To direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program in partnership with the private sector to accelerate efforts of domestic automobile manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid vehicle technologies in the United States.

Directs the Secretary of Energy, in partnership with the private sector, to implement a program to address the ability of domestic automobile manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid vehicle technologies in the United States.

States the objective of the program is to accelerate improvement of: (1) batteries and other rechargeable energy storage systems; (2) power electronics; (3) hybrid systems integration; and (4) other technologies for use in hybrid vehicles.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1706 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1706

 To direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program in partnership 
 with the private sector to accelerate efforts of domestic automobile 
manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid 
               vehicle technologies in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2005

 Mr. Shadegg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program in partnership 
 with the private sector to accelerate efforts of domestic automobile 
manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid 
               vehicle technologies in the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. HYBRID VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES.

    As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Energy, in partnership with the private sector, shall 
implement a program to address the ability of domestic automobile 
manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid 
vehicle technologies in the United States. The objective of the program 
shall be to accelerate efforts directed toward the improvement of 
batteries and other rechargeable energy storage systems, power 
electronics, hybrid systems integration, and other technologies for use 
in hybrid vehicles.
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