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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2075 

To enhance the energy security of the United States, reduce dependence 

on imported oil, improve the energy efficiency of the transportation 

sector, and reduce emissions through the expansion of grid supported 

transportation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2013 

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

on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, 

Space, and Technology and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To enhance the energy security of the United States, reduce 

dependence on imported oil, improve the energy efficiency 

of the transportation sector, and reduce emissions 

through the expansion of grid supported transportation. 

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 Transpor5 tation Advancement Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

2 The purposes of this Act are to enhance the energy 

3 security of the United States, reduce dependence on im4 ported oil, improve the energy efficiency of the transpor5 tation sector, and reduce emissions through the expansion 

6 of grid supported transportation, through programs to— 

7 (1) develop, with industry, research institutions, 

8 National Laboratories, and institutions of higher 

9 education, projects to foster— 

10 (A) the commercialization of plug-in elec11 tric drive vehicle technology for various sizes 

12 and applications of vehicles; and 

13 (B) growth in employment in the United 

14 States in electric drive design and manufac15 turing of components and vehicles; and 

16 (2) optimize the availability of the existing elec17 tric infrastructure for use in fueling light duty 

18 transportation and other on-road and nonroad vehi19 cles to minimize the use of vehicles and equipment 

20 that use petroleum. 

21 SEC. 3. NEAR-TERM ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) 

23 of section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security 

24 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011(c)(1)) is amended— 

25 (1) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

26 Electric Transportation Advancement Act of 2013’’; 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘establish a program to provide 

2 grants’’ and inserting ‘‘establish or maintain a com3 petitive grant and revolving loan program to provide 

4 grants and make loans’’; and 

5 (3) by adding the following new subparagraphs 

6 at the end thereof: 

7 ‘‘(A) GRANT AND LOAN SELECTION.—The 

8 Secretary shall select grant and loan recipients 

9 based on the overall cost-effectiveness of a pro10 posed qualified electric transportation project in 

11 reducing emissions of criteria pollutants, emis12 sions of greenhouse gases, and petroleum usage. 

13 ‘‘(B) REVOLVING LOANS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall 

15 establish criteria for the provision of loans 

16 under this subsection. 

17 ‘‘(ii) FUNDING.—Of amounts made 

18 available to carry out this subsection, the 

19 Secretary shall use amounts not used to 

20 provide grants to make loans under this 

21 subsection.’’. 

22 (b) PRIORITY.—Paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of 

23 section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security Act 

24 of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011(c)(2)) is amended by striking 

25 ‘‘grants under’’ and inserting ‘‘grants and loans under’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION INVENTORY. 

2 Section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security 

3 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011) is amended by adding at 

4 the end the following new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(e) MARKET ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.—The Sec6 retary, in consultation with the Administrator and private 

7 industry, shall carry out a program— 

8 ‘‘(1) to inventory and analyze existing electric 

9 transportation technologies and hybrid transpor10 tation technologies and markets; and 

11 ‘‘(2) to identify and implement methods of pro12 moting existing and emerging applications of electric 

13 transportation technologies and hybrid transpor14 tation technologies.’’. 

15 SEC. 5. ELECTRICITY USAGE PROGRAM AND CERTIFI16 CATION. 

17 Section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security 

18 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011), as amended by section 

19 4 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 

20 the following new subsections: 

21 ‘‘(f) ELECTRICITY USAGE PROGRAM.—The Sec22 retary, in consultation with the Administrator and private 

23 industry, shall carry out a program— 

24 ‘‘(1) to work with utilities to develop low-cost, 

25 simple methods of— 

26 ‘‘(A) using off-peak electricity; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) managing on-peak electricity use; 

2 ‘‘(2) to develop systems and processes— 

3 ‘‘(A) to enable plug-in electric drive vehi4 cles to enhance the availability of emergency 

5 back-up power for consumers; and 

6 ‘‘(B) to work with utilities and other inter7 ested stakeholders to study and demonstrate 

8 the implications of the introduction of plug-in 

9 electric drive vehicles and other types of electric 

10 transportation technology on the production of 

11 electricity from renewable resources; and 

12 ‘‘(3) to study and demonstrate the potential 

13 value to the electric grid to use the energy stored in 

14 on-board storage systems of plug-in electric drive ve15 hicles to improve the efficiency and reliability of the 

16 grid generation system. 

17 ‘‘(g) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND

18 ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY CERTIFI19 CATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of ena21 bling the introduction of plug-in hybrid electric drive 

22 vehicles and electric transportation technology into 

23 commercial use, the Administrator shall develop, in 

24 consultation with industry, the Secretary, and the 

25 National Laboratories, a program to certify— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the emissions of criteria pollutants, 

2 fuel economy, and petroleum usage of plug-in 

3 hybrid electric drive vehicles; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the emissions reductions, fuel econ5 omy improvements, and petroleum usage reduc6 tions from other forms of electric transportation 

7 technology. 

8 ‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—The certifications made 

9 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include consider10 ation of— 

11 ‘‘(A) the entire vehicle propulsion system, 

12 not just the engine; 

13 ‘‘(B) nightly off-board charging, as appli14 cable; and 

15 ‘‘(C) different engine turn-on control strat16 egies. 

17 ‘‘(3) TASK FORCE.—Not later than 6 months 

18 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

19 Administrator shall establish a task force rep20 resenting auto manufacturers, truck manufacturers, 

21 National Laboratories, public agencies, utilities, and 

22 other interested stakeholders to recommend certifi23 cation protocols for certifying— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the emissions, fuel economy, and pe2 troleum usage of a wide variety of plug-in hy3 brid electric drive vehicles; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the emissions reductions, fuel econ5 omy improvements, and petroleum usage reduc6 tions from other forms of electric transportation 

7 technology. 

8 ‘‘(4) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Not later than 2 

9 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, 

10 the Administrator shall publish the certification pro11 tocols recommended pursuant to paragraph (3) for 

12 public comment. 

13 ‘‘(5) FINAL PROTOCOLS.—Not later than 3 

14 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, 

15 the Administrator shall adopt and publish final cer16 tification protocols for certifying— 

17 ‘‘(A) the emissions, fuel economy, and pe18 troleum usage of a wide variety of plug-in hy19 brid electric drive vehicles; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the emissions reductions, fuel econ21 omy improvements, and petroleum usage reduc22 tions from other forms of electric transportation 

23 technology. 


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1 ‘‘(6) EVALUATION AND MODIFICATION OF

2 ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY PROTO3 COLS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 

5 years after the adoption of the certification pro6 tocols pursuant to paragraph (5), and every 2 

7 years thereafter, the Administrator, in consulta8 tion with the Secretary, appropriate Federal 

9 agencies, and interested stakeholders shall 

10 evaluate and modify, as necessary, such certifi11 cation protocols to ensure that— 

12 ‘‘(i) for plug-in hybrid electric drive 

13 vehicles, such protocols accurately measure 

14 emissions, fuel economy, and petroleum 

15 usage of such vehicles; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) for other forms of electric trans17 portation technology, such protocols accu18 rately measure emissions reductions, fuel 

19 economy improvements, and petroleum 

20 usage reductions from such technology. 

21 ‘‘(B) MODIFICATION.—The Administrator 

22 shall modify such certification protocols for 

23 such plug-in hybrid electric drive vehicles and 

24 electric transportation technologies to realize 

25 the full potential of the benefits of such vehicles 


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1 and technologies, in terms of reduction of emis2 sions of criteria pollutants, reduction of energy 

3 use, and reduction of petroleum use. In modi4 fying such certification protocols, the Adminis5 trator shall consider— 

6 ‘‘(i) the entire vehicle propulsion sys7 tem, not just the engine; 

8 ‘‘(ii) nightly off-board charging, as ap9 plicable; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) different engine turn-on control 

11 strategies. 

12 ‘‘(7) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHI13 CLE.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 

14 ‘plug-in hybrid electric drive vehicle’ means a light15 duty, medium-duty, or heavy-duty on-road or 

16 nonroad vehicle that is propelled by any combination 

17 of— 

18 ‘‘(A) an electric motor and on-board, re19 chargeable energy storage system capable of op20 erating the vehicle in intermittent or continuous 

21 all-electric mode and that is rechargeable using 

22 an off-board source of electricity; and 

23 ‘‘(B) an internal combustion engine or 

24 heat engine using any combustible fuel.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. CITY CARS. 

2 Section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security 

3 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011), as amended by sections 

4 4 and 5 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the 

5 end the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(h) CITY CARS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

7 date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of 

8 Transportation in consultation with the Secretary, appro9 priate Federal agencies, and interested stakeholders in the 

10 public, private, and non-profit sectors, shall study, and 

11 submit a report to Congress on the benefits, including the 

12 petroleum savings of, and barriers to, the widespread de13 ployment of a potential new class of vehicles known as City 

14 Cars with performance capability that exceeds that of low 

15 speed vehicles but is less than that of passenger vehicles, 

16 and that may be battery electric, fuel cell electric, or plug17 in hybrid electric drive vehicles. Such study shall examine, 

18 and such report shall recommend, appropriate safety re19 quirements for such vehicles based on patterns of usage. 

20 Such study shall examine the benefits and issues associ21 ated with limiting City Cars to a maximum speed of 35 

22 mph, 45 mph, 55 mph, or any other maximum speed, and 

23 such report shall make a recommendation regarding the 

24 maximum speed of such City Cars.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. TRANSITION TO FUEL NEUTRAL EPA REGULATIONS. 

2 Section 131 of the Energy Independence and Security 

3 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011), as amended by sections 

4 4, 5, and 6 of this Act, is further amended by adding at 

5 the end the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(i) TRANSITION TO FUEL AND TECHNOLOGY NEU7 TRAL REGULATIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(A) In light of advances in automotive en11 gine technologies since the passage of the Clean 

12 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), it is nec13 essary to modify the control of mobile source 

14 emissions pursuant to such Act to establish fuel 

15 and technology neutral mobile source emissions 

16 control programs. 

17 ‘‘(B) Replacement of current emissions 

18 control requirements with a new fuel and tech19 nology neutral program that encourages use of 

20 the most fuel efficient and environmentally be21 nign vehicles could include all vehicle tech22 nologies, including vehicles with spark-ignited 

23 engines, compression-ignited engines, and other 

24 engine types, dual fueled vehicles, flexible fuel 

25 vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles, battery elec26 tric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, 


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1 corded electric vehicle equipment, and other 

2 electric propulsion technologies. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) Not later than 1 year after the date 

5 of enactment of this subsection, the Adminis6 trator shall submit a report to Congress de7 scribing all of the fuel definitions and tech8 nology definitions specific to vehicles in Federal 

9 law and regulation and recommend how such 

10 definitions may be changed to be fuel and tech11 nology neutral. 

12 ‘‘(B) Not later than 18 months after the 

13 date of enactment of this subsection, the Ad14 ministrator shall submit a report to Congress 

15 describing how petroleum reductions, emissions 

16 reductions, and reductions in full fuel cycle cri17 teria pollutants may be incorporated into the 

18 fuel and technology neutral mobile source emis19 sions control program required under para20 graph (3), including any changes needed to ex21 isting law to achieve the purposes of the Elec22 tric Transportation Advancement Act of 2013. 

23 ‘‘(3) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 2 years 

24 after the submission of the report required under 

25 paragraph (2)(B), the Administrator shall adopt 


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1 final rules to implement a fuel and technology neu2 tral mobile source emissions control program. Such 

3 program shall take effect not later than 10 years 

4 after the date of enactment of this subsection. 

5 ‘‘(4) FUEL AND TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL MO6 BILE SOURCE EMISSION CONTROL PROGRAM.—In 

7 this subsection, the term ‘fuel and technology neu8 tral mobile source emissions control program’ means 

9 a fuel and technology neutral program described 

10 under paragraph (1)(B) that contains emissions con11 trols for criteria pollutants from mobile sources and 

12 a credit-based compliance mechanism for manufac13 turers of mobile source technologies that is at least 

14 as protective of public health as the previous appli15 cable emissions control program.’’. 

16 SEC. 8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVERSIFICATION. 

17 Subsection (m) of section 641 of the Energy Inde18 pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17231(m)) 

19 is amended by adding at the end the following new sen20 tence: ‘‘Of amounts made available to carry out the pro21 grams established under subsections (i), (j), and (k), not 

22 more than 30 percent shall be awarded to the National 

23 Laboratories.’’. 

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