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S. 3266, The Immediate Steps to Conserve Gasoline Act
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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S. 3266 would require Congress and Federal departments and agencies to reduce the annual consumption of gasoline of the Federal Government.
Detailed Summary
Immediate Steps to Conserve Gasoline Act - Requires federal departments, agencies, and Congress, for FY2009, to develop and carry out initiatives to reduce their annual consumption of gasoline by at least 3%.
Requires the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to study and report to Congress on the potential transportation fuel savings of imposing a national speed limit on highways on the Interstate System of 60 miles per hour.
Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to study and report to specified congressional committees on whether additional gasoline reduction measures by federal departments, agencies, and Congress are technically feasible.
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Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 7/15/2008: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Bryan Morton
July 18, 2008, 2:35pm (report abuse)Here's a novel approach. Why not have all those Govvies go get real productive jobs. Then they can buy their own gas from their own pockets instead of stealing it through taxation. They'll spend less if they actually have to work for it.