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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1449 

To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to add certain 

medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles to the advanced technology vehicles 

manufacturing incentive program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2015 

Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 

2007 to add certain medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles to the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing 

incentive program. 

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 ‘‘Building Better Trucks 

5 Act’’. 


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

3 Section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security 

4 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

8 (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through 

9 (iii), respectively, and indenting appro10 priately; 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘(1) ADVANCED TECH12 NOLOGY VEHICLE.—’’ and all that follows 

13 through ‘‘meets—’’ and inserting the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(1) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE.—The 

16 term ‘advanced technology vehicle’ means— 

17 ‘‘(A) an ultra efficient vehicle; 

18 ‘‘(B) a light duty vehicle that meets—’’; 

19 (iii) in subparagraph (B)(iii) (as so 

20 redesignated), by striking the period at the 

21 end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(C) a medium-duty or heavy-duty vehicle 

25 that— 


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1 ‘‘(i)(I) is subject to regulations estab2 lished by the Secretary of Transportation 

3 under parts 523, 534, and 535 of title 49, 

4 Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 

5 regulations); or 

6 ‘‘(II) is included in a vehicle type or 

7 class that offers opportunities to substan8 tially reduce consumption of conventional 

9 motor fuel, as determined by the Secretary 

10 by rule; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) reduces consumption of conven12 tional motor fuel by 10 percent or greater 

13 as compared to model year 2010 medium14 and heavy-duty vehicles of a similar vehicle 

15 type or class, unless the Secretary deter16 mines by rule that— 

17 ‘‘(I) the percentage is not achiev18 able for a specific vehicle type or 

19 class; and 

20 ‘‘(II) an alternative percentage 

21 for that vehicle type or class will re22 sult in substantial reductions in motor 

23 fuel consumption within the United 

24 States.’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert2 ing the following: 

3 ‘‘(4) QUALIFYING COMPONENTS.—The term 

4 ‘qualifying components’ means components, systems, 

5 or groups of subsystems that the Secretary deter6 mines— 

7 ‘‘(A) to be designed to improve fuel econ8 omy or otherwise substantially reduce consump9 tion of conventional motor fuel; or 

10 ‘‘(B) to contribute measurably to the over11 all improved fuel use of an advanced technology 

12 vehicle.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 

14 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or other vehicle’’ after 

15 ‘‘ultra efficient vehicle’’; 

16 (3) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(f) FEES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall charge 

20 a closing fee of 50 basis points of the loan to cover 

21 applicable administrative expenses. 

22 ‘‘(2) USE OF FEES.—Fees collected under para23 graph (1) shall— 

24 ‘‘(A) be deposited by the Secretary into the 

25 general fund of the Treasury; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) remain available until expended, sub2 ject to such other conditions as are contained in 

3 annual appropriations Acts.’’; and 

4 (4) in subsection (h)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘auto5 mobiles, or components of automobiles’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘automobiles or other vehicles, or components of 

7 automobiles or other vehicles’’. 

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