A bill to authorize a program of research and development of alternative propulsion systems for automotive vehicles in commerce.
Automotive Transport Research and Development Act - Provides for, an immediate and intensive national research and development program to produce, within 3 years, a motor vehicle engine system that is clean, quiet, energy-efficient, safe, and suited to our existing patterns of life.
Authorizes the Low-Emission Vehicle Certification Board to carry out the program under this Act.
Specifies that the Board be an interagency group as defined in the Clean Air Act and be composed of representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Transportation, the Council of Environmental Quality and the General Services Administration.
Authorizes the Board to develop vehicles which will comply with clean air standards and future emission standards that Congress may enact to protect the public health and welfare in high-population-density areas.
Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
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