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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 504 

To establish the Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Initiative to facilitate the 

installation of zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on National Forest 

System land, National Park System land, and certain related land, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 1, 2021 

Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. MERKLEY, 

Ms. ROSEN, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HEINRICH, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Initiative to 

facilitate the installation of zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on National Forest System land, National Park 

System land, and certain related land, 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 ‘‘Green Spaces, Green 

5 Vehicles Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE AGENCY HEAD.—The term 

4 ‘‘appropriate agency head’’ means— 

5 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

6 through the Chief of the Forest Service, with 

7 respect to National Forest System land; and 

8 (B) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

9 through the Director of the National Park 

10 Service, with respect to National Park System 

11 land. 

12 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON13 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con14 gress’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Energy and Com16 merce of the House of Representatives; 

17 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 

18 of the House of Representatives; 

19 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

20 the House of Representatives; 

21 (D) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

22 Resources of the Senate; and 

23 (E) the Committee on Appropriations of 

24 the Senate. 

25 (3) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 

26 means— 


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1 (A) National Forest System land; 

2 (B) National Park System land; and 

3 (C) any land, including land owned by a 

4 unit of local government or Indian Tribe (as de5 fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determina6 tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

7 5304))— 

8 (i) that is located not more than 25 

9 miles from land described in subparagraph 

10 (A) or (B); and 

11 (ii) with respect to which the Sec12 retary or an appropriate agency head has 

13 entered into an agreement with the owner 

14 of the land for the installation of zero15 emissions vehicle infrastructure on the 

16 land, after making a determination that 

17 the infrastructure to be installed under the 

18 agreement is related to providing zero19 emissions vehicles with access to land de20 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

21 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

22 the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Assist23 ant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

24 Energy. 


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1 (5) ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLE INFRASTRUC2 TURE.—The term ‘‘zero-emissions vehicle infrastruc3 ture’’ means infrastructure used to charge or fuel a 

4 zero-emissions vehicle. 

5 (6) ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLE.—The term 

6 ‘‘zero-emissions vehicle’’ means— 

7 (A) a zero-emission vehicle (as defined in 

8 section 88.102–94 of title 40, Code of Federal 

9 Regulations (or successor regulations)); or 

10 (B) a vehicle that produces zero exhaust 

11 emissions of any criteria pollutant (or precursor 

12 pollutant) or greenhouse gas under any possible 

13 operational modes or conditions. 

14 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GREEN SPACES, GREEN VEHI15 CLES INITIATIVE. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary and the appro17 priate agency heads shall collaborate on an initiative, to 

18 be known as the ‘‘Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Initia19 tive’’, to facilitate the installation and use of zero-emis20 sions vehicle infrastructure on covered land. 

21 (b) DUTIES.—The Secretary and the appropriate 

22 agency heads shall facilitate the installation and use of 

23 zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on covered land— 

24 (1) by entering into agreements with public, 

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1 stallation, and operation, including use-fee proc2 essing and collection, on covered land of publicly ac3 cessible zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure that is 

4 directly related to the charging or fueling of a vehi5 cle in accordance with this section; 

6 (2) by acquiring, in coordination with the Ad7 ministrator of General Services, zero-emissions vehi8 cles, including shuttle vehicles, for the fleets of the 

9 Forest Service and the National Park Service; 

10 (3) by providing information to the public, in11 cluding by publishing a map on any relevant agency 

12 website, regarding the availability of existing and 

13 planned zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on cov14 ered land; and 

15 (4) by allowing for the use of charging infra16 structure by employees of the Forest Service and the 

17 National Park Service to charge vehicles used by the 

18 employees in commuting to or from work. 

19 (c) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out this section, the 

20 Secretary and the appropriate agency heads shall ensure 

21 that the installation and use of zero-emissions vehicle in22 frastructure on covered land— 

23 (1) is consistent with— 


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1 (A) all rules established for the covered 

2 land on which the zero-emissions vehicle infra3 structure is installed; 

4 (B) any applicable general management 

5 plan prepared under section 100502 of title 54, 

6 United States Code, for that covered land; 

7 (C) any applicable land and resource man8 agement plan developed under section 6 of the 

9 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 

10 Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604) for 

11 that covered land; and 

12 (D) any other organizing or other docu13 ment relating to the management of that cov14 ered land; and 

15 (2) complies with all applicable laws relating to 

16 the management of the covered land. 

17 (d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the location 

18 for zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure acquired and in19 stalled on covered land under subsection (b), the Secretary 

20 and the appropriate agency heads shall consider whether 

21 a proposed location would— 

22 (1) support the use of zero-emissions vehicles 

23 by Federal fleets and visitors to Federal facilities; 


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1 (2) complement, to the extent feasible, alter2 native fueling corridor networks established under 

3 section 151 of title 23, United States Code; 

4 (3) meet current or anticipated market de5 mands for charging or fueling infrastructure; and 

6 (4) enable or accelerate the construction of 

7 charging or fueling infrastructure that would be un8 likely to be completed without Federal assistance. 

9 (e) LOCATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE.—Any zero10 emissions vehicle infrastructure acquired, installed, or op11 erated under subsection (b) shall be located on covered 

12 land. 

13 (f) FUNDING.— 

14 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

16 this section $72,000,000 for each fiscal year. 

17 (2) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.— 

18 (A) FEDERAL FLEETS.—Not more than 20 

19 percent of any funds appropriated to carry out 

20 this section may be used to acquire zero-emis21 sions vehicles under subsection (b)(2). 

22 (B) URBANIZED AREAS.—Not more than 

23 30 percent of any funds appropriated to carry 

24 out this section may be used to acquire, install, 

25 or operate zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure 


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1 in an urbanized area (as designated by the Bu2 reau of the Census). 

3 (C) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more 

4 than 2 percent of any funds appropriated to 

5 carry out this section may be used for adminis6 trative costs. 

7 SEC. 4. AGREEMENTS FOR SHUTTLE OR OTHER TRANSPOR8 TATION SERVICES ON NATIONAL FOREST 

9 SYSTEM LAND AND NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 

10 LAND. 

11 In entering into an agreement with an entity to pro12 vide shuttle or other transportation services on or to cov13 ered land, an appropriate agency head shall give priority 

14 consideration to an entity that would provide the applica15 ble services using zero-emissions vehicles. 

16 SEC. 5. ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE BY LIGHT DUTY FEDERAL 

17 VEHICLES. 

18 Section 400AA(a) of the Energy Policy and Con19 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(a)) is amended by adding 

20 at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(5) For purposes of making a determination 

22 under paragraph (1) as to whether the acquisition of 

23 alternative fueled vehicles is practicable for the fleet 

24 of the Forest Service or the National Park Service, 

25 the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of 


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1 Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as ap2 plicable, shall take into account the availability on 

3 National Forest System land or National Park Sys4 tem land, as applicable, of zero-emissions vehicle in5 frastructure (as defined in section 2 of the Green 

6 Spaces, Green Vehicles Act of 2021) acquired and 

7 installed under section 3 of the Green Spaces, Green 

8 Vehicles Act of 2021. 

9 ‘‘(6)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary 

11 of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as 

12 applicable, shall develop a strategy to, by 2030, in13 crease the number of zero-emissions vehicles (as de14 fined in section 2 of the Green Spaces, Green Vehi15 cles Act of 2021) in the fleet and used in shuttle op16 erations of each of the Forest Service and the Na17 tional Park Service to the greater of— 

18 ‘‘(i) a number that is equal to 125 percent 

19 of the number of zero-emissions vehicles in the 

20 fleet and shuttle operations of each agency on 

21 the date of enactment of this paragraph; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) a number that is equal to 25 percent 

23 of all vehicles in the fleet and shuttle operations 

24 of each agency. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The strategy developed under subpara2 graph (A) shall be updated not less frequently than 

3 once every 2 years.’’. 

4 SEC. 6. REPORT. 

5 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary and 

7 the appropriate agency heads shall submit to the appro8 priate committees of Congress a report that describes— 

9 (1) the location of— 

10 (A) any zero-emissions vehicle infrastruc11 ture acquired, installed, or operated, or planned 

12 to be acquired, installed, or operated, under sec13 tion 3(b)(1); and 

14 (B) any zero-emissions vehicles acquired 

15 for the fleet of the Forest Service or the Na16 tional Park Service under section 3(b)(2); 

17 (2) the amount of Federal funds expended to 

18 carry out each duty under section 3(b); 

19 (3) any allocation of costs or benefits between 

20 the Federal Government and private or nonprofit en21 tities under an agreement entered into by the Sec22 retary or the appropriate agency heads under section 

23 3(b)(1); 

24 (4) the justifications for the expenditure of 

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1 ered by the report, including, with respect to any 

2 zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure installed during 

3 the period covered by the report, an analysis of each 

4 of the considerations under section 3(d); 

5 (5) if applicable, any challenges in acquiring the 

6 necessary workforce to install, operate, or main7 tain— 

8 (A) any zero-emissions vehicle infrastruc9 ture acquired, installed, or operated, or planned 

10 to be acquired, installed, or operated, under sec11 tion 3(b)(1); and 

12 (B) any zero-emissions vehicles acquired 

13 for the fleet of the Forest Service or the Na14 tional Park Service under section 3(b)(2); 

15 (6) with respect to each agreement for shuttle 

16 or other transportation services on or to covered 

17 land entered into by an appropriate agency head 

18 during the period covered by the report, how the ap19 propriate agency head complied with the require20 ments of section 4; 

21 (7) the strategy developed under paragraph 

22 (6)(A) of section 400AA(a) of the Energy Policy and 

23 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(a)) (including 

24 any updates to the strategy under paragraph (6)(B) 

25 of that section); and 


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1 (8) any recommendations of the Secretary with 

2 respect to any additional funding or authority need3 ed to carry out paragraph (6) of section 400AA(a) 

4 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 6374(a)). 

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