[Congressional Bills 115th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6476 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6476 To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that the treatment of natural gas vehicles is equal to the treatment of electric vehicles. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2018 Mr. Johnson of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that the treatment of natural gas vehicles is equal to the treatment of electric vehicles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Light-Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Parity Act of 2018''. SEC. 2. REGULATORY PARITY FOR NATURAL GAS VEHICLES. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall amend the regulations and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency-- (1) to provide that the compliance and incentive values applied to electric vehicles are, at a minimum, equally applied to natural gas vehicles; and (2) in the case of calculating the average fuel economy or any other type of automotive emission for a natural gas dual- fueled vehicle when the vehicle is operating on natural gas, to ensure that no eligibility requirement is imposed on that vehicle. <all>