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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3509 

To authorize any office of the Federal Government which owns or operates 

a parking area for the use of its employees to install, construct, operate, 

and maintain a battery recharging station in the area, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 

Ms. LOFGREN (for herself, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MASSIE, and Mr. WOODALL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To authorize any office of the Federal Government which 

owns or operates a parking area for the use of its employees to install, construct, operate, and maintain a 

battery recharging station in the area, 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 Charg5 ing Offers Modern Utility Terminals for Employees Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘EV–COMUTE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. OPERATION OF BATTERY RECHARGING STATIONS 

2 IN PARKING AREAS USED BY FEDERAL EM3 PLOYEES. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The head of any office of 

6 the Federal Government which owns or operates a 

7 parking area for the use of its employees (either di8 rectly or indirectly through a contractor) may in9 stall, construct, operate, and maintain on a reim10 bursable basis a battery recharging station in such 

11 area for the use of privately owned vehicles of em12 ployees of the office and others who are authorized 

13 to park in such area. 

14 (2) USE OF VENDORS.—The head of an office 

15 may carry out paragraph (1) through a contract 

16 with a vendor, under such terms and conditions (in17 cluding terms relating to the allocation between the 

18 office and the vendor of the costs of carrying out the 

19 contract) as the head of the office and the vendor 

20 may agree to. 

21 (b) IMPOSITION OF FEES TO COVER COSTS.— 

22 (1) FEES.—The head of an office of the Fed23 eral Government which operates and maintains a 

24 battery recharging station under this Act shall 

25 charge fees to the individuals who use the station in 

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1 covers all of the costs it incurs in installing, con2 structing, operating, and maintaining the station. 

3 (2) DEPOSIT AND AVAILABILITY OF FEES.— 

4 Any fees collected by the head of an office under this 

5 subsection shall be— 

6 (A) deposited monthly in the Treasury to 

7 the credit of the appropriations account for sal8 aries and expenses of the office; and 

9 (B) available for obligation without further 

10 appropriation during— 

11 (i) the fiscal year collected; and 

12 (ii) the fiscal year following the fiscal 

13 year collected. 

14 (c) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING PROGRAMS FOR

15 HOUSE AND SENATE.—Nothing in this Act may be con16 strued to affect the installation, construction, operation, 

17 or maintenance of battery recharging stations by the Ar18 chitect of the Capitol— 

19 (1) under Public Law 112–170 (2 U.S.C. 

20 2171), relating to employees of the House of Rep21 resentatives and individuals authorized to park in 

22 any parking area under the jurisdiction of the House 

23 of Representatives on the Capitol Grounds; or 

24 (2) under Public Law 112–167 (2 U.S.C. 

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1 viduals authorized to park in any parking area 

2 under the jurisdiction of the Senate on the Capitol 

3 Grounds. 

4 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

5 This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 

6 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

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