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June 27, 2005 1:00 AM, EDT

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he Senate last week voted to offer $1 billion in federal grants and loans for retrofits of older diesel engines as part of its work on the comprehensive energy bill.

The Senate measure, approved by a 92-1 vote June 21, would spend much more money than a similar proposal the House of Representatives passed earlier.

The House version of energy legislation approved in April included an EPA grant program for retrofitting older diesel engines, but the House proposal only called for spending $100 million.

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio), who proposed the amendment, said it “would establish voluntary national and state-level grant and loan programs to promote the reduction of diesel emissions.”

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