Hill Crafts Energy Bill Details

Deal Could Include Diesel Engine Retrofit Incentives

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egotiators from the House and Senate began work last week to draft a comprehensive energy bill that could include incentives for trucking fleets to retrofit older diesel engines and extend daylight-saving time by two months.

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chairman of the House-Senate conference committee for the bill, said in a statement there would be “open meetings of the conference on a regular basis.”

Barton said, “The four senior members, Sen. [Jeff] Bingaman (D-N.M.), Sen. [Pete] Domenici (R-N.M.), [Rep. John] Dingell (D-Mich.) and myself will meet . . . to try to resolve the various differences that always do result in a conference between the House and the Senate.

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