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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1053 

To amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to promote alternative 

fueled vehicle fleets and infrastructure. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 22, 2015 

Mr. FRANKEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to 

promote alternative fueled vehicle fleets and infrastructure. 

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

3 SECTION 1. ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLE FLEETS AND 

4 INFRASTRUCTURE. 

5 (a) UTILITY INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.—Section 

6 546(c)(1) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 8256(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(includ8 ing measures to support the use of alternative fueled vehi9 cles (as defined in section 400AA(g) of the Energy Policy 

10 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(g))) or the fueling 


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1 or charging infrastructure necessary for those vehicles)’’ 

2 after ‘‘demand’’. 

3 (b) ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS.— 

4 (1) AUTHORITY TO ENTER CONTRACTS.—Sec5 tion 801(a)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conserva6 tion Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(B)) is amend7 ed in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘or petroleum’’ 

8 after ‘‘utilities’’. 

9 (2) PAYMENT OF COSTS.—Section 802 of the 

10 National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 8287a) is amended by inserting ‘‘petroleum,’’ after 

12 ‘‘water,’’. 

13 (3) DEFINITIONS.—Section 804 of the National 

14 Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c) 

15 is amended— 

16 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

18 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

20 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

21 and 

22 (iii) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(E) a reduction in the use of petroleum 

25 through the use of alternative fueled vehicles or 


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1 the fueling or charging infrastructure necessary 

2 for alternative fueled vehicles, including the use 

3 of contracts to support alternative fueled vehi4 cles or infrastructure.’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

9 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

10 and 

11 (iii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(C) a measure to support the use of alter14 native fueled vehicles or the fueling or charging 

15 infrastructure necessary for alternative fueled 

16 vehicles, including the use of contracts to sup17 port alternative fueled vehicles or infrastruc18 ture.’’; 

19 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

20 (3), and (4), as paragraphs (5), (3), (4), and 

21 (2), respectively, and moving so as to appear in 

22 numerical order; and 

23 (D) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 

24 so redesignated) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLE.—The 

2 term ‘alternative fueled vehicle’ has the meaning 

3 given the term in section 400AA(g) of the Energy 

4 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(g)).’’. 

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