A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for a tax on every new automobile with respect to its fuel consumption rate.
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Declares the purpose of the Act, including to encourage the development, manufacture and importation of automobiles which efficiently comsume fuel. Provides, under the Internal Revenue Code, for an excise tax, beginning July 1, 1975, on new automobiles manufactured, produced, or imported, at specified rates based on the fuel consumption rate of such automobiles. Provides for increases in the amount of the tax beginning July 1, 1976 and July 1, 1977. States that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall investigate the fuel consumption rates of automobiles which are subject, or may be subject, to the tax. Requires that such investigations include tests: (1) of each automobile model subject to such tax equipped (a) with each available engine size and (b) without optional accessories; and (2) which shall be conducted under specified controlled driving conditions. Requires, under the Automobile Information Disclosure Act, that every label required to be affixed shall include, in the case of any automobile on which a tax was imposed by the Internal Revenue Code (relating to automobile fuel economy taxes): (1) the fuel consumption rate determined to be applicable for such automobile, and (2) the tax paid.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on October 18, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on October 18, 1973: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
PETER DOMINICK (R-CO) introduced it on October 18, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 18, 1973, 19320 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19320 days ago, on October 18, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers