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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2112 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Federal Government 

to acquire not fewer than 50,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 2, 2007 

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

on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the 

Federal Government to acquire not fewer than 50,000 

plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 

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 ‘‘Purchasing Low-Emis5 sion Vehicles for Use in Government (PLUG) Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The President has said that the Nation is 

9 ‘‘addicted to oil’’. 

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1 (2) According to the Energy Information Ad2 ministration, the transportation sector consumed 69 

3 percent of all petroleum used in the United States 

4 in 2005. 

5 (3) According to the Department of Energy, hy6 brid vehicles can be driven 40 to 70 miles per gallon 

7 of gasoline and produce fewer greenhouse emissions 

8 than conventional vehicles. 

9 (4) Significant strides have been made in the 

10 research and development of plug-in hybrid electric 

11 vehicles. 

12 (5) Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles can achieve 

13 better gas mileage than standard hybrid vehicles 

14 through the use of a larger battery that can be re15 charged by plugging the battery into a standard 

16 home electrical outlet. 

17 (6) At least one United States automobile man18 ufacturer is currently producing prototype plug-in 

19 hybrid electric vans. 

20 SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHI21 CLES IN FEDERAL FLEET REQUIREMENT. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(b) of the Energy Pol23 icy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(b)) is amended by add24 ing at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘(4) In meeting the requirements of paragraph 

2 (1)(D), the Secretary, with the cooperation of the heads 

3 of other appropriate agencies, shall ensure that the Fed4 eral Government acquires not fewer than 50,000 plug-in 

5 hybrid electric vehicles manufactured in the United States 

6 by entities incorporated or organized under the laws of 

7 the United States. The Federal government shall acquire 

8 such vehicles during the 5-fiscal-year period beginning 

9 after the date on which the Secretary determines that such 

10 vehicles are commercially available.’’. 

11 (b) DEFINITION OF PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VE12 HICLE.—Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 

13 (42 U.S.C. 13211) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

15 (13); 

16 (2) by striking the period at the end of para17 graph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(15) the term ‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’ 

20 means a light duty vehicle propelled by an internal 

21 combustion engine or heat engine using— 

22 ‘‘(A) a combustible fuel; 

23 ‘‘(B) an on-board, rechargeable storage de24 vice; and 

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1 ‘‘(C) a device that collects electricity from 

2 an off-board source.’’. 

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