found this on the summit site...
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found this on the summit site...
Scrappage Bill Defeated!
Your phone calls, letters, and e-mails have paid off! Thanks to the combined efforts of the high performance industry and performance enthusiasts like you, the proposed old-car scrappage legislation, Section 822 of U.S. Bill 517, has been defeated. Your hobby, along with countless classic cars, performance parts, and jobs, has been saved. Thank you!
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Your phone calls, letters, and e-mails have paid off! Thanks to the combined efforts of the high performance industry and performance enthusiasts like you, the proposed old-car scrappage legislation, Section 822 of U.S. Bill 517, has been defeated. Your hobby, along with countless classic cars, performance parts, and jobs, has been saved. Thank you!
:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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From: Northeast South Dakota
Re: found this on the summit site... (Pedro'74)
Well, it hasn't been defeated, just pushed away for a few years. Just like the bill that tried to outlaw sport utility vehicles. These things are never defeated, just pushed down into holes for awhile, then when you least expect it, they come back. We're ahead for now, but stay on the lookout.
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From: Pittsburgh PA
Re: found this on the summit site... (QuickVet)
Taken from the Senates website :
Enjoy ! :U
-Sleek
SEC. 803. ASSISTANCE FOR STATE PROGRAMS TO RETIRE FUEL-INEFFICIENT
MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a program, to be
known as the ``National Motor Vehicle Efficiency Improvement Program,''
under which the Secretary shall provide grants to States to operate
programs to offer owners of passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks
manufactured in model years more than 15 years prior to the fiscal year
in which appropriations are made under subsection (d) to provide
financial incentives to scrap such automobiles and to replace them with
automobiles with higher fuel efficiency.
(b) State Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of an appropriations act containing funds authorized under
subsection (d), to be eligible to receive funds under the program, the
Governor of a State shall submit to the Secretary a plan to carry out a
program under this subtitle in that State.
(c) Eligibility Criteria.--The Secretary shall approve a State plan
and provide the funds under subsection (d), if the State plan--
(1) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty
trucks turned in be scrapped;
(2) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty
trucks turned in be currently registered in the State in order
to be eligible;
(3) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty
trucks turned in be operational at the time that they are
turned in;
(4) restricts automobile owners (except not-for-profit
organizations) from turning in more than one passenger
automobile and one light-duty truck in a 12-month period;
(5) provides an appropriate payment to the person recycling
the scrapped passenger automobile or light-duty truck for each
turned-in passenger automobile or light-duty truck;
(6) provides a minimum payment to the automobile owner for
each passenger automobile and light-duty truck turned in; and
(7) provides, in addition to the payment under paragraph
(6), an additional credit that may be redeemed by the owner of
the turned-in passenger automobile or light-duty truck at the
time of purchase of new fuel-efficient automobile.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are hereby authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section such sums
as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.
(e) Allocation Formula.--The amounts appropriated pursuant to
subsection (d) shall be allocated among the States on the basis of the
population of the States as contained in the most recent reliable
census data available from the Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce, for all States at the time that the Secretary needs to
compute shares under this subsection.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Automobile.--The term ``automobile'' has the meaning
given such term in section 32901(3) of title 49, United States
Code.
(2) Fuel-efficient automobile.--
(A) The term ``fuel-efficient automobile'' means a
passenger automobile or a light-duty truck that has an
average fuel economy greater than the average fuel
economy standard prescribed pursuant to section 32902
of title 49, United States Code, or other law,
applicable to such passenger automobile or light-duty
truck.
(B) The term ``average fuel economy'' has the
meaning given such term in section 32901(5) of title
49, United States Code.
(C) The term ``average fuel economy standard'' has
the meaning given such term in section 32901(6) of
title 49, United States Code.
(D) The term ``fuel economy'' has the meaning given
such term in section 32901(10) of title 49, United
States Code.
(3) Light-duty truck.--The term ``light-duty truck'' means
an automobile that is not a passenger automobile. Such term
shall include a pickup truck, a van, or a four-wheel-drive
general utility vehicle, as those terms are defined in section
600.002-85 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
(4) Passenger automobile.--The term ``passenger
automobile'' has the meaning given such term by section
32901(16) of title 49, United States Code.
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
(6) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the several
States and the District of Columbia
MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a program, to be
known as the ``National Motor Vehicle Efficiency Improvement Program,''
under which the Secretary shall provide grants to States to operate
programs to offer owners of passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks
manufactured in model years more than 15 years prior to the fiscal year
in which appropriations are made under subsection (d) to provide
financial incentives to scrap such automobiles and to replace them with
automobiles with higher fuel efficiency.
(b) State Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of an appropriations act containing funds authorized under
subsection (d), to be eligible to receive funds under the program, the
Governor of a State shall submit to the Secretary a plan to carry out a
program under this subtitle in that State.
(c) Eligibility Criteria.--The Secretary shall approve a State plan
and provide the funds under subsection (d), if the State plan--
(1) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty
trucks turned in be scrapped;
(2) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty
trucks turned in be currently registered in the State in order
to be eligible;
(3) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty
trucks turned in be operational at the time that they are
turned in;
(4) restricts automobile owners (except not-for-profit
organizations) from turning in more than one passenger
automobile and one light-duty truck in a 12-month period;
(5) provides an appropriate payment to the person recycling
the scrapped passenger automobile or light-duty truck for each
turned-in passenger automobile or light-duty truck;
(6) provides a minimum payment to the automobile owner for
each passenger automobile and light-duty truck turned in; and
(7) provides, in addition to the payment under paragraph
(6), an additional credit that may be redeemed by the owner of
the turned-in passenger automobile or light-duty truck at the
time of purchase of new fuel-efficient automobile.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are hereby authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section such sums
as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.
(e) Allocation Formula.--The amounts appropriated pursuant to
subsection (d) shall be allocated among the States on the basis of the
population of the States as contained in the most recent reliable
census data available from the Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce, for all States at the time that the Secretary needs to
compute shares under this subsection.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Automobile.--The term ``automobile'' has the meaning
given such term in section 32901(3) of title 49, United States
Code.
(2) Fuel-efficient automobile.--
(A) The term ``fuel-efficient automobile'' means a
passenger automobile or a light-duty truck that has an
average fuel economy greater than the average fuel
economy standard prescribed pursuant to section 32902
of title 49, United States Code, or other law,
applicable to such passenger automobile or light-duty
truck.
(B) The term ``average fuel economy'' has the
meaning given such term in section 32901(5) of title
49, United States Code.
(C) The term ``average fuel economy standard'' has
the meaning given such term in section 32901(6) of
title 49, United States Code.
(D) The term ``fuel economy'' has the meaning given
such term in section 32901(10) of title 49, United
States Code.
(3) Light-duty truck.--The term ``light-duty truck'' means
an automobile that is not a passenger automobile. Such term
shall include a pickup truck, a van, or a four-wheel-drive
general utility vehicle, as those terms are defined in section
600.002-85 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.
(4) Passenger automobile.--The term ``passenger
automobile'' has the meaning given such term by section
32901(16) of title 49, United States Code.
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Energy.
(6) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the several
States and the District of Columbia
-Sleek
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