H.R. 2140

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025

In plain English: what this bill does

The bill would extend a federal diesel emissions reduction program for five more years. It does this by changing one date in the Energy Policy Act of 2005: the program's authorization now runs through 2029 instead of 2024. The bill makes no other changes.

Who this affects

  • Diesel engine owners and operators: the bill does not state a direct change for them, but it keeps in place a federal program that helps reduce diesel emissions, which this bill extends through 2029.

Words to know

  • Reauthorize: to approve a program again so it can keep running for a set period.
  • Authorization: the legal permission a law gives for a program to operate and receive funding.
  • Emissions: gases or particles released into the air when fuel is burned, such as from a truck or bus engine.

For example

Made-up situation: A city transit agency is part of the diesel emissions reduction program. Under this bill, the program would still be authorized in 2025 through 2029, so the agency could keep taking part instead of losing access when the old 2024 date passed.

Written by AI from the bill's text below; it can be wrong. How it's written

Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 a diesel emissions reduction program under which the Environmental Protection Agency provides grants, rebates, or loans for replacing diesel engines or retrofitting the engines with pollution control technologies.

Text of the bill

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Sec. 2. Reauthorization of diesel emissions reduction act Since introduced

In plain English

This section extends a diesel pollution reduction program by five years. It changes a date in an existing law, so the program's authorization now runs through 2029 instead of 2024.

Written by AI from the text below; it can be wrong. How it's written

Section 797(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16137(a)) is amended by striking 2024 and inserting 2029.