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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1199 

To authorize Federal agencies to provide alternative fuel to Federal employees 

on a reimbursable basis, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 5, 2015 

Mrs. MURRAY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To authorize Federal agencies to provide alternative fuel 

to Federal employees on a reimbursable basis, 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. ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—The term ‘‘alter6 native fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec7 tion 400AA(g) of the Energy Policy and Conserva8 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(g)). 

9 (2) ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

10 The term ‘‘alternative fuel infrastructure’’ means 


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1 any ancillary equipment necessary to provide alter2 native fuel to vehicles. 

3 (3) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 

4 individual’’ means— 

5 (A) any employee (as defined in section 

6 2105 of title 5, United States Code); 

7 (B) a member of a uniformed service; 

8 (C) any other individual who performs 

9 services for or on behalf of a Federal agency 

10 under a contract or subcontract with a Federal 

11 agency; or 

12 (D) a visitor to a Federal agency or facil13 ity. 

14 (4) FEDERAL AGENCY.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal 

16 agency’’ has the meaning given the term in sec17 tion 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 

18 U.S.C. 6903). 

19 (B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘Federal agen20 cy’’ includes the Executive Office of the Presi21 dent. 

22 (b) AUTHORITY.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 

24 appropriations and paragraph (2), the head of a 

25 Federal agency may— 


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1 (A) construct, operate, and maintain alter2 native fuel infrastructure on property under the 

3 jurisdiction of the Federal agency; and 

4 (B) provide alternative fuel on a reimburs5 able basis on property under the jurisdiction of 

6 the Federal agency for use by privately owned 

7 vehicles used by covered individuals. 

8 (2) LIMITATION.—A Federal agency may not 

9 provide compensation, benefits, or any other pay10 ment to a covered individual for the purpose of pur11 chasing alternative fuel under paragraph (1). 

12 (c) FEES.—The head of a Federal agency shall 

13 charge fees for alternative fuel provided to covered individ14 uals sufficient to cover the costs of only the alternative 

15 fuel provided under this section. 

16 (d) DEPOSIT AND AVAILABILITY OF FEES AND COM17 MISSIONS.—Any fees or commissions collected by the head 

18 of a Federal agency under this section— 

19 (1) shall be— 

20 (A) deposited monthly into the account of 

21 the Treasury from which the amounts were 

22 made available to carry out this section, not23 withstanding section 3302(b) of title 31, United 

24 States Code; and 


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1 (B) transferred from the Treasury to an 

2 appropriate account of the agency if the agency 

3 operates with a budget outside of the Treasury; 

4 and 

5 (2) shall be available for obligation by the head 

6 of the Federal agency without further appropriation 

7 during— 

8 (A) the fiscal year collected; and 

9 (B) the fiscal year following the fiscal year 

10 collected. 

11 (e) REPORTS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

13 the end of each fiscal year, the head of each Federal 

14 agency participating in the activities authorized by 

15 subsection (b) shall submit to the Administrator of 

16 General Services a report on the financial adminis17 tration of activities carried out under this section 

18 with respect to that fiscal year. 

19 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 

20 years after the date of enactment of this Act and 

21 every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator of Gen22 eral Services, in consultation with the Secretary, 

23 shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con24 gress, including the Committee on Appropriations of 


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1 the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of 

2 the House of Representatives, a report that— 

3 (A) aggregates the information provided by 

4 the heads of Federal agencies in the annual re5 ports under paragraph (1); and 

6 (B) provides information on whether the 

7 fees collected under subsection (c) are sufficient 

8 to cover the cost to the head of a Federal agen9 cy of carrying out this section. 

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