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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2906 

To reauthorize the Clean School Bus Program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2019 

Mr. CA ́RDENAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Clean School Bus 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 ‘‘Clean Commute for 

5 Kids Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CLEAN SCHOOL BUSES PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

9 (1) ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—Section 741(a)(2) of 

10 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16091(a)) 

11 is amended— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

2 after the semicolon; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

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

5 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

6 subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(D) electricity.’’. 

8 (2) CLEAN SCHOOL BUS.—Section 741(a)(3) of 

9 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

10 16091(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘that—’’ and 

11 all that follows through ‘‘(B) is operated’’ and in12 serting ‘‘that is operated’’. 

13 (b) PROGRAM FOR RETROFIT OR REPLACEMENT OF

14 CERTAIN EXISTING SCHOOL BUSES WITH CLEAN

15 SCHOOL BUSES.— 

16 (1) PRIORITY OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.—Sec17 tion 741(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

18 U.S.C. 16091(b)(2)) is amended— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting be20 fore the period at the end ‘‘with clean school 

21 buses with low or zero emissions’’; and 

22 (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

23 as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(B) RETROFITTING.—In the case of 

2 grant applications to retrofit school buses, the 

3 Administrator shall give— 

4 ‘‘(i) highest priority to applicants that 

5 propose to retrofit school buses manufac6 tured in or after model year 1991 to be7 come clean school buses with low or zero 

8 emissions; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) second highest priority to appli10 cants that otherwise propose to retrofit 

11 school buses manufactured in or after 

12 model year 1991 to become clean school 

13 buses.’’. 

14 (2) USE OF SCHOOL BUS FLEET.—Section 

15 741(b)(3)(B) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

16 U.S.C. 16091(b)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting 

17 ‘‘charged,’’ after ‘‘operated,’’. 

18 (3) REPLACEMENT GRANTS.—Paragraph (5) of 

19 section 741(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

20 U.S.C. 16091(b)) is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(5) REPLACEMENT GRANTS.—In the case of 

22 grants to replace school buses— 

23 ‘‘(A) the Administrator may award the 

24 grants for up to 60 percent of the replacement 

25 costs; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) such replacement costs may include 

2 the costs of acquiring the clean school buses 

3 and charging and fueling infrastructure.’’. 

4 (4) ULTRA LOW-SULFUR DIESEL FUEL.—Sec5 tion 741(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 

6 U.S.C. 16091(b)) is amended— 

7 (A) by striking paragraph (6); and 

8 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and 

9 (8) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively. 

10 (c) EDUCATION.—Paragraph (1) of section 741(c) of 

11 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16091(c)) is 

12 amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

14 after the date of enactment of the Clean Commute 

15 for Kids Act of 2019, the Administrator shall de16 velop an education outreach program to promote and 

17 explain the grant program under subsection (b), as 

18 amended by such Act.’’. 

19 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

20 741(d) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

21 16091(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘until expended—’’ and 

22 all that follows through the end of the subsection and in23 serting ‘‘until expended, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 

24 years 2021 through 2025.’’. 

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