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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 219
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-155
DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT OF 2017
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Environment and Public
Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 1447]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred a bill (S. 1447) to reauthorize the diesel emissions reduc-
tion program, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends
that the bill do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
Established pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Diesel
Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) is a voluntary program that
incentivizes vehicle, engine and equipment owners to retrofit exist-
ing heavy-duty diesel vehicles, engines and equipment with new
technology, or replace vehicles, engines and equipment through the
disbursal of federal and state grants and rebates. Diesel engines
are reliable and efficient, but older ones emit significant amounts
of exhaust including particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides
(NOx), which can harm human health. Initially a grant program,
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started awarding the
first DERA grants in 2008 with the purpose of reducing diesel ex-
haust from older engines. In January 2011, DERA was reauthor-
ized through fiscal year (FY) 2016 and the EPA was given the au-
thority to offer rebates in addition to grants pursuant to the Diesel
Emissions Reduction Act of 2010. EPA started the first rebate pro-
gram in 2012 targeting school bus replacement.
The DERA program is administered by EPA's National Clean
Diesel Campaign within the Office of Transportation and Air Qual-
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