S 493
117th Congress
Senate
Taxation
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax exclusion
Public utilities and utility rates
Securities
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the issuance of exempt facility bonds for zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
This bill permits the use of tax-exempt facility bonds to fund zero-emission vehicle infrastructure. The bill defines zero emissions vehicles as any light- or heavy-duty vehicles that conform to the regulatory zero-emission vehicles standard or vehicles that produce zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant or greenhouse gas under the Clean Air Act.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 493: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the issuance of exempt facility bonds for zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-493/
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