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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5531 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the Federal Government 

to acquire not fewer than 50,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 6, 2006 

Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Government Reform 

A BILL 

To amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to require the 

Federal Government to acquire not fewer than 50,000 

plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) In the State of the Union Address, the 

6 President said that the Nation is ‘‘addicted to oil’’. 

7 (2) According to the Energy Information Ad8 ministration, the transportation sector consumed 67 

9 percent of all petroleum used in the United States 

10 in 2004. 


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1 (3) According to the Department of Energy, hy2 brid vehicles can be driven 40 to 70 miles per gallon 

3 of gasoline and produce fewer greenhouse emissions 

4 than conventional vehicles. 

5 (4) Significant strides have been made in the 

6 research and development of plug-in hybrid electric 

7 vehicles. 

8 (5) Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles can achieve 

9 better gas mileage than standard hybrid vehicles 

10 through the use of a larger battery that can be re11 charged by plugging the battery into a standard 

12 home electrical outlet. 

13 (6) At least one United States automobile man14 ufacturer is currently producing prototype plug-in 

15 hybrid electric vans. 

16 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHI17 CLES IN FEDERAL FLEET REQUIREMENT. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(b) of the Energy Pol19 icy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(b)) is amended by add20 ing at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(4) In meeting the requirements of paragraph 

22 (1)(D), the Secretary, with the cooperation of the heads 

23 of other appropriate agencies, shall ensure that the Fed24 eral Government acquires not fewer than 50,000 plug-in 

25 hybrid electric vehicles manufactured in the United States 


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1 by entities incorporated or organized under the laws of 

2 the United States. The Federal government shall acquire 

3 such vehicles during the 5-fiscal-year period beginning 

4 after the date on which the Secretary determines that such 

5 vehicles are commercially available.’’. 

6 (b) DEFINITION OF PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VE7 HICLE.—Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 

8 (42 U.S.C. 13211) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

10 (13); 

11 (2) by striking the period at the end of para12 graph (14) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(15) the term ‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’ 

15 means a light duty vehicle propelled by an internal 

16 combustion engine or heat engine using— 

17 ‘‘(A) a combustible fuel; 

18 ‘‘(B) an on-board, rechargeable storage de19 vice; and 

20 ‘‘(C) a device that collects electricity from 

21 an off-board source.’’. 

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