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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6402 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce oil consumption 

and improve energy security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 15, 2010 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure, Science and Technology, and the Budget, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce 

oil consumption and improve energy security, 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 ‘‘Promoting Natural 

5 Gas and Electric Vehicles Act of 2010’’. 


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1 TITLE I—NATURAL GAS VEHICLE 

2 AND INFRASTRUCTURE DE3 VELOPMENT 

4 SEC. 1001. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this title: 

6 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

7 means the Department of Energy. 

8 (2) INCREMENTAL COST.—The term ‘‘incre9 mental cost’’ means the difference between— 

10 (A) the suggested retail price of a manu11 facturer for a qualified alternative fuel vehicle; 

12 and 

13 (B) the suggested retail price of a manu14 facturer for a vehicle that is— 

15 (i) powered solely by a gasoline or die16 sel internal combustion engine; and 

17 (ii) comparable in weight, size, and 

18 use to the vehicle. 

19 (3) MIXED-FUEL VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘mixed20 fuel vehicle’’ means a mixed-fuel vehicle (as defined 

21 in section 30B(e)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue 

22 Code of 1986) (including vehicles with a gross vehi23 cle weight rating of 14,000 pounds or less) that uses 

24 a fuel mix that is comprised of at least 75 percent 

25 compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas. 


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1 (4) NATURAL GAS REFUELING PROPERTY.— 

2 The term ‘‘natural gas refueling property’’ means 

3 units that dispense at least 85 percent by volume of 

4 natural gas, compressed natural gas, or liquefied 

5 natural gas as a transportation fuel. 

6 (5) QUALIFIED ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHI7 CLE.—The term ‘‘qualified alternative fuel vehicle’’ 

8 means a vehicle manufactured for use in the United 

9 States that is— 

10 (A) a new compressed natural gas- or liq11 uefied natural gas-fueled vehicle that is only ca12 pable of operating on natural gas; or 

13 (B) a vehicle that is capable of operating 

14 for more than 175 miles on 1 fueling of com15 pressed or liquefied natural gas and is capable 

16 of operating on gasoline or diesel fuel, including 

17 vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 

18 14,000 pounds or less. 

19 (6) QUALIFIED MANUFACTURER.—The term 

20 ‘‘qualified manufacturer’’ means a manufacturer of 

21 qualified alternative fuel vehicles or any component 

22 designed specifically for use in a qualified alternative 

23 fuel vehicle. 

24 (7) QUALIFIED OWNER.—The term ‘‘qualified 

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1 fied alternative fuel vehicle for use or lease in the 

2 United States but not for resale. 

3 (8) QUALIFIED REFUELER.—The term ‘‘quali4 fied refueler’’ means the owner or operator of nat5 ural gas refueling property. 

6 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of Energy. 

8 SEC. 1002. PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 

10 Department a Natural Gas Vehicle and Infrastructure De11 velopment Program for the purpose of facilitating the use 

12 of natural gas in the United States as an alternative 

13 transportation fuel, in order to achieve the maximum fea14 sible reduction in domestic oil use. 

15 (b) CONVERSION OR REPOWERING OF VEHICLES.— 

16 The Secretary shall establish a rebate program under this 

17 title for qualified owners who convert or repower a conven18 tionally fueled vehicle to operate on compressed natural 

19 gas or liquefied natural gas, or to a mixed-fuel vehicle or 

20 a bi-fuel vehicle. 

21 SEC. 1003. REBATES. 

22 (a) INTERIM FINAL RULE.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

25 shall promulgate an interim final rule establishing 


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1 regulations that the Secretary considers necessary to 

2 administer the rebates required under this section. 

3 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The interim final rule 

4 shall establish a program that provides— 

5 (A) rebates to qualified owners for the pur6 chase of qualified alternative fuel vehicles; and 

7 (B) priority to those vehicles that the Sec8 retary determines are most likely to achieve the 

9 shortest payback time on investment and the 

10 greatest market penetration for natural gas ve11 hicles. 

12 (3) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount allocated for 

13 rebates under this section, not more than 25 percent 

14 shall be used to provide rebates to qualified owners 

15 for the purchase of qualified alternative fuel vehicles 

16 that have a gross vehicle rating of not more than 

17 8,500 pounds. 

18 (b) REBATES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

20 the Secretary shall provide rebates for 90 percent of 

21 the incremental cost of a qualified alternative fuel 

22 vehicle to a qualified owner for the purchase of a 

23 qualified alternative fuel vehicles. 

24 (2) MAXIMUM VALUES.— 


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1 (A) NATURAL GAS VEHICLES.—The max2 imum value of a rebate under this section pro3 vided to a qualified owner who places a quali4 fied alternative fuel vehicle into service by 2013 

5 shall be— 

6 (i) $8,000 for each qualified alter7 native fuel vehicle with a gross vehicle 

8 weight rating of not more than 8,500 

9 pounds; 

10 (ii) $16,000 for each qualified alter11 native fuel vehicle with a gross vehicle 

12 weight rating of more than 8,500 but not 

13 more than 14,000 pounds; 

14 (iii) $40,000 for each qualified alter15 native fuel vehicle with a gross vehicle 

16 weight rating of more than 14,000 but not 

17 more than 26,000 pounds; and 

18 (iv) $64,000 for each qualified alter19 native fuel vehicle with a gross vehicle 

20 weight rating of more than 26,000 pounds. 

21 (B) MIXED–FUEL VEHICLES.—The max22 imum value of a rebate under this section pro23 vided to a qualified owner who places a quali24 fied alternative fuel vehicle that is a mixed-fuel 

25 vehicle into service by 2015 shall be 75 percent 


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1 of the amount provided for rebates under this 

2 section for vehicles that are only capable of op3 erating on natural gas. 

4 (C) BI-FUEL VEHICLES.—The maximum 

5 value of a rebate under this section provided to 

6 a qualified owner of a vehicle described in sec7 tion 2001(5)(B) shall be 50 percent of the 

8 amount provided for rebates under this section 

9 for vehicles that are only capable of operating 

10 on natural gas. 

11 (c) TREATMENT OF REBATES.—For purposes of the 

12 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, rebates received for quali13 fied alternative fuel vehicles under this section— 

14 (1) shall not be considered taxable income to a 

15 qualified owner; 

16 (2) shall prohibit the qualified owner from ap17 plying for any tax credit allowed under that Code for 

18 the same qualified alternative fuel vehicle; and 

19 (3) shall be considered a credit described in 

20 paragraph (2) for purposes of any limitation on the 

21 amount of the credit. 

22 (d) FUNDING.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2010, out of 

24 any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro25 priated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer 


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1 to the Secretary to carry out this section 

2 $3,800,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 (2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec4 retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 

5 shall use to carry out this section the funds trans6 ferred under paragraph (1), without further appro7 priation. 

8 SEC. 1004. INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. 

9 (a) INTERIM FINAL RULE.—Not later than 60 days 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

11 promulgate an interim final rule establishing an infra12 structure deployment program and a manufacturing devel13 opment program, and any implementing regulations that 

14 the Secretary considers necessary, to achieve the max15 imum practicable cost-effective program to provide grants 

16 under this section. 

17 (b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall provide— 

18 (1) grants of up to $50,000 per unit to quali19 fied refuelers for the installation of natural gas re20 fueling property placed in service between 2011 and 

21 2015; and 

22 (2) grants in amounts determined to be appro23 priate by the Secretary to qualified manufacturers 

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1 ects on engines with reduced emissions, improved 

2 performance, and lower cost. 

3 (c) COST SHARING.—Grants under this section shall 

4 be subject to the cost-sharing requirements of section 988 

5 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16352). 

6 (d) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall— 

7 (1) require regular reporting of such informa8 tion as the Secretary considers necessary to effec9 tively administer the program from grant recipients 

10 under this section; and 

11 (2) conduct on-site and off-site monitoring to 

12 ensure compliance with grant terms. 

13 (e) FUNDING.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2010, out of 

15 any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro16 priated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer 

17 to the Secretary to carry out this section 

18 $500,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 (2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec20 retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 

21 shall use to carry out this section the funds trans22 ferred under paragraph (1), without further appro23 priation. 


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1 SEC. 1005. LOAN PROGRAM TO ENHANCE DOMESTIC MANU2 FACTURING. 

3 (a) INTERIM FINAL RULE.—Not later than 60 days 

4 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

5 promulgate an interim final rule establishing a direct loan 

6 program to provide loans to qualified manufacturers to 

7 pay not more than 80 percent of the cost of reequipping, 

8 expanding, or establishing a facility in the United States 

9 that will be used for the purpose of producing any new 

10 qualified alternative fuel motor vehicle or any eligible com11 ponent. 

12 (b) OVERALL COMMITMENT LIMIT.—Commitments 

13 for direct loans under this section shall not exceed 

14 $2,000,000,000 in total loan principal. 

15 (c) COST OF DIRECT LOANS.—The cost of direct 

16 loans under this section (including the cost of modifying 

17 the loans) shall be determined in accordance with section 

18 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

19 661a). 

20 (d) ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL PER21 SONNEL.—Section 621(d) of the Department of Energy 

22 Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7231(d)) is amended by 

23 striking ‘‘two hundred’’ and inserting ‘‘250’’. 

24 (e) FUNDING.— 

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

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1 funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

2 the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 

3 Secretary for the cost of loans to carry out this sec4 tion $200,000,000, to remain available until ex5 pended. 

6 (2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec7 retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 

8 shall use to carry out this section the funds trans9 ferred under paragraph (1), without further appro10 priation. 

11 TITLE II—PROMOTING 

12 ELECTRIC VEHICLES 

13 SEC. 2001. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this title: 

15 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

16 meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ in sec17 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

18 (2) CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 

19 ‘‘charging infrastructure’’ means any property (not 

20 including a building) if the property is used for the 

21 recharging of plug-in electric drive vehicles, includ22 ing electrical panel upgrades, wiring, conduit, 

23 trenching, pedestals, and related equipment. 


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1 (3) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ 

2 means the Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Technical 

3 Advisory Committee established by section 2034. 

4 (4) DEPLOYMENT COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘de5 ployment community’’ means a community selected 

6 by the Secretary to be part of the targeted plug-in 

7 electric drive vehicles deployment communities pro8 gram under section 2016. 

9 (5) ELECTRIC UTILITY.—The term ‘‘electric 

10 utility’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

11 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 

12 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602). 

13 (6) FEDERAL-AID SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS.—The 

14 term ‘‘Federal-aid system of highways’’ means a 

15 highway system described in section 103 of title 23, 

16 United States Code. 

17 (7) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘plug-in elec19 tric drive vehicle’’ has the meaning given the 

20 term in section 131(a)(5) of the Energy Inde21 pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

22 17011(a)(5)). 

23 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘plug-in elec24 tric drive vehicle’’ includes— 


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1 (i) low speed plug-in electric drive ve2 hicles that meet the Federal Motor Vehicle 

3 Safety Standards described in section 

4 571.500 of title 49, Code of Federal Regu5 lations (or successor regulations); and 

6 (ii) any other electric drive motor ve7 hicle that can be recharged from an exter8 nal source of motive power and that is au9 thorized to travel on the Federal-aid sys10 tem of highways. 

11 (8) PRIZE.—The term ‘‘Prize’’ means the Ad12 vanced Batteries for Tomorrow Prize established by 

13 section 2022. 

14 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

15 the Secretary of Energy. 

16 (10) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 

17 means the Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Inter18 agency Task Force established by section 2035. 

19 Subtitle A—National Plug-In Elec20 tric Drive Vehicle Deployment 

21 Program. 

22 SEC. 2011. NATIONAL PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE 

23 DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 

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1 hicle deployment program for the purpose of assisting in 

2 the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

3 (b) GOALS.—The goals of the national program de4 scribed in subsection (a) include— 

5 (1) the reduction and displacement of petro6 leum use by accelerating the deployment of plug-in 

7 electric drive vehicles in the United States; 

8 (2) the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions 

9 by accelerating the deployment of plug-in electric 

10 drive vehicles in the United States; 

11 (3) the facilitation of the rapid deployment of 

12 plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

13 (4) the achievement of significant market pene14 trations by plug-in electric drive vehicles nationally; 

15 (5) the establishment of models for the rapid 

16 deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles nation17 ally, including models for the deployment of residen18 tial, private, and publicly available charging infra19 structure; 

20 (6) the increase of consumer knowledge and ac21 ceptance of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

22 (7) the encouragement of the innovation and in23 vestment necessary to achieve mass market deploy24 ment of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 


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1 (8) the facilitation of the integration of plug-in 

2 electric drive vehicles into electricity distribution sys3 tems and the larger electric grid while maintaining 

4 grid system performance and reliability; 

5 (9) the provision of technical assistance to com6 munities across the United States to prepare for 

7 plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 

8 (10) the support of workforce training across 

9 the United States relating to plug-in electric drive 

10 vehicles. 

11 (c) DUTIES.—In carrying out this subtitle, the Sec12 retary shall— 

13 (1) provide technical assistance to State, local, 

14 and tribal governments that want to create deploy15 ment programs for plug-in electric drive vehicles in 

16 the communities over which the governments have 

17 jurisdiction; 

18 (2) perform national assessments of the poten19 tial deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles 

20 under section 2012; 

21 (3) synthesize and disseminate data from the 

22 deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

23 (4) develop best practices for the successful de24 ployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 


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1 (5) carry out workforce training under section 

2 2014; 

3 (6) establish the targeted plug-in electric drive 

4 vehicle deployment communities program under sec5 tion 2016; and 

6 (7) in conjunction with the Task Force, make 

7 recommendations to Congress and the President on 

8 methods to reduce the barriers to plug-in electric 

9 drive vehicle deployment. 

10 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter, 

12 the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees 

13 of Congress a report on the progress made in imple14 menting the national program described in subsection (a) 

15 that includes— 

16 (1) a description of the progress made by— 

17 (A) the technical assistance program under 

18 section 2013; and 

19 (B) the workforce training program under 

20 section 2014; and 

21 (2) any updated recommendations of the Sec22 retary for changes in Federal programs to promote 

23 the purposes of this subtitle. 


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1 (e) NATIONAL INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.— 

2 The Secretary shall make available to the public, in a 

3 timely manner, information regarding— 

4 (1) the cost, performance, usage data, and tech5 nical data regarding plug-in electric drive vehicles 

6 and associated infrastructure, including information 

7 from the deployment communities established under 

8 section 2016; and 

9 (2) any other educational information that the 

10 Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

11 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

12 authorized to be appropriated to carry out sections 2011 

13 through 2013 $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 

14 2011 through 2016. 

15 SEC. 2012. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND PLAN. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry 

18 out a national assessment and develop a national plan for 

19 plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment that includes— 

20 (1) an assessment of the maximum feasible de21 ployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles by 2020 

22 and 2030; 

23 (2) the establishment of national goals for mar24 ket penetration of plug-in electric drive vehicles by 

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1 (3) a plan for integrating the successes and 

2 barriers to deployment identified by the deployment 

3 communities program established under section 

4 2016 to prepare communities across the Nation for 

5 the rapid deployment of plug-in electric drive vehi6 cles; 

7 (4) a plan for providing technical assistance to 

8 communities across the United States to prepare for 

9 plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment; 

10 (5) a plan for quantifying the reduction in pe11 troleum consumption and the net impact on green12 house gas emissions due to the deployment of plug13 in electric drive vehicles; and 

14 (6) in consultation with the Task Force, any 

15 recommendations to the President and to Congress 

16 for changes in Federal programs (including laws, 

17 regulations, and guidelines)— 

18 (A) to better promote the deployment of 

19 plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 

20 (B) to reduce barriers to the deployment of 

21 plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

22 (b) UPDATES.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

23 of development of the plan described in subsection (a), and 

24 not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the 

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1 targeted plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment commu2 nities program established under section 2016 and other 

3 relevant data to update the plan to reflect real world mar4 ket conditions. 

5 SEC. 2013. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

6 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE, LOCAL, AND

7 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this subtitle, 

9 the Secretary shall provide, at the request of the 

10 Governor, Mayor, county executive, or the designee 

11 of such an official, technical assistance to State, 

12 local, and tribal governments to assist with the de13 ployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

14 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The technical assistance 

15 described in paragraph (1) shall include— 

16 (A) training on codes and standards for 

17 building and safety inspectors; 

18 (B) training on best practices for expe19 diting permits and inspections; 

20 (C) education and outreach on frequently 

21 asked questions relating to the various types of 

22 plug-in electric drive vehicles and associated in23 frastructure, battery technology, and disposal; 

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1 (D) the dissemination of information re2 garding best practices for the deployment of 

3 plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

4 (3) PRIORITY.—In providing technical assist5 ance under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 

6 priority to— 

7 (A) communities that have established 

8 public and private partnerships, including part9 nerships comprised of— 

10 (i) elected and appointed officials 

11 from each of the participating State, local, 

12 and tribal governments; 

13 (ii) relevant generators and distribu14 tors of electricity; 

15 (iii) public utility commissions; 

16 (iv) departments of public works and 

17 transportation; 

18 (v) owners and operators of property 

19 that will be essential to the deployment of 

20 a sufficient level of publicly available 

21 charging infrastructure (including privately 

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1 (vi) plug-in electric drive vehicle man2 ufacturers or retailers; 

3 (vii) third-party providers of charging 

4 infrastructure or services; 

5 (viii) owners of any major fleet that 

6 will participate in the program; 

7 (ix) as appropriate, owners and opera8 tors of regional electric power distribution 

9 and transmission facilities; and 

10 (x) other existing community coali11 tions recognized by the Department of En12 ergy; 

13 (B) communities that, as determined by 

14 the Secretary, have best demonstrated that the 

15 public is likely to embrace plug-in electric drive 

16 vehicles, giving particular consideration to com17 munities that— 

18 (i) have documented waiting lists to 

19 purchase plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

20 (ii) have developed projections of the 

21 quantity of plug-in electric drive vehicles 

22 supplied to dealers; and 

23 (iii) have assessed the quantity of 

24 charging infrastructure installed or for 

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1 (C) communities that have shown a com2 mitment to serving diverse consumer charging 

3 infrastructure needs, including the charging in4 frastructure needs for single- and multi-family 

5 housing and public and privately owned com6 mercial infrastructure; and 

7 (D) communities that have established reg8 ulatory and educational efforts to facilitate con9 sumer acceptance of plug-in electric drive vehi10 cles, including by— 

11 (i) adopting (or being in the process 

12 of adopting) streamlined permitting and 

13 inspections processes for residential charg14 ing infrastructure; and 

15 (ii) providing customer informational 

16 resources, including providing plug-in elec17 tric drive information on community or 

18 other Web sites. 

19 (4) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary shall col20 lect and disseminate information to State, local, and 

21 tribal governments creating plans to deploy plug-in 

22 electric drive vehicles on best practices (including 

23 codes and standards) that uses data from— 

24 (A) the program established by section 

25 2016; 


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1 (B) the activities carried out by the Task 

2 Force; and 

3 (C) existing academic and industry studies 

4 of the factors that contribute to the successful 

5 deployment of new technologies, particularly 

6 studies relating to alternative fueled vehicles. 

7 (5) GRANTS.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es9 tablish a program to provide grants to State, 

10 local, and tribal governments or to partnerships 

11 of government and private entities to assist the 

12 governments and partnerships— 

13 (i) in preparing a community deploy14 ment plan under section 2016; and 

15 (ii) in preparing and implementing 

16 programs that support the deployment of 

17 plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

18 (B) APPLICATION.—A State, local, or trib19 al government that seeks to receive a grant 

20 under this paragraph shall submit to the Sec21 retary an application for the grant at such 

22 time, in such form, and containing such infor23 mation as the Secretary may prescribe. 


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1 (C) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, local, or 

2 tribal government receiving a grant under this 

3 paragraph shall use the funds— 

4 (i) to develop a community deploy5 ment plan that shall be submitted to the 

6 next available competition under section 

7 2016; and 

8 (ii) to carry out activities that encour9 age the deployment of plug-in electric drive 

10 vehicles including— 

11 (I) planning for and installing 

12 charging infrastructure, particularly 

13 to develop and demonstrate diverse 

14 and cost-effective planning, installa15 tion, and operations options for de16 ployment of single-family and multi17 family residential, workplace, and 

18 publicly available charging infrastruc19 ture; 

20 (II) updating building, zoning, or 

21 parking codes and permitting or in22 spection processes; 

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1 (IV) public education described 

2 in the proposed marketing plan; 

3 (V) shifting State, local, or tribal 

4 government fleets to plug-in electric 

5 drive vehicles, at a rate in excess of 

6 the existing alternative fueled fleet ve7 hicles acquisition requirements for 

8 Federal fleets under section 

9 303(b)(1)(D) of the Energy Policy 

10 Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

11 13212(b)(1)(D)); and 

12 (VI) any other activities, as de13 termined to be necessary by the Sec14 retary. 

15 (D) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall de16 velop and publish criteria for the selection of 

17 technical assistance grants, including require18 ments for the submission of applications under 

19 this paragraph. 

20 (E) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA21 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro22 priated such sums as are necessary to carry out 

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1 (b) UPDATING MODEL BUILDING CODES, PERMIT2 TING AND INSPECTION PROCESSES, AND ZONING OR

3 PARKING RULES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 

6 consultation with the American Society of Heating, 

7 Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, the 

8 International Code Council, and any other organiza9 tions that the Secretary determines to be appro10 priate, shall develop and publish guidance for— 

11 (A) model building codes for the inclusion 

12 of separate circuits for charging infrastructure, 

13 as appropriate, in new construction and major 

14 renovations of private residences, buildings, or 

15 other structures that could provide publicly 

16 available charging infrastructure; 

17 (B) model construction permitting or in18 spection processes that allow for the expedited 

19 installation of charging infrastructure for pur20 chasers of plug-in electric drive vehicles (includ21 ing a permitting process that allows a vehicle 

22 purchaser to have charging infrastructure in23 stalled not later than 1 week after a request); 

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1 (C) model zoning, parking rules, or other 

2 local ordinances that— 

3 (i) facilitate the installation of pub4 licly available charging infrastructure, in5 cluding commercial entities that provide 

6 public access to infrastructure; and 

7 (ii) allow for access to publicly avail8 able charging infrastructure. 

9 (2) OPTIONAL ADOPTION.—An applicant for se10 lection for technical assistance under this section or 

11 as a deployment community under section 2016 

12 shall not be required to use the model building 

13 codes, permitting and inspection processes, or zon14 ing, parking rules, or other ordinances included in 

15 the report under paragraph (1). 

16 (3) SMART GRID INTEGRATION.—In developing 

17 the model codes or ordinances described in para18 graph (1), the Secretary shall consider smart grid 

19 integration. 

20 SEC. 2014. WORKFORCE TRAINING. 

21 (a) MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta23 tion with the Committee and the Task Force, shall 

24 award grants to institutions of higher education and 

25 other qualified training and education institutions 


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1 for the establishment of programs to provide train2 ing and education for vocational workforce develop3 ment through centers of excellence. 

4 (2) PURPOSE.—Training funded under this 

5 subsection shall be intended to ensure that the work6 force has the necessary skills needed to work on and 

7 maintain plug-in electric drive vehicles and the infra8 structure required to support plug-in electric drive 

9 vehicles. 

10 (3) SCOPE.—Training funded under this sub11 section shall include training for— 

12 (A) first responders; 

13 (B) electricians and contractors who will 

14 be installing infrastructure; 

15 (C) engineers; 

16 (D) code inspection officials; and 

17 (E) dealers and mechanics. 

18 (b) DESIGN.—The Secretary shall award grants to 

19 institutions of higher education and other qualified train20 ing and education institutions for the establishment of 

21 programs to provide training and education in designing 

22 plug-in electric drive vehicles and associated components 

23 and infrastructure to ensure that the United States can 

24 lead the world in this field. 


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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $150,000,000. 

4 SEC. 2015. FEDERAL FLEETS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Electricity consumed by Federal 

6 agencies to fuel plug-in electric drive vehicles— 

7 (1) is an alternative fuel (as defined in section 

8 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

9 13218)); and 

10 (2) shall be accounted for under Federal fleet 

11 management reporting requirements, not under Fed12 eral building management reporting requirements. 

13 (b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Not later than 180 

14 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 

15 3 years thereafter, the Federal Energy Management Pro16 gram and the General Services Administration, in con17 sultation with the Task Force, shall complete an assess18 ment of Federal Government fleets, including the Postal 

19 Service and the Department of Defense, and submit a re20 port to Congress that describes— 

21 (1) for each Federal agency, which types of ve22 hicles the agency uses that would or would not be 

23 suitable for near-term and medium-term conversion 

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1 vehicles could provide comparable functionality and 

2 lifecycle costs; 

3 (2) how many plug-in electric drive vehicles 

4 could be deployed by the Federal Government in 5 

5 years and in 10 years, assuming that plug-in electric 

6 drive vehicles are available and are purchased when 

7 new vehicles are needed or existing vehicles are re8 placed; 

9 (3) the estimated cost to the Federal Govern10 ment for vehicle purchases under paragraph (2); and 

11 (4) a description of any updates to the assess12 ment based on new market data. 

13 (c) INVENTORY AND DATA COLLECTION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the assess15 ment and report under subsection (b), the Federal 

16 Energy Management Program, in consultation with 

17 the General Services Administration, shall— 

18 (A) develop an information request for 

19 each agency that operates a fleet of at least 20 

20 motor vehicles; and 

21 (B) establish guidelines for each agency to 

22 use in developing a plan to deploy plug-in elec23 tric drive vehicles. 

24 (2) AGENCY RESPONSES.—Each agency that 

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1 (A) collect information on the vehicle fleet 

2 of the agency in response to the information re3 quest described in paragraph (1); and 

4 (B) develop a plan to deploy plug-in elec5 tric drive vehicles. 

6 (3) ANALYSIS OF RESPONSES.—The Federal 

7 Energy Management Program shall— 

8 (A) analyze the information submitted by 

9 each agency under paragraph (2); 

10 (B) approve or suggest amendments to the 

11 plan of each agency to ensure that the plan is 

12 consistent with the goals and requirements of 

13 this title; and 

14 (C) submit a plan to Congress and the 

15 General Services Administration to be used in 

16 developing the pilot program described in sub17 section (e). 

18 (d) BUDGET REQUEST.—Each agency of the Federal 

19 Government shall include plug-in electric drive vehicle pur20 chases identified in the report under subsection (b) in the 

21 budget of the agency to be included in the budget of the 

22 United States Government submitted by the President 

23 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. 

24 (e) PILOT PROGRAM TO DEPLOY PLUG-IN ELECTRIC

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1 (1) PROGRAM.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of 

3 General Services shall acquire plug-in electric 

4 drive vehicles and the requisite charging infra5 structure to be deployed in a range of locations 

6 in Federal Government fleets, which may in7 clude the United States Postal Service and the 

8 Department of Defense, during the 5-year pe9 riod beginning on the date of enactment of this 

10 Act. 

11 (B) EXPENDITURES.—To the maximum 

12 extent practicable, expenditures under this 

13 paragraph should make a contribution to the 

14 advancement of manufacturing of electric drive 

15 components and vehicles in the United States. 

16 (2) DATA COLLECTION.—The Administrator of 

17 General Services shall collect data regarding— 

18 (A) the cost, performance, and use of plug19 in electric drive vehicles in the Federal fleet; 

20 (B) the deployment and integration of 

21 plug-in electric drive vehicles in the Federal 

22 fleet; and 

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1 ing the use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas 

2 emissions. 

3 (3) REPORT.—Not later than 6 years after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

5 General Services shall submit to the appropriate 

6 committees of Congress a report that— 

7 (A) describes the status of plug-in electric 

8 drive vehicles in the Federal fleet; and 

9 (B) includes an analysis of the data col10 lected under this subsection. 

11 (4) PUBLIC WEB SITE.—The Federal Energy 

12 Management Program shall maintain and regularly 

13 update a publicly available Web site that provides in14 formation on the status of plug-in electric drive vehi15 cles in the Federal fleet. 

16 (f) ACQUISITION PRIORITY.—Section 507(g) of the 

17 Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13257(g)) is 

18 amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(5) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall, to the 

20 maximum extent practicable, prioritize the acquisi21 tion of plug-in electric drive vehicles (as defined in 

22 section 131(a) of the Energy Independence and Se23 curity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011(a)) over non24 electric alternative fueled vehicles.’’. 


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1 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated for use by the Federal Gov3 ernment in paying incremental costs to purchase or lease 

4 plug-in electric drive vehicles and the requisite charging 

5 infrastructure for Federal fleets $25,000,000. 

6 SEC. 2016. TARGETED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE 

7 DEPLOYMENT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 

10 the national plug-in electric drive deployment pro11 gram established under section 2011 a targeted 

12 plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment communities 

13 program (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Pro14 gram’’). 

15 (2) EXISTING ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the 

16 Program, the Secretary shall coordinate and supple17 ment, not supplant, any ongoing plug-in electric 

18 drive deployment activities under section 131 of the 

19 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 

20 U.S.C. 17011). 

21 (3) PHASE 1.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es23 tablish a competitive process to select phase 1 

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1 (B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In selecting 

2 participants for the Program under paragraph 

3 (1), the Secretary shall only consider applica4 tions submitted by State, tribal, or local govern5 ment entities (or groups of State, tribal, or 

6 local government entities). 

7 (C) SELECTION.—Not later than 1 year 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act and not 

9 later than 1 year after the date on which any 

10 subsequent amounts are appropriated for the 

11 Program, the Secretary shall select the phase 1 

12 deployment communities under this paragraph. 

13 (D) TERMINATION.—Phase 1 of the Pro14 gram shall be carried out for a 3-year period 

15 beginning on the date funding under this title 

16 is first provided to the deployment community. 

17 (4) PHASE 2.—Not later than 3 years after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

19 submit to Congress a report that analyzes the les20 sons learned in phase 1 and, if, based on the phase 

21 1 analysis, the Secretary determines that a phase 2 

22 program is warranted, makes recommendations and 

23 describes a plan for phase 2, including— 

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1 (i) options for the number of addi2 tional deployment communities that should 

3 be selected; 

4 (ii) the manner in which criteria for 

5 selection should be updated; 

6 (iii) the manner in which incentive 

7 structures for phase 2 deployment should 

8 be changed; and 

9 (iv) whether other forms of onboard 

10 energy storage for electric drive vehicles, 

11 such as fuel cells, should be included in 

12 phase 2; and 

13 (B) a request for appropriations to imple14 ment phase 2 of the Program. 

15 (b) GOALS.—The goals of the Program are— 

16 (1) to facilitate the rapid deployment of plug17 in electric drive vehicles, including— 

18 (A) the deployment of 400,000 plug-in 

19 electric drive vehicles in phase 1 in the deploy20 ment communities selected under paragraph 

21 (2); 

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1 (C) supporting the achievement of signifi2 cant market penetration nationally; 

3 (2) to establish models for the rapid deployment 

4 of plug-in electric drive vehicles nationally, including 

5 for the deployment of single-family and multi-family 

6 residential, workplace, and publicly available charg7 ing infrastructure; 

8 (3) to increase consumer knowledge and accept9 ance of, and exposure to, plug-in electric drive vehi10 cles; 

11 (4) to encourage the innovation and investment 

12 necessary to achieve mass market deployment of 

13 plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

14 (5) to demonstrate the integration of plug-in 

15 electric drive vehicles into electricity distribution sys16 tems and the larger electric grid while maintaining 

17 or improving grid system performance and reli18 ability; 

19 (6) to demonstrate protocols and communica20 tion standards that facilitate vehicle integration into 

21 the grid and provide seamless charging for con22 sumers traveling through multiple utility distribution 

23 systems; 

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1 menting vehicle electrification in various commu2 nities, including best practices for planning for and 

3 facilitating the construction of residential, work4 place, and publicly available infrastructure to sup5 port plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

6 (8) to collect comprehensive data on the pur7 chase and use of plug-in electric drive vehicles, in8 cluding charging profile data at unit and aggregate 

9 levels, to inform best practices for rapidly deploying 

10 plug-in electric drive vehicles in other locations, in11 cluding for the installation of charging infrastruc12 ture; 

13 (9) to reduce and displace petroleum use and 

14 reduce greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating the 

15 deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles in the 

16 United States; and 

17 (10) to increase domestic manufacturing capac18 ity and commercialization in a manner that will es19 tablish the United States as a world leader in plug20 in electric drive vehicle technologies. 

21 (c) PHASE 1 DEPLOYMENT COMMUNITY SELECTION

22 CRITERIA.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure, 

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1 deployment for various communities across the 

2 United States. 

3 (2) SELECTION.—In selecting communities 

4 under this section, the Secretary— 

5 (A) shall ensure, to the maximum extent 

6 practicable, that— 

7 (i) the combination of selected com8 munities is diverse in population density, 

9 demographics, urban and suburban com10 position, typical commuting patterns, cli11 mate, and type of utility (including inves12 tor-owned, publicly owned, cooperatively 

13 owned, distribution-only, and vertically in14 tegrated utilities); 

15 (ii) the combination of selected com16 munities is diverse in geographic distribu17 tion, and at least 1 deployment community 

18 is located in each Petroleum Administra19 tion for Defense District; 

20 (iii) at least 1 community selected has 

21 a population of less than 125,000; 

22 (iv) grants are of a sufficient amount 

23 such that each deployment community will 

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1 (v) the deployment communities are 

2 representative of other communities across 

3 the United States; 

4 (B) is encouraged to select a combination 

5 of deployment communities that includes mul6 tiple models or approaches for deploying plug7 in electric drive vehicles that the Secretary be8 lieves are reasonably likely to be effective, in9 cluding multiple approaches to the deployment 

10 of charging infrastructure; 

11 (C) in addition to the criteria described in 

12 subparagraph (A), may give preference to appli13 cants proposing a greater non-Federal cost 

14 share; and 

15 (D) when considering deployment commu16 nity plans, shall take into account previous De17 partment of Energy and other Federal invest18 ments to ensure that the maximum domestic 

19 benefit from Federal investments is realized. 

20 (3) CRITERIA.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 

22 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

23 and not later than 90 days after the date on 

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1 publish criteria for the selection of deployment 

2 communities that include requirements that ap3 plications be submitted by a State, tribal, or 

4 local government entity (or groups of State, 

5 tribal, or local government entities). 

6 (B) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The 

7 criteria published by the Secretary under sub8 paragraph (A) shall include application require9 ments that, at a minimum, include— 

10 (i) goals for— 

11 (I) the number of plug-in electric 

12 drive vehicles to be deployed in the 

13 community; 

14 (II) the expected percentage of 

15 light-duty vehicle sales that would be 

16 sales of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

17 and 

18 (III) the adoption of plug-in elec19 tric drive vehicles (including medium20 or heavy-duty vehicles) in private and 

21 public fleets during the 3-year dura22 tion of the Program; 

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1 (I) the public is likely to embrace 

2 plug-in electric drive vehicles, which 

3 may include— 

4 (aa) the quantity of plug-in 

5 electric drive vehicles purchased; 

6 (bb) the number of individ7 uals on a waiting list to purchase 

8 a plug-in electric drive vehicle; 

9 (cc) projections of the quan10 tity of plug-in electric drive vehi11 cles supplied to dealers; and 

12 (dd) any assessment of the 

13 quantity of charging infrastruc14 ture installed or for which per15 mits have been issued; and 

16 (II) automobile manufacturers 

17 and dealers will be able to provide and 

18 service the targeted number of plug-in 

19 electric drive vehicles in the commu20 nity for the duration of the program; 

21 (iii) clearly defined geographic bound22 aries of the proposed deployment area; 

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1 hicles, charging infrastructure, and serv2 ices in the deployment community; 

3 (v) assurances that a majority of the 

4 vehicle deployments anticipated in the plan 

5 will be personal vehicles authorized to trav6 el on the United States Federal-aid system 

7 of highways, and secondarily, private or 

8 public sector plug-in electric drive fleet ve9 hicles, but may also include— 

10 (I) medium- and heavy-duty 

11 plug-in hybrid vehicles; 

12 (II) low speed plug-in electric 

13 drive vehicles that meet Federal 

14 Motor Vehicle Safety Standards de15 scribed in section 571.500 of title 49, 

16 Code of Federal Regulations; and 

17 (III) any other plug-in electric 

18 drive vehicle authorized to travel on 

19 the United States Federal-aid system 

20 of highways; and 

21 (vi) any other merit-based criteria, as 

22 determined by the Secretary. 

23 (4) COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT PLANS.—Plans 

24 for the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles 

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1 (A) a proposed level of cost sharing in ac2 cordance with subsection (d)(2)(C); 

3 (B) documentation demonstrating a sub4 stantial partnership with relevant stakeholders, 

5 including— 

6 (i) a list of stakeholders that in7 cludes— 

8 (I) elected and appointed officials 

9 from each of the participating State, 

10 local, and tribal governments; 

11 (II) all relevant generators and 

12 distributors of electricity; 

13 (III) State utility regulatory au14 thorities; 

15 (IV) departments of public works 

16 and transportation; 

17 (V) owners and operators of 

18 property that will be essential to the 

19 deployment of a sufficient level of 

20 publicly available charging infrastruc21 ture (including privately owned park22 ing lots or structures and commercial 

23 entities with public access locations); 

24 (VI) plug-in electric drive vehicle 

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1 (VII) third-party providers of 

2 residential, workplace, private, and 

3 publicly available charging infrastruc4 ture or services; 

5 (VIII) owners of any major fleet 

6 that will participate in the program; 

7 (IX) as appropriate, owners and 

8 operators of regional electric power 

9 distribution and transmission facili10 ties; and 

11 (X) as appropriate, other existing 

12 community coalitions recognized by 

13 the Department of Energy; 

14 (ii) evidence of the commitment of the 

15 stakeholders to participate in the partner16 ship; 

17 (iii) a clear description of the role and 

18 responsibilities of each stakeholder; and 

19 (iv) a plan for continuing the engage20 ment and participation of the stakeholders, 

21 as appropriate, throughout the implemen22 tation of the deployment plan; 

23 (C) a description of the number of plug-in 

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1 of plug-in electric drive vehicles anticipated to 

2 be privately owned fleet or public fleet vehicles; 

3 (D) a plan for deploying residential, work4 place, private, and publicly available charging 

5 infrastructure, including— 

6 (i) an assessment of the number of 

7 consumers who will have access to private 

8 residential charging infrastructure in sin9 gle-family or multi-family residences; 

10 (ii) options for accommodating plug-in 

11 electric drive vehicle owners who are not 

12 able to charge vehicles at their place of 

13 residence; 

14 (iii) an assessment of the number of 

15 consumers who will have access to work16 place charging infrastructure; 

17 (iv) a plan for ensuring that the 

18 charging infrastructure or plug-in electric 

19 drive vehicle be able to send and receive 

20 the information needed to interact with the 

21 grid and be compatible with smart grid 

22 technologies to the extent feasible; 

23 (v) an estimate of the number and 

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1 charging stations that will be publicly or 

2 commercially available; 

3 (vi) an estimate of the quantity of 

4 charging infrastructure that will be pri5 vately funded or located on private prop6 erty; and 

7 (vii) a description of equipment to be 

8 deployed, including assurances that, to the 

9 maximum extent practicable, equipment to 

10 be deployed will meet open, nonproprietary 

11 standards for connecting to plug-in electric 

12 drive vehicles that are either— 

13 (I) commonly accepted by indus14 try at the time the equipment is being 

15 acquired; or 

16 (II) meet the standards developed 

17 by the Director of the National Insti18 tute of Standards and Technology 

19 under section 1305 of the Energy 

20 Independence and Security Act of 

21 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17385); 

22 (E) a plan for effective marketing of and 

23 consumer education relating to plug-in electric 

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1 (F) descriptions of updated building codes 

2 (or a plan to update building codes before or 

3 during the grant period) to include charging in4 frastructure or dedicated circuits for charging 

5 infrastructure, as appropriate, in new construc6 tion and major renovations; 

7 (G) descriptions of updated construction 

8 permitting or inspection processes (or a plan to 

9 update construction permitting or inspection 

10 processes) to allow for expedited installation of 

11 charging infrastructure for purchasers of plug12 in electric drive vehicles, including a permitting 

13 process that allows a vehicle purchaser to have 

14 charging infrastructure installed in a timely 

15 manner; 

16 (H) descriptions of updated zoning, park17 ing rules, or other local ordinances as are nec18 essary to facilitate the installation of publicly 

19 available charging infrastructure and to allow 

20 for access to publicly available charging infra21 structure, as appropriate; 

22 (I) a plan to ensure that each resident in 

23 a deployment community who purchases and 

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1 munity receives, in addition to any Federal in2 centives, consumer benefits that may include— 

3 (i) a rebate of part of the purchase 

4 price of the vehicle; 

5 (ii) reductions in sales taxes or reg6 istration fees; 

7 (iii) rebates or reductions in the costs 

8 of permitting, purchasing, or installing 

9 home plug-in electric drive vehicle charging 

10 infrastructure; and 

11 (iv) rebates or reductions in State or 

12 local toll road access charges; 

13 (J) additional consumer benefits, such as 

14 preferred parking spaces or single-rider access 

15 to high-occupancy vehicle lanes for plug-in elec16 tric drive vehicles; 

17 (K) a proposed plan for making necessary 

18 utility and grid upgrades, including economi19 cally sound and cybersecure information tech20 nology upgrades and employee training, and a 

21 plan for recovering the cost of the upgrades; 

22 (L) a description of utility, grid operator, 

23 or third-party charging service provider, policies 

24 and plans for accommodating the deployment of 

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1 (i) rate structures or provisions and 

2 billing protocols for the charging of plug3 in electric drive vehicles; 

4 (ii) analysis of potential impacts to 

5 the grid; 

6 (iii) plans for using information tech7 nology or third-party aggregators— 

8 (I) to minimize the effects of 

9 charging on peak loads; 

10 (II) to enhance reliability; and 

11 (III) to provide other grid bene12 fits; and 

13 (iv) plans for working with smart grid 

14 technologies or third-party aggregators for 

15 the purposes of smart charging and for al16 lowing 2-way communication; 

17 (M) a deployment timeline; 

18 (N) a plan for monitoring and evaluating 

19 the implementation of the plan, including 

20 metrics for assessing the success of the deploy21 ment and an approach to updating the plan, as 

22 appropriate; and 

23 (O) a description of the manner in which 

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1 (d) will be used and the proposed local cost 

2 share for the funds. 

3 (d) PHASE 1 APPLICATIONS AND GRANTS.— 

4 (1) APPLICATIONS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 150 

6 days after the date of publication by the Sec7 retary of selection criteria described in sub8 section (c)(3), any State, tribal, or local govern9 ment, or group of State, tribal, or local govern10 ments may apply to the Secretary to become a 

11 deployment community. 

12 (B) JOINT SPONSORSHIP.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—An application sub14 mitted under subparagraph (A) may be 

15 jointly sponsored by electric utilities, auto16 mobile manufacturers, technology pro17 viders, carsharing companies or organiza18 tions, third-party plug-in electric drive ve19 hicle service providers, or other appro20 priated entities. 

21 (ii) DISBURSEMENT OF GRANTS.—A 

22 grant provided under this subsection shall 

23 only be disbursed to a State, tribal, or 

24 local government, or group of State, tribal, 

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1 the application is jointly sponsored under 

2 clause (i). 

3 (2) GRANTS.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—In each application, the 

5 applicant may request up to $100,000,000 in fi6 nancial assistance from the Secretary to fund 

7 projects in the deployment community. 

8 (B) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided 

9 through a grant under this paragraph may be 

10 used to help implement the plan for the deploy11 ment of plug-in electric drive vehicles included 

12 in the application, including— 

13 (i) planning for and installing charg14 ing infrastructure, including offering addi15 tional incentives as described in subsection 

16 (c)(4)(I); 

17 (ii) updating building codes, zoning or 

18 parking rules, or permitting or inspection 

19 processes as described in subparagraphs 

20 (F), (G), and (H) of subsection (c)(4); 

21 (iii) reducing the cost and increasing 

22 the consumer adoption of plug-in electric 

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1 (iv) workforce training, including 

2 training of permitting officials; 

3 (v) public education and marketing 

4 described in the proposed marketing plan; 

5 (vi) shifting State, tribal, or local gov6 ernment fleets to plug-in electric drive ve7 hicles, at a rate in excess of the existing al8 ternative fueled fleet vehicle acquisition re9 quirements for Federal fleets under section 

10 303(b)(1)(D) of the Energy Policy Act of 

11 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(b)(1)(D)); and 

12 (vii) necessary utility and grid up13 grades as described in subsection 

14 (c)(4)(K). 

15 (C) COST-SHARING.— 

16 (i) IN GENERAL.—A grant provided 

17 under this paragraph shall be subject to a 

18 minimum non-Federal cost-sharing re19 quirement of 20 percent. 

20 (ii) NON-FEDERAL SOURCES.—The 

21 Secretary shall— 

22 (I) determine the appropriate 

23 cost share for each selected applicant; 

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1 (II) require that the Federal con2 tribution to total expenditures on ac3 tivities described in clauses (ii), (iv), 

4 (v), and (vi) of subparagraph (B) not 

5 exceed 30 percent. 

6 (iii) REDUCTION.—The Secretary may 

7 reduce or eliminate the cost-sharing re8 quirement described in clause (i), as the 

9 Secretary determines to be necessary. 

10 (iv) CALCULATION OF AMOUNT.—In 

11 calculating the amount of the non-Federal 

12 share under this section, the Secretary— 

13 (I) may include allowable costs in 

14 accordance with the applicable cost 

15 principles, including— 

16 (aa) cash; 

17 (bb) personnel costs; 

18 (cc) the value of a service, 

19 other resource, or third-party in20 kind contribution determined in 

21 accordance with the applicable 

22 circular of the Office of Manage23 ment and Budget; 

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1 (ee) any funds received 

2 under the power program of the 

3 Tennessee Valley Authority or 

4 any Power Marketing Adminis5 tration (except to the extent that 

6 such funds are made available 

7 under an annual appropriation 

8 Act); 

9 (II) shall include contributions 

10 made by State, tribal, or local govern11 ment entities and private entities; and 

12 (III) shall not include— 

13 (aa) revenues or royalties 

14 from the prospective operation of 

15 an activity beyond the time con16 sidered in the grant; 

17 (bb) proceeds from the pro18 spective sale of an asset of an ac19 tivity; or 

20 (cc) other appropriated Fed21 eral funds. 

22 (v) REPAYMENT OF FEDERAL

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1 shared activity under this section as a con2 dition of providing a grant. 

3 (vi) TITLE TO PROPERTY.—The Sec4 retary may vest title or other property in5 terests acquired under projects funded 

6 under this title in any entity, including the 

7 United States. 

8 (3) SELECTION.—Not later than 120 days after 

9 an application deadline has been established under 

10 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall announce the 

11 names of the deployment communities selected under 

12 this subsection. 

13 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta15 tion with the Committee, shall— 

16 (A) determine what data will be required 

17 to be collected by participants in deployment 

18 communities and submitted to the Department 

19 to allow for analysis of the deployment commu20 nities; 

21 (B) provide for the protection of consumer 

22 privacy, as appropriate; and 

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1 (2) PROVISION OF DATA.—As a condition of 

2 participation in the Program, a deployment commu3 nity shall provide any data identified by the Sec4 retary under paragraph (1). 

5 (3) REPORTS.—Not later than 3 years after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act and again after the 

7 completion of the Program, the Secretary shall sub8 mit to Congress a report that contains— 

9 (A) a description of the status of— 

10 (i) the deployment communities and 

11 the implementation of the deployment plan 

12 of each deployment community; 

13 (ii) the rate of vehicle deployment and 

14 market penetration of plug-in electric drive 

15 vehicles; and 

16 (iii) the deployment of residential and 

17 publicly available infrastructure; 

18 (B) a description of the challenges experi19 enced and lessons learned from the program to 

20 date, including the activities described in sub21 paragraph (A); and 

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1 (f) PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

2 shall, as appropriate, provide for the protection of propri3 etary information and intellectual property rights. 

4 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

5 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

6 $2,000,000,000. 

7 (h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 166(b)(5) 

8 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Before 

10 September 30, 2009, the State’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

11 State’’; and 

12 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Before 

13 September 30, 2009, the State’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

14 State’’. 

15 SEC. 2017. FUNDING. 

16 (a) TARGETED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE

17 DEPLOYMENT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2010, out of 

19 any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro20 priated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer 

21 to the Secretary to carry out section 2016 

22 $400,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

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1 ferred under paragraph (1), without further appro2 priation. 

3 (b) OTHER PROVISIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—On October 1, 2010, out of 

5 any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro6 priated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer 

7 to the Secretary to carry out this subtitle (other 

8 than section 2016) $100,000,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 (2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec11 retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 

12 shall use to carry out this subtitle (other than sec13 tion 2016) the funds transferred under paragraph 

14 (1), without further appropriation. 

15 Subtitle B—Research and 

16 Development 

17 SEC. 2021. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

18 (a) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta20 tion with the Committee, shall establish a program 

21 to fund research and development in advanced bat22 teries, plug-in electric drive vehicle components, 

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1 and deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles and 

2 charging infrastructure. 

3 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—The program may include 

4 funding for— 

5 (A) the development of low-cost, smart6 charging and vehicle-to-grid connectivity tech7 nology; 

8 (B) the benchmarking and assessment of 

9 open software systems using nationally estab10 lished evaluation criteria; and 

11 (C) new technologies in electricity storage 

12 or electric drive components for vehicles. 

13 (3) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

15 submit to Congress a report describing the status of 

16 the program described in paragraph (1). 

17 (b) SECONDARY USE APPLICATIONS PROGRAM.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta19 tion with the Committee, shall carry out a research, 

20 development, and demonstration program that builds 

21 upon any work carried out under section 915 of the 

22 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16195) and— 

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1 (B) assesses the potential for markets for 

2 uses described in subparagraph (A) to develop, 

3 as well as any barriers to the development of 

4 the markets; 

5 (C) identifies the infrastructure, tech6 nology, and equipment needed to manage the 

7 charging activity of the batteries used in sta8 tionary sources; and 

9 (D) identifies the potential uses of a vehi10 cle battery— 

11 (i) with the most promise for market 

12 development; and 

13 (ii) for which market development 

14 would be aided by a demonstration project. 

15 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

17 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

18 an initial report on the findings of the program de19 scribed in paragraph (1), including recommendations 

20 for stationary energy storage and other potential ap21 plications for batteries used in plug-in electric drive 

22 vehicles. 

23 (c) SECONDARY USE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

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1 in consultation with the Committee, shall develop 

2 guidelines for projects that demonstrate the sec3 ondary uses of vehicle batteries. 

4 (2) PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES.—Not later 

5 than 30 months after the date of enactment of this 

6 Act, the Secretary shall— 

7 (A) publish the guidelines described in 

8 paragraph (1); and 

9 (B) solicit applications for funding for 

10 demonstration projects. 

11 (3) GRANT PROGRAM.—Not later than 38 

12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

13 Secretary shall select proposals for grant funding 

14 under this section, based on an assessment of which 

15 proposals are mostly likely to contribute to the devel16 opment of a secondary market for batteries. 

17 (d) MATERIALS RECYCLING STUDY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta19 tion with the Committee, shall carry out a study on 

20 the recycling of materials from plug-in electric drive 

21 vehicles and the batteries used in plug-in electric 

22 drive vehicles. 

23 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

24 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

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1 report on the findings of the study described in 

2 paragraph (1). 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

5 $1,535,000,000, including— 

6 (1) $1,500,000,000 for use in conducting the 

7 program described in subsection (a) for fiscal years 

8 2011 through 2020; 

9 (2) $5,000,000 for use in conducting the pro10 gram described in subsection (b) for fiscal years 

11 2011 through 2016; 

12 (3) $25,000,000 for use in providing grants de13 scribed in subsection (c) for fiscal years 2011 

14 through 2020; and 

15 (4) $5,000,000 for use in conducting the study 

16 described in subsection (d) for fiscal years 2011 

17 through 2013. 

18 SEC. 2022. ADVANCED BATTERIES FOR TOMORROW PRIZE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

20 date of enactment of this Act, as part of the program de21 scribed in section 1008 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

22 (42 U.S.C. 16396), the Secretary shall establish the Ad23 vanced Batteries for Tomorrow Prize to competitively 

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1 vance the research, development, demonstration, and com2 mercial application of a 500-mile vehicle battery. 

3 (b) BATTERY SPECIFICATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for the Prize, 

5 a battery submitted by an entrant shall be— 

6 (A) able to power a plug-in electric drive 

7 vehicle authorized to travel on the United 

8 States Federal-aid system of highways for at 

9 least 500 miles before recharging; 

10 (B) of a size that would not be cost-prohib11 itive or create space constraints, if mass-pro12 duced; and 

13 (C) cost-effective (measured in cost per kil14 owatt hour), if mass-produced. 

15 (2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec16 retary, in consultation with the Committee, shall es17 tablish any additional battery specifications that the 

18 Secretary and the Committee determine to be nec19 essary. 

20 (c) PRIVATE FUNDS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 

22 and notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

23 States Code, the Secretary may accept, retain, and 

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1 entity, or organization for purposes of carrying out 

2 this subsection— 

3 (A) without further appropriation; and 

4 (B) without fiscal year limitation. 

5 (2) RESTRICTION ON PARTICIPATION.—An enti6 ty providing private funds for the Prize may not 

7 participate in the competition for the Prize. 

8 (d) TECHNICAL REVIEW.—The Secretary, in con9 sultation with the Committee, shall establish a technical 

10 review committee composed of non-Federal officers to re11 view data submitted by Prize entrants under this section 

12 and determine whether the data meets the prize specifica13 tions described in subsection (b). 

14 (e) THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary 

15 may select, on a competitive basis, a third party to admin16 ister awards provided under this section. 

17 (f) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for an award under 

18 this section— 

19 (1) in the case of a private entity, the entity 

20 shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary 

21 place of business in the United States; and 

22 (2) in the case of an individual (whether par23 ticipating as a single individual or in a group), the 

24 individual shall be a citizen or lawful permanent 

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1 (g) AWARD AMOUNTS.— 

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

3 funds to carry out this section, the amount of the 

4 Prize shall be $10,000,000. 

5 (2) BREAKTHROUGH ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS.— 

6 In addition to the award described in paragraph (1), 

7 the Secretary, in consultation with the technical re8 view committee established under subsection (d), 

9 may award cash prizes, in amounts determined by 

10 the Secretary, in recognition of breakthrough 

11 achievements in research, development, demonstra12 tion, and commercial application of— 

13 (A) activities described in subsection (b); 

14 or 

15 (B) advances in battery durability, energy 

16 density, and power density. 

17 (h) 500-MILE BATTERY AWARD FUND.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

19 the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 

20 known as the ‘‘500-Mile Battery Fund’’ (referred to 

21 in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be administered 

22 by the Secretary, to be available without fiscal year 

23 limitation and subject to appropriation, to award 

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1 (2) TRANSFERS TO FUND.—The Fund shall 

2 consist of— 

3 (A) such amounts as are appropriated to 

4 the Fund under subsection (i); and 

5 (B) such amounts as are described in sub6 section (c) and that are provided for the Fund. 

7 (3) PROHIBITION.—Amounts in the Fund may 

8 not be made available for any purpose other than a 

9 purposes described in subsection (a). 

10 (4) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

12 after the end of each fiscal year beginning with 

13 fiscal year 2012, the Secretary shall submit a 

14 report on the operation of the Fund during the 

15 fiscal year to— 

16 (i) the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of the House of Representatives and of the 

18 Senate; 

19 (ii) the Committee on Energy and 

20 Natural Resources of the Senate; and 

21 (iii) the Committee on Energy and 

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1 (B) CONTENTS.—Each report shall in2 clude, for the fiscal year covered by the report, 

3 the following: 

4 (i) A statement of the amounts depos5 ited into the Fund. 

6 (ii) A description of the expenditures 

7 made from the Fund for the fiscal year, in8 cluding the purpose of the expenditures. 

9 (iii) Recommendations for additional 

10 authorities to fulfill the purpose of the 

11 Fund. 

12 (iv) A statement of the balance re13 maining in the Fund at the end of the fis14 cal year. 

15 (5) SEPARATE APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.— 

16 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 

17 amended— 

18 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (35) and 

19 (36) as paragraphs (36) and (37), respectively; 

20 (B) by redesignating the second paragraph 

21 (33) (relating to obligational authority and out22 lays requested for homeland security) as para23 graph (35); and 

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1 ‘‘(38) a separate statement for the 500-Mile 

2 Battery Fund established under section 2022(h) of 

3 the Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles 

4 Act of 2010, which shall include the estimated 

5 amount of deposits into the Fund, obligations, and 

6 outlays from the Fund.’’. 

7 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated— 

9 (1) $10,000,000 to carry out subsection (g)(1); 

10 and 

11 (2) $1,000,000 to carry out subsection (g)(2). 

12 SEC. 2023. STUDY ON THE SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in 

14 consultation with the Secretary and the Task Force, shall 

15 conduct a study that— 

16 (1) identifies the raw materials needed for the 

17 manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles, bat18 teries, and other components for plug-in electric 

19 drive vehicles, and for the infrastructure needed to 

20 support plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

21 (2) describes the primary or original sources 

22 and known reserves and resources of those raw ma23 terials; 

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1 ufacture, maintenance, deployment, and use of plug2 in electric drive vehicles associated with the supply 

3 of those raw materials; and 

4 (4) identifies pathways to securing reliable and 

5 resilient supplies of those raw materials. 

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

7 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

8 shall submit to Congress a report that describes the re9 sults of the study. 

10 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

11 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 

12 $1,500,000. 

13 SEC. 2024. STUDY ON THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVA14 TION OF DATA COLLECTED FROM PLUG-IN 

15 ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consulta18 tion with the Committee, shall enter into an agreement 

19 with the National Academy of Sciences under which the 

20 Academy shall conduct a study that— 

21 (1) identifies— 

22 (A) the data that may be collected from 

23 plug-in electric drive vehicles, including data on 

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1 (B) the scientific, economic, commercial, 

2 security, and historic potential of the data de3 scribed in subparagraph (A); and 

4 (C) any laws or regulations that relate to 

5 the data described in subparagraph (A); and 

6 (2) analyzes and provides recommendations on 

7 matters that include procedures, technologies, and 

8 rules relating to the collection, storage, and preser9 vation of the data described in paragraph (1)(A). 

10 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after the 

11 date of an agreement between the Secretary and the Acad12 emy under subsection (a), the National Academy of 

13 Sciences shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

14 Congress a report that describes the results of the study 

15 under subsection (a). 

16 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

17 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

18 $1,000,000. 

19 Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 

20 SEC. 2031. UTILITY PLANNING FOR PLUG-IN ELECTRIC 

21 DRIVE VEHICLES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Public Utility Regulatory 

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1 (1) in section 111(d) (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)), by 

2 adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(20) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE

4 PLANNING.— 

5 ‘‘(A) UTILITY PLAN FOR PLUG-IN ELEC6 TRIC DRIVE VEHICLES.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 

8 years after the date of enactment of this 

9 paragraph, each electric utility shall de10 velop a plan to support the use of plug-in 

11 electric drive vehicles, including medium12 and heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles in 

13 the service area of the electric utility. 

14 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—A plan under 

15 clause (i) shall investigate— 

16 ‘‘(I) various levels of potential 

17 penetration of plug-in electric drive 

18 vehicles in the utility service area; 

19 ‘‘(II) the potential impacts that 

20 the various levels of penetration and 

21 charging scenarios (including charging 

22 rates and daily hours of charging) 

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1 ‘‘(III) the role of third parties in 

2 providing reliable and economical 

3 charging services. 

4 ‘‘(iii) WAIVER.— 

5 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—An electric 

6 utility that determines that the elec7 tric utility will not be impacted by 

8 plug-in electric drive vehicles during 

9 the 5-year period beginning on the 

10 date of enactment of this paragraph 

11 may petition the Secretary to waive 

12 clause (i) for 5 years. 

13 ‘‘(II) APPROVAL.—Approval of a 

14 waiver under subclause (I) shall be in 

15 the sole discretion of the Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(iv) UPDATES.— 

17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Each electric 

18 utility shall update the plan of the 

19 electric utility every 5 years. 

20 ‘‘(II) RESUBMISSION OF WAIV21 ER.—An electric utility that received a 

22 waiver under clause (iii) and wants 

23 the waiver to continue after the expi24 ration of the waiver shall be required 

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1 ‘‘(v) EXEMPTION.—If the Secretary 

2 determines that a plan required by a State 

3 regulatory authority meets the require4 ments of this paragraph, the Secretary 

5 may accept that plan and exempt the elec6 tric utility submitting the plan from the re7 quirements of clause (i). 

8 ‘‘(B) SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS.—Each 

9 State regulatory authority (in the case of each 

10 electric utility for which the authority has rate11 making authority) and each municipal and co12 operative utility shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) participate in any local plan for 

14 the deployment of recharging infrastruc15 ture in communities located in the foot16 print of the authority or utility; 

17 ‘‘(ii) require that charging infrastruc18 ture deployed is interoperable with prod19 ucts of all auto manufacturers to the max20 imum extent practicable; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) consider adopting minimum re22 quirements for deployment of electrical 

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1 ‘‘(C) COST RECOVERY.—Each State regu2 latory authority (in the case of each electric 

3 utility for which the authority has ratemaking 

4 authority) and each municipal and cooperative 

5 utility may consider whether, and to what ex6 tent, to allow cost recovery for plans and imple7 mentation of plans. 

8 ‘‘(D) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 3 

9 years after the date of enactment of this para10 graph, each State regulatory authority (with re11 spect to each electric utility for which the au12 thority has ratemaking authority), and each 

13 municipal and cooperative electric utility, shall 

14 complete the consideration, and shall make the 

15 determination, referred to in subsection (a) with 

16 respect to the standard established by this 

17 paragraph.’’; 

18 (2) in section 112(c) (16 U.S.C. 2622(c))— 

19 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Each 

20 State’’ and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State’’; 

22 (B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘In 

23 the case’’ and inserting the following: 

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1 ‘‘(A) NET METERING AND FOSSIL FUEL

2 GENERATION EFFICIENCY.—In the case’’; 

3 (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘In 

4 the case’’ and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(B) TIME-BASED METERING AND COMMU6 NICATIONS.—In the case’’; 

7 (D) in the fourth sentence— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and in9 serting the following: 

10 ‘‘(C) INTERCONNECTION.—In the case’’; 

11 and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (15)’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘paragraph (15) of section 

14 111(d)’’; 

15 (E) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘In 

16 the case’’ and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(D) INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING, 

18 RATE DESIGN MODIFICATIONS, SMART GRID IN19 VESTMENTS, SMART GRID INFORMATION.—In 

20 the case’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(E) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE

23 PLANNING.—In the case of the standards estab24 lished by paragraph (20) of section 111(d), the 

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1 date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed 

2 to be a reference to the date of enactment of 

3 that paragraph.’’; and 

4 (3) in section 112(d) (16 U.S.C. 2622(d)), in 

5 the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

6 ‘‘(19)’’ and inserting ‘‘(20)’’. 

7 (b) REPORT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta9 tion with the Technical Advisory Committee, shall 

10 convene a group of utility stakeholders, charging in11 frastructure providers, third-party aggregators, and 

12 others, as appropriate, to discuss and determine the 

13 potential models for the technically and logistically 

14 challenging issues involved in using electricity as a 

15 fuel for vehicles, including— 

16 (A) accommodation for billing for charging 

17 a plug-in electric drive vehicle, both at home 

18 and at publicly available charging infrastruc19 ture; 

20 (B) plans for anticipating vehicle to grid 

21 applications that will allow batteries in cars as 

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1 (C) integration of plug-in electric drive ve2 hicles with smart grid, including protocols and 

3 standards, necessary equipment, and informa4 tion technology systems; and 

5 (D) any other barriers to installing suffi6 cient and appropriate charging infrastructure. 

7 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act and biennially there9 after, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

10 committees of Congress a report that includes— 

11 (A) the issues and model solutions de12 scribed in paragraph (1); and 

13 (B) any other issues that the Task Force 

14 and Secretary determine to be appropriate. 

15 SEC. 2032. LOAN GUARANTEES. 

16 (a) LOAN GUARANTEES FOR ADVANCED BATTERY

17 PURCHASES FOR USE IN STATIONARY APPLICATIONS.— 

18 Subtitle B of title I of the Energy Independence and Secu19 rity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011 et seq.) is amended 

20 by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 137. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR ADVANCED BATTERY 

22 PURCHASES. 

23 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY.—The 

2 term ‘qualified automotive battery’ means a battery 

3 that— 

4 ‘‘(A) has at least 4 kilowatt hours of bat5 tery capacity; and 

6 ‘‘(B) is designed for use in qualified plug7 in electric drive motor vehicles but is purchased 

8 for nonautomotive applications. 

9 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en10 tity’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) an original equipment manufacturer; 

12 ‘‘(B) an electric utility; 

13 ‘‘(C) any provider of range extension infra14 structure; or 

15 ‘‘(D) any other qualified entity, as deter16 mined by the Secretary. 

17 ‘‘(b) LOAN GUARANTEES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall guar19 antee loans made to eligible entities for the aggre20 gate purchase of not less than 200 qualified auto21 motive batteries in a calendar year that have a total 

22 minimum power rating of 1 megawatt and use ad23 vanced battery technology. 

24 ‘‘(2) RESTRICTION.—As a condition of receiving 

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1 chasing qualified automotive batteries with loan 

2 funds guaranteed under this section shall comply 

3 with the provisions of the Buy American Act (41 

4 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 

5 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate 

6 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. 

7 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

9 $50,000,000.’’. 

10 (b) LOAN GUARANTEES FOR CHARGING INFRA11 STRUCTURE.—Section 1705(a) of the Energy Policy Act 

12 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16516(a)) is amended by adding at 

13 the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) Charging infrastructure and networks of 

15 charging infrastructure for plug-in drive electric ve16 hicles, if the charging infrastructure will be oper17 ational prior to December 31, 2016.’’. 

18 SEC. 2033. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSING OF ADVANCED BAT19 TERIES IN LANDFILLS. 

20 (a) DEFINITION OF ADVANCED BATTERY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 

22 ‘‘advanced battery’’ means a battery that is a sec23 ondary (rechargeable) electrochemical energy storage 

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1 (2) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘advanced bat2 tery’’ does not include— 

3 (A) a primary (nonrechargeable) battery; 

4 or 

5 (B) a lead-acid battery that is used to 

6 start or serve as the principal electrical power 

7 source for a plug-in electric drive vehicle. 

8 (b) REQUIREMENT.—An advanced battery from a 

9 plug-in electric drive vehicle shall be disposed of in accord10 ance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 

11 et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Resource Conservation 

12 and Recovery Act of 1976’’). 

13 SEC. 2034. PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE TECHNICAL 

14 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Plug-In 

16 Electric Drive Vehicle Technical Advisory Committee to 

17 advise the Secretary on the programs and activities under 

18 this title. 

19 (b) MISSION.—The mission of the Committee shall 

20 be to advise the Secretary on technical matters, includ21 ing— 

22 (1) the priorities for research and development; 

23 (2) means of accelerating the deployment of 

24 safe, economical, and efficient plug-in electric drive 

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1 (3) the development and deployment of charg2 ing infrastructure; 

3 (4) the development of uniform codes, stand4 ards, and safety protocols for plug-in electric drive 

5 vehicles and charging infrastructure; and 

6 (5) reporting on the competitiveness of the 

7 United States in plug-in electric drive vehicle and in8 frastructure research, manufacturing, and deploy9 ment. 

10 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 (1) MEMBERS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall 

13 consist of not less than 12, but not more than 

14 25, members. 

15 (B) REPRESENTATION.—The Secretary 

16 shall appoint the members to Committee from 

17 among representatives of— 

18 (i) domestic industry; 

19 (ii) institutions of higher education; 

20 (iii) professional societies; 

21 (iv) Federal, State, and local govern22 mental agencies (including the National 

23 Laboratories); and 

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1 propriate organizations or individuals with 

2 direct experience in deploying and mar3 keting plug-in electric drive vehicles, as the 

4 Secretary determines to be necessary. 

5 (2) TERMS.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term of a Com7 mittee member shall not be longer than 3 years. 

8 (B) STAGGERED TERMS.—The Secretary 

9 may appoint members to the Committee for dif10 fering term lengths to ensure continuity in the 

11 functioning of the Committee. 

12 (C) REAPPOINTMENTS.—A member of the 

13 Committee whose term is expiring may be re14 appointed. 

15 (3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Committee shall have 

16 a chairperson, who shall be elected by and from the 

17 members. 

18 (d) REVIEW.—The Committee shall review and make 

19 recommendations to the Secretary on the implementation 

20 of programs and activities under this title. 

21 (e) RESPONSE.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall consider 

23 and may adopt any recommendation of the Com24 mittee under subsection (c). 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

2 after the date of enactment of this Act and 

3 every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall 

4 submit to the appropriate committees of Con5 gress a report describing any new recommenda6 tions of the Committee. 

7 (B) CONTENTS.—The report shall in8 clude— 

9 (i) a description of the manner in 

10 which the Secretary has implemented or 

11 plans to implement the recommendations 

12 of the Committee; or 

13 (ii) an explanation of the reason that 

14 a recommendation of the Committee has 

15 not been implemented. 

16 (C) TIMING.—The report described in this 

17 paragraph shall be submitted by the Secretary 

18 at the same time the President submits the 

19 budget proposal for the Department of Energy 

20 to Congress. 

21 (f) COORDINATION.—The Committee shall— 

22 (1) hold joint annual meetings with the Hydro23 gen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee es24 tablished by section 807 of the Energy Policy Act of 


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1 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16156) to help coordinate the work 

2 and recommendations of the Committees; and 

3 (2) coordinate efforts, to the maximum extent 

4 practicable, with all existing independent, depart5 mental, and other advisory Committees, as deter6 mined to be appropriate by the Secretary. 

7 (g) SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall provide to the 

8 Committee the resources necessary to carry out this sec9 tion, as determined to be necessary by the Secretary. 

10 SEC. 2035. PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE INTER11 AGENCY TASK FORCE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

13 date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish 

14 the Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Interagency Task 

15 Force, to be chaired by the Secretary and which shall con16 sist of at least 1 representative from each of— 

17 (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; 

18 (2) the Council on Environmental Quality; 

19 (3) the Department of Energy; 

20 (4) the Department of Transportation; 

21 (5) the Department of Defense; 

22 (6) the Department of Commerce (including the 

23 National Institute of Standards and Technology); 

24 (7) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

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1 (9) any other Federal agencies that the Presi2 dent determines to be appropriate. 

3 (b) MISSION.—The mission of the Task Force shall 

4 be to ensure awareness, coordination, and integration of 

5 the activities of the Federal Government relating to plug6 in electric drive vehicles, including— 

7 (1) plug-in electric drive vehicle research and 

8 development (including necessary components); 

9 (2) the development of widely accepted smart10 grid standards and protocols for charging infrastruc11 ture; 

12 (3) the relationship of plug-in electric drive ve13 hicle charging practices to electric utility regulation; 

14 (4) the relationship of plug-in electric drive ve15 hicle deployment to system reliability and security; 

16 (5) the general deployment of plug-in electric 

17 drive vehicles in the Federal, State, and local gov18 ernments and for private use; 

19 (6) the development of uniform codes, stand20 ards, and safety protocols for plug-in electric drive 

21 vehicles and charging infrastructure; and 

22 (7) the alignment of international plug-in elec23 tric drive vehicle standards. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, 

2 the Task Force may— 

3 (A) organize workshops and conferences; 

4 (B) issue publications; and 

5 (C) create databases. 

6 (2) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out 

7 this section, the Task Force shall— 

8 (A) foster the exchange of generic, non9 proprietary information and technology among 

10 industry, academia, and the Federal Govern11 ment; 

12 (B) integrate and disseminate technical 

13 and other information made available as a re14 sult of the programs and activities under this 

15 title; 

16 (C) support education about plug-in elec17 tric drive vehicles; 

18 (D) monitor, analyze, and report on the ef19 fects of plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment 

20 on the environment and public health, including 

21 air emissions from vehicles and electricity gen22 erating units; and 

23 (E) review and report on— 

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1 guidelines) to promote the deployment of 

2 plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 

3 (ii) any barriers to the deployment of 

4 plug-in electric drive vehicles, including 

5 barriers that are attributable to Federal 

6 programs (including laws, regulations, and 

7 guidelines). 

8 (d) AGENCY COOPERATION.—A Federal agency— 

9 (1) shall cooperate with the Task Force; and 

10 (2) provide, on request of the Task Force, ap11 propriate assistance in carrying out this section, in 

12 accordance with applicable Federal laws (including 

13 regulations). 

14 TITLE III—OIL SPILL LIABILITY 

15 TRUST FUND 

16 SEC. 3001. MODIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO OIL SPILL 

17 LIABILITY TRUST FUND. 

18 (a) INCREASE IN OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND

19 FINANCING RATE.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

20 4611(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

21 amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(B) the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund fi23 nancing rate is 21 cents a barrel.’’. 

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

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1 products entered during calendar quarters beginning more 

2 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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