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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1181 

To expand the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program to include commercial trucks and United States flagged vessels, to return 

unspent funds and loan proceeds to the United States Treasury to 

reduce the national debt, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 4, 2015 

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

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To expand the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing 

Program to include commercial trucks and United States 

flagged vessels, to return unspent funds and loan proceeds to the United States Treasury to reduce the national debt, 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 ‘‘Energy Technologies 

5 Access and Accountability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFAC2 TURING INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 136(a) of the Energy 

4 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

5 17013(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and 

7 (5), as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; 

8 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

10 (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), re11 spectively; 

12 (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 

13 redesignated, by striking ‘‘means an ultra effi14 cient vehicle or a light duty vehicle that 

15 meets—’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘means— 

16 ‘‘(A) an ultra efficient vehicle or a light 

17 duty vehicle that meets—’’; 

18 (C) in clause (iii), as redesignated, by 

19 striking the period at the end and inserting a 

20 semicolon; and 

21 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) a commercial truck manufactured in 

23 the United States that meets at least 125 per24 cent of the average base year combined fuel 

25 economy for vehicles with substantially similar 

26 attributes; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) a United States flagged vessel.’’; 

2 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol3 lowing: 

4 ‘‘(3) COMMERCIAL TRUCK.—The term ‘commer5 cial truck’ means an on-highway vehicle with a gross 

6 vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more.’’; 

7 and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(7) UNITED STATES FLAGGED VESSEL.—The 

10 term ‘United States flagged vessel’ means any vessel 

11 that has been issued a certificate of documentation 

12 under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code.’’. 

13 (b) MANUFACTURING GRANTS.—Section 136(b) of 

14 such Act (42 U.S.C. 17013(b)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subpara16 graphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and 

17 (iii), respectively; 

18 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

19 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

20 (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

21 as redesignated— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in23 serting the following: 

24 ‘‘(1) AWARDS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary’’; 

25 and 


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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘commercial truck manu2 facturers, vessel manufacturers in the United 

3 States,’’ after ‘‘vehicle manufacturers’’; and 

4 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—The Sec6 retary, through the Loan Programs Office, shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) accelerate efforts to engage sufficient 

8 engineering expertise to verify that borrowers 

9 under this section are delivering projects in ac10 cordance with applicable loan agreements; and 

11 ‘‘(B) develop sufficient and quantifiable 

12 performance measures to achieve the intent of 

13 the direct loan program established under sub14 section (d).’’. 

15 (c) DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.— 

16 (1) DEBT REDUCTION.—Section 136(d) of such 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 17013(d)) is amended by adding at 

18 the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(5) DEDICATION OF PROCEEDS TO DEBT RE20 DUCTION.—All the proceeds from the repayment of 

21 loans under this subsection shall be used by the Sec22 retary of the Treasury to pay down the national 

23 debt.’’. 


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1 (2) SUNSET.—Section 136(d) of the Energy 

2 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

3 17013(d)) shall be repealed on January 1, 2020. 

4 (3) NATIONAL DEBT REPAYMENT.—Any 

5 amount appropriated for loans pursuant to section 

6 136(d) of the Energy Independence and Security 

7 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(d)) that remains un8 obligated as of the date set forth in paragraph (2) 

9 is rescinded and shall be used by the Secretary of 

10 the Treasury to pay down the national debt. 

11 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

12 136(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 17013(i)) is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘2008 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 

14 through 2020’’. 

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