What's At Stake?

Support Real Effort to Address U.S. Oil Dependence

The following members are cosponsoring the oil savings legislation:

SENATE

Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI]
Sen Bayh, Evan [IN]
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM]
Sen Brownback, Sam [KS]
Sen Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE]
Sen Chafee, Lincoln [RI]
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY]
Sen Coleman, Norm [MN]
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME]
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT]
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA]
Sen Graham, Lindsey [SC]
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI]
Sen Isakson, Johnny [GA]
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA]
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA]
Sen Kohl, Herb [WI]
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT]
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT]
Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR]
Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN]
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ]
Sen Nelson, Bill [FL]
Sen Obama, Barack [IL]
Sen Reed, Jack [RI]
Sen Salazar, Ken [CO]
Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL]

HOUSE

Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5]
Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6]
Rep Barrow, John [GA-12]
Rep Beauprez, Bob [CO-7]
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1]
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28]
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2]
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1]
Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1]
Rep Bono, Mary [CA-45]
Rep Bradley, Jeb [NH-1]
Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. [SC-1]
Rep Brown, Sherrod [OH-13]
Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26]
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5]
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18]
Rep Chabot, Steve [OH-1]
Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11]
Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-10]
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4]
Rep Drake, Thelma D. [VA-2]
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2]
Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. [MI-3]
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17]
Rep English, Phil [PA-3]
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14]
Rep Evans, Lane [IL-17]
Rep Everett, Terry [AL-2]
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51]
Rep Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [PA-8]
Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. [TN-9]
Rep Fortuno, Luis G. [PR]
Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24]
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6]
Rep Gilchrest, Wayne T. [MD-1]
Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11]
Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36]
Rep Hayworth, J. D. [AZ-5]
Rep Inglis, Bob [SC-4]
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1]
Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2]
Rep Johnson, Nancy L. [CT-5]
Rep Kelly, Sue W. [NY-19]
Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1]
Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [NY-29]
Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12]
Rep Linder, John [GA-7]
Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3]
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16]
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18]
Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10]
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4]
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11]
Rep McKeon, Howard P. (Buck) [CA-25]
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. [GA-4]
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21]
Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10]
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3]
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8]
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38]
Rep Pence, Mike [IN-6]
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16]
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19]
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4]
Rep Price, Tom [GA-6]
Rep Pryce, Deborah [OH-15]
Rep Renzi, Rick [AZ-1]
Rep Rogers, Mike D. [AL-3]
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9]
Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2]
Rep Saxton, Jim [NJ-3]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9]
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29]
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13]
Rep Scott, David [GA-13]
Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9]
Rep Simmons, Rob [CT-2]
Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21]
Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6]
Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2]
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10]
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2]
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20]
Rep Weldon, Curt [PA-7]
Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-8]
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19]
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2]
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4]

In response to America’s unchecked oil dependence, an impressive bipartisan array of senators and representatives have introduced legislation into both the House and Senate requiring aggressive oil savings over the next 25 years. In addition to the targets themselves, both bills also create a host of programs and requirements that will help save oil over the next 25 years. These range from mandating a heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency standard, to increasing tire efficiency standards, to encouraging advanced vehicle and alternative fuel technologies through tax incentives.

Here is a short summary of the bills:

S. 2025 would set oil savings targets at 2.5 million barrels per day (mbd) in 2016, 7 mbd by 2026, and 10 mbd by 2030. Agencies are required to issue regulations to achieve the oil savings based on existing and new authorities and are subject to Congressional review and reporting requirements.

Programs in both the Senate bill and the House companion bill include:

Increasing the number of flexible fuel vehicles on the road by requiring a growing number of new vehicles to be capable of operating on alcohol fuels, such as ethanol and methanol, and a range of other efficient vehicle technologies;
Increasing the tax credit for alternative fuel pumps and infrastructure to 50 percent of qualifying costs;
Creating near term targets for production of cellulosic biofuels, building on the renewable fuel standard enacted in 2005 Energy Bill;
Increasing the authorized spending for cellulosic biofuels production incentives to $200 million annually over five years;
Doubling the research and development authorization level for the bioenergy program;
Providing grants to encourage transit-oriented development to help build communities that help drivers reduce vehicle-miles traveled;
Both bills provide $50 million over 4 years for a nationwide oil security media campaign to be administered by the Secretary of Energy, educating consumers about ways to reduce wasteful oil use.
Items that are unique to the Senate bill include an additional target for ethanol derived from sugar, and a program of loan guarantees and grants for farmer-owned ethanol producers to develop and build E85 distribution infrastructure including pumps.

H.R. 4409 would set oil savings targets at 2.5 mbd by 2015 and 5 mbd by 2025. Programs include those listed under S. 2025 above, and

Incentives for installation of heavy-duty vehicle idling reduction equipment;
Provides vehicle consumer tax credits for purchases of plug-in hybrid and flexible fuel hybrid vehicles;
Phases out a loophole in the fuel economy standards for flexible fuel vehicles by tying the credits to the actual alternative fuel use in these vehicles;
Creates a program for the Department of Energy to administer installation of alternative fuel pumps in areas with a significant percentage of registered flexible fuel vehicles;
Establishes an “ethanol action plan” that ramps up biofuels for ground transportation and eliminates the tariff on the importation of ethanol.

You can find the full text of the bills here.

The administration has recognized our oil addiction, but is still not taking any steps to address this problem. Therefore, it is vital that Congress act now to fill the void the administration has left. Please help convince your representative that Congress should act now to reduce our oil consumption and protect our national, environmental, and economic security.

To the right, is a list of current cosponsors of this legislation. If your members of Congress are not cosponsors, please urge them to cosponsor today. If you find one or more of your members of Congress on the cosponsor list, please click here to send them a message thanking them for their leadership.

Note: if some, but not all your members have cosponsored the legislation, you will need to send both letters to get in touch with all of them. Our system has been set up to only send the appropriate letter to your members.

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