The House on Tuesday sent President Bush a streamlined energy bill that would make the first statutory increase in fuel economy standards in 32 years and require billions more gallons of biofuels to be blended into gasoline over the next 15 years.

The president was expected to sign the legislation.

Supporters called the bill a turning point for the nation’s energy policy, moving the United States away from dependence on foreign oil and sending a signal to the world that addressing global warming is now a policy priority.

The measure would require a 40 percent increase in fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks such as sport utility vehicles, from a combined 25 miles per gallon today to 35 miles per gallon by 2020. It also would require 36 billion gallons of ethanol and other biofuels to be incorporated into gasoline by 2022.

It would mandate production of more energy-efficient home appliances, such as washing machines, dishwashers and refrigerators, and would require the Energy Department to expedite the approval of new efficiency standards.

“We are starting a clean energy revolution today,” said Rep. Jay Inslee , D-Wash.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., said the measure was “ground-breaking in terms of what it will do in savings to the consumer, protecting the environment and providing a new direction.”

Republican dissenters said the bill did nothing to support traditional fossil fuel production and little to help nuclear power.

Joe L. Barton , R-Texas, ranking minority member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, called the package a “no energy bill” and warned that “it will almost certainly lead to higher energy prices for every form of energy and less choice for all Americans in how they use energy.”

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer , D-Md., vowed that Democrats will try again next year to pass two other sections that Senate Republicans and a White House veto threat forced them to drop from the current bill — a $21.8 billion package of tax incentives to encourage development of alternative energy sources and a mandate that utilities produce 15 percent of their electricity from alternative sources by 2020.