorgan, ByronDND$2,250$2,250
    		Ducheny, DeniseDCA-40$0$5,000
    		Durbin, RichardDIL$19,910$1,750
    		Dutton, RobertRCA-31$1,500$7,500
    		Ensign, JohnRNV$0$8,500
    		Enzi, MichaelRWY$0$2,000
    		Feingold, RussellDWI$27,045$9,750
    		Feinstein, DianneDCA$32,600$2,000
    		Florez, DeanDCA-16$0$500
    		Franken, AlDMN$145,253$8,850
    		Gillibrand, KirstenDNY$37,509$3,000
    		Graham, LindseyRSC$1,250$21,800
    		Grassley, CharlesRIA$0$8,500
    		Gregg, JuddRNH$1,000$1,000
    		Hagan, KayDNC$41,197$16,381
    		Hancock, LoniDCA-9$2,100$15,600
    		Harkin, ThomasDIA$13,315$2,000
    		Harman, TomRCA-35$0$10,200
    		Hatch, OrrinRUT$0$12,000
    		Hollingsworth, DennisRCA-36$0$0
    		Huff, BobRCA-29$990$8,100
    		Hutchison, KayRTX$5,483$17,250
    		Inhofe, JamesROK$0$8,500
    		Inouye, DanielDHI$2,300$300
    		Isakson, JohnRGA$0$17,850
    		Johanns, MikeRNE$0$0
    		Johnson, TimDSD$5,800$2,000
    		Kaufman, EdwardDDE$0$0
    		Kehoe, ChristineDCA-39$3,200$2,000
    		Kerry, JohnDMA$18,920$218
    		Klobuchar, AmyDMN$64,000$11,400
    		Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
    		Kyl, JonRAZ$0$10,850
    		Landrieu, MaryDLA$1,416$5,500
    		Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$18,403$8,500
    		LeMieux, GeorgeRFL$0$0
    		Leahy, PatrickDVT$11,700$1,000
    		Leno, MarkDCA-3$0$4,500
    		Levin, CarlDMI$23,095$32,050
    		Lieberman, JosephICT$37,200$18,100
    		Lincoln, BlancheDAR$800$50,350
    		Liu, CarolDCA-21$4,600$0
    		Lugar, RichardRIN$6,700$12,750
    		Maldonado, AbelRCA-15$0$0
    		McCain, JohnRAZ$1,300$1,500
    		McCaskill, ClaireDMO$48,110$4,900
    		McConnell, MitchRKY$4,600$31,850
    		Menéndez, RobertDNJ$30,660$37,900
    		Merkley, JeffDOR$85,345$4,050
    		Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$9,650$6,000
    		Murkowski, LisaRAK$0$11,300
    		Murray, PattyDWA$31,799$13,300
    		Negrete McLeod, GloriaDCA-32$0$10,000
    		Nelson, BenDNE$1,500$5,500
    		Nelson, BillDFL$62,405$10,450
    		Oropeza, JennyDCA-28$3,300$265
    		Padilla, AlexDCA-20$1,000$5,700
    		Pavley, FranDCA-23$14,850$2,000
    		Price, CurrenDCA-26$0$1,000
    		Pryor, MarkDAR$1,000$24,900
    		Reed, JohnDRI$6,560$2,150
    		Reid, HarryDNV$34,335$13,300
    		Risch, JamesRID$0$0
    		Roberts, PatRKS$0$5,000
    		Rockefeller, JohnDWV$47,100$4,800
    		Romero, GloriaDCA-24$0$2,500
    		Runner, GeorgeRCA-17$0$1,500
    		Sanders, BernardIVT$36,060$2,650
    		Schumer, CharlesDNY$3,750$6,800
    		Sessions, JeffersonRAL$2,000$11,000
    		Shaheen, JeanneDNH$89,567$500
    		Shelby, RichardRAL$2,300$8,400
    		Simitian, S.DCA-11$6,100$0
    		Snowe, OlympiaRME$10,400$1,000
    		Specter, ArlenDPA$1,000$19,150
    		Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$25,810$44,000
    		Steinberg, DarrellDCA-6$1,000$7,600
    		Strickland, TonyRCA-19$0$1,485
    		Tester, JonDMT$110,977$15,100
    		Thune, JohnRSD$1,000$36,100
    		Udall, MarkDCO$323,207$2,000
    		Udall, TomDNM$150,514$1,000
    		Vitter, DavidRLA$3,800$26,400
    		Voinovich, GeorgeROH$0$41,150
    		Walters, MimiRCA-33$2,000$4,000
    		Warner, MarkDVA$6,633$7,000
    		Webb, JimDVA$42,740$500
    		Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$40,410$6,050
    		Wicker, RogerRMS$2,300$35,400
    		Wiggins, PatriciaDCA-2$143$200
    		Wolk, LoisDCA-5$6,000$2,000
    		Wright, RoderickDCA-25$0$0
    		Wyden, RonDOR$1,000$7,835
    		Wyland, MarkRCA-38$0$0
    		Yee, LelandDCA-8$3,264$250

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    		Environmental policy$2,424,062
    		Consumer groups$10,314

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    		$ Donated
    		Truck/Automotive parts & accessories$510,372
    		Recycling of metal, paper, plastics, etc.$439,169
    		Automotive, Misc$271,982
    		Automotive unions$27,500
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