H.R. 580 · 111th Congress
Purchasing Low-Emission Vehicles for Use in Government (PLUG) Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Steve Israel
- Introduced
- 2009-01-15
- Latest action
- 2009-02-24 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
Summary
Purchasing Low-Emission Vehicles for Use in Government (PLUG) Act - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the federal government acquires not fewer than 100,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles manufactured in the United States by U.S. entities.
Defines a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle as a light duty vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine or heat engine using: (1) a combustible fuel; (2) an on-board, rechargeable storage device; and (3) a device that collects electricity from an off-board source.