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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5530 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a rebate program to promote 

the purchase and installation of publicly accessible electric vehicle supply 

equipment, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2019 

Mr. TONKO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a rebate 

program to promote the purchase and installation of 

publicly accessible electric vehicle supply equipment, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Electric Vehicle Infra5 structure Rebate Act of 2019’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT REBATE 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 (a) REBATE PROGRAM.—Not later than January 1, 

4 2021, the Secretary of Energy shall establish a rebate pro5 gram to promote the purchase and installation of publicly 

6 accessible electric vehicle supply equipment (in this Act 

7 referred to as the ‘‘rebate program’’). 

8 (b) REBATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

9 (1) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—A rebate under 

10 the rebate program may be made to a individual, 

11 State, local, Tribal, or Territorial government, a pri12 vate entity, or a metropolitan planning organization. 

13 (2) ELIGIBLE EQUIPMENT.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

15 days after the date of the enactment of this 

16 Act, the Secretary shall publish and maintain 

17 on the Department of Energy internet website 

18 a list of electric vehicle supply equipment that 

19 is eligible for the rebate program. 

20 (B) UPDATE.—The Secretary may publish 

21 a notice of proposed rulemaking to determine 

22 additional hardware or software equipment re23 quirements that will likely lead to greater usage 

24 of the electric vehicle supply equipment or im25 prove the experience of users of such charging 

26 equipment. 

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1 (C) LOCATION REQUIREMENT.—To be eli2 gible for the rebate program, the equipment de3 scribed under paragraph (1) shall be installed— 

4 (i) in the United States; 

5 (ii) on property— 

6 (I) owned by the eligible appli7 cant under subsection (b)(1); or 

8 (II) on which the eligible appli9 cant under subsection (b)(1) has au10 thority to install electric vehicle sup11 ply equipment; and 

12 (iii) at a parking lot or facility having 

13 a minimum of 10 parking spaces and is— 

14 (I) open to the public for a min15 imum of 12 hours per day, five days 

16 per week; 

17 (II) associated with a multi-unit 

18 housing structure with five or more 

19 housing units; and 

20 (III) associated with a workplace 

21 available to an employee of the work22 place or an employee of a nearby 

23 workplace. 

24 (3) APPLICATION.— 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible applicant 

2 under subsection (b)(1) may submit to the Sec3 retary an application for a rebate under the re4 bate program. Such application shall include— 

5 (i) the estimated cost of covered ex6 penses to be expended on the installation 

7 of the equipment eligible under subsection 

8 (b)(2); 

9 (ii) the estimated installation cost of 

10 the equipment eligible under subsection 

11 (b)(2); 

12 (iii) the global positioning system 

13 (GPS) location of the equipment eligible 

14 under subsection (b)(2) and identification 

15 of whether such location is a— 

16 (I) multi-unit housing structure; 

17 (II) workplace; or 

18 (III) publicly accessible parking 

19 lot or facility; 

20 (iv) the technical specifications of the 

21 equipment eligible under subsection (b)(2), 

22 including the maximum power and amper23 age of such equipment, to be installed; and 

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1 (v) any other information determined 

2 by the Secretary to be necessary for a com3 plete application. 

4 (B) REVIEW PROCESS.—The Secretary 

5 shall review an application for a rebate under 

6 the rebate program and approve an eligible ap7 plicant under subsection (b)(1) to receive such 

8 rebate if— 

9 (i) the application meets the require10 ments of the rebate program under sub11 section (b); and 

12 (ii) the Secretary expects amounts ap13 propriated to be available for such rebate. 

14 (C) NOTIFICATION TO ELIGIBLE APPLI15 CANT.—Not later than one year after the date 

16 on which the eligible applicant under subsection 

17 (b)(3) applies for a rebate under the rebate pro18 gram, the Secretary shall notify the eligible ap19 plicant under subsection (b)(1) that they will be 

20 awarded a rebate under the rebate program fol21 lowing the submission of additional materials 

22 required under paragraph (5). 

23 (4) REBATE AMOUNT.— 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

2 subparagraph (B), the amount awarded under 

3 the rebate program shall be the lesser of— 

4 (i) 75 percent of covered expenses; 

5 (ii) $2,000 for non-networked level 2 

6 charging equipment; 

7 (iii) $4,000 for networked level 2 

8 charging equipment; or 

9 (iv) $75,000 for networked direct cur10 rent fast charging equipment. 

11 (B) REBATE AMOUNT FOR REPLACEMENT

12 EQUIPMENT.—The amount awarded under the 

13 rebate program for replacement electric vehicle 

14 supply equipment shall be the lesser of— 

15 (i) 75 percent of covered expenses; 

16 (ii) $1,000 for non-networked level 2 

17 charging equipment; 

18 (iii) $2,000 for networked level 2 

19 charging equipment; or 

20 (iv) $25,000 for networked direct cur21 rent fast charging equipment. 

22 (5) DISBURSEMENT OF REBATE.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

24 disburse a rebate under the rebate program to 

25 an eligible applicant under subsection (b)(1), 

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1 following approval of an initial application 

2 under paragraph (3), if such applicant submits 

3 the materials required under subparagraph (B). 

4 (B) MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR DISBURSE5 MENT OF REBATE.—Not later than one year 

6 after the date on which the eligible applicant 

7 under subsection (b)(1) receives notice that 

8 they have been approved for a rebate under the 

9 rebate program, such applicant shall submit to 

10 the Secretary the following— 

11 (i) the cost of covered expenses ex12 pended on the installation of the equip13 ment eligible under subsection (b)(2); 

14 (ii) the installation cost of the equip15 ment eligible under subsection (b)(2); 

16 (iii) a record of payment for the 

17 equipment eligible under subsection (b)(2); 

18 (iv) the global positioning system 

19 (GPS) location of the equipment eligible 

20 under subsection (b)(2) and identification 

21 of whether such location is a— 

22 (I) multi-unit housing structure; 

23 (II) workplace; or 

24 (III) publicly accessible parking 

25 lot or facility; 

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1 (v) the technical specifications of the 

2 equipment eligible under subsection (b)(2), 

3 including the maximum power and amper4 age of such equipment; and 

5 (vi) any other information determined 

6 by the Secretary to be necessary for a com7 plete application. 

8 (C) AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN.—To be eli9 gible for a rebate under the rebate program, an 

10 eligible applicant under subsection (b)(1) shall 

11 enter into an agreement with the Secretary to 

12 maintain the eligible equipment in a satisfac13 tory manner for not less than five years after 

14 the date on which the eligible applicant under 

15 subsection (b)(1) receives the rebate under the 

16 rebate program. 

17 (D) AGREEMENT TO REPORT ON USAGE.— 

18 To be eligible for a rebate under the rebate pro19 gram, an eligible applicant under subsection 

20 (b)(1) shall enter into an agreement with the 

21 Secretary to submit, not later than one year 

22 after the date the applicant is awarded a rebate 

23 and annually thereafter for the following two 

24 years, a report on the aggregated data on usage 

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1 of relevant networked electric vehicle supply 

2 equipment. 

3 (E) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary shall not 

4 disburse a rebate under the rebate program if 

5 materials submitted under paragraph (5) do not 

6 meet the same GPS location and technical spec7 ifications for the equipment eligible under sub8 section (b)(2) provided in an application under 

9 paragraph (3). 

10 (6) EXCEPTIONS TO REBATE PROGRAM.— 

11 (A) MULTI-PORT CHARGERS.—An eligible 

12 applicant under subsection (b)(1) shall be 

13 awarded a rebate under the rebate program for 

14 a multi-port charger based on the number of 

15 publicly accessible charging ports, with each 

16 subsequent port after the first port, being eligi17 ble for 50 percent of the full rebate amount. 

18 (B) NETWORKED DIRECT CURRENT FAST

19 CHARGING.—Of amounts appropriated to carry 

20 out the rebate program under this section, not 

21 more than 25 percent may be used for rebates 

22 of networked direct current fast charging equip23 ment. 

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1 drogen refueling equipment shall be eligible for a re2 bate as though it were a networked direct current 

3 fast charging equipment. All requirements related to 

4 public accessibility of installed locations shall apply. 

5 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

6 (1) COVERED EXPENSES.—The term ‘‘covered 

7 expenses’’ means an expense that is associated with 

8 the purchase and installation of electric vehicle sup9 ply equipment, including— 

10 (A) the cost of electric vehicle supply 

11 equipment hardware; 

12 (B) labor costs associated with the installa13 tion of such hardware, only if wages for such 

14 labor are paid at rates not less than those pre15 vailing on similar labor in the locality of instal16 lation, as determined by the Secretary of Labor 

17 under subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 

18 United States Code (commonly referred to as 

19 the ‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’); 

20 (C) material costs associated with the in21 stallation of such hardware, including expenses 

22 involving electrical equipment and necessary up23 grades or modifications to the electrical grid 

24 and associated infrastructure required for the 

25 installation of such hardware; 

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1 (D) permit costs associated with the instal2 lation of such hardware; and 

3 (E) the cost of an on-site energy storage 

4 system. 

5 (2) ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘electric 

6 vehicle’’ means a vehicle that derives all or part of 

7 its power from electricity. 

8 (3) MULTI-PORT CHARGER.—The term ‘‘multi9 port charger’’ means electric vehicle supply equip10 ment capable of charging more than one electric ve11 hicle simultaneously. 

12 (4) ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT.— 

13 The term ‘‘electric vehicle supply equipment’’ means 

14 a charger connected to the electric grid that supplies 

15 electricity to an electric vehicle. 

16 (5) LEVEL 2 CHARGING EQUIPMENT.—The 

17 term ‘‘level 2 charging equipment’’ means electric 

18 vehicle supply equipment that provides an alter19 nating current power source at a minimum of 240- 

20 volts. 

21 (6) NETWORKED DIRECT CURRENT FAST

22 CHARGING EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘‘networked di23 rect current fast charging equipment’’ means electric 

24 vehicle supply equipment that provides a direct cur25 rent power source at a minimum of 50 kilowatts and 

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1 is enabled to connect to a network to facilitate data 

2 collection and access. 

3 (7) NETWORKED ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING

4 STATION.—The term ‘‘networked electric vehicle 

5 charging station’’ means a charging station that is 

6 enabled to connect to a network to facilitate data 

7 collection and access. 

8 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

9 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

10 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 

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