> > look on the senate web site http://www.senate.gov
> > search for bill # 1766 & you will see there is no
> > such bill.
> > is this message a hoax, or is it just the wrong bill
> > #?

no, it's not a hoax .. something is screwed up with that search on
that site.
go back to http://www.senate.gov and do a seach on text .. put in
"automobile" and then look down at number 36 ...
. Energy Policy Act of 2002 (Placed on the Calendar in the
Senate)[S.1766.PCS]

sure enough, there's a section 803 ...

Sec. 803. Assistance for State programs to retire fuel-inefficient
motor vehicles.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT- The Secretary shall establish a program, to be
known as the `National Motor Vehicle Efficiency Improvement Program,'
under which the Secretary shall provide grants to States to operate
programs to offer owners of passenger automobiles and light-duty
trucks manufactured in model years more than 15 years prior to the
fiscal year in which appropriations are made under subsection (d) to
provide financial incentives to scrap such automobiles and to replace
them with automobiles with higher fuel efficiency.

(b) STATE PLAN- Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
an appropriations act containing funds authorized under subsection
(d), to be eligible to receive funds under the program, the Governor
of a State shall submit to the Secretary a plan to carry out a program
under this subtitle in that State.

(c) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA- The Secretary shall approve a State plan and
provide the funds under subsection (d), if the State plan--

(1) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks
turned in be scrapped;

(2) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks
turned in be currently registered in the State in order to be
eligible;

(3) requires that all passenger automobiles and light-duty trucks
turned in be operational at the time that they are turned in;

and so on. :(