YourVoice.Now Summary
The federal Diesel Emissions Reduction Program, which provides grants and loans to help replace or retrofit older, dirtier diesel engines — things like school buses, freight trucks, and construction equipment — is set to expire. This one-line bill extends the program's funding authorization through 2029. Communities near highways, ports, and rail yards, where diesel pollution is heaviest, stand to benefit the most.
Congressional Summary
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.
Legislative Subjects
Air qualityClimate change and greenhouse gasesMotor fuelsMotor vehicles
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-03-14
- Date Added
- 2026-04-06