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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2337 

To provide for the upgrade of the vehicle fleet of the United States Postal 

Service, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 18, 2019 

Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 

CONNOLLY, and Mr. RYAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 provide for the upgrade of the vehicle fleet of the United 

States Postal Service, 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 ‘‘Federal Leadership 

5 in Energy Efficient Transportation Act’’ or the ‘‘FLEET 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO ENERGY SAVINGS PER2 FORMANCE CONTRACTS. 

3 Section 804(4) of the National Energy Conservation 

4 Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c(4)) is amended— 

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

6 the semicolon; 

7 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

8 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(C) in the case of a contract in which the 

12 United States Postal Service is a party— 

13 ‘‘(i) the purchase or lease of low emis14 sion and fuel efficient vehicles, including 

15 electric vehicles; 

16 ‘‘(ii) a measure to upgrade a vehicle 

17 owned, operated, leased, or otherwise con18 trolled by or assigned to the United States 

19 Postal Service to increase average fuel 

20 economy and reduce the emissions of car21 bon dioxide of such vehicle; or 

22 ‘‘(iii) the construction or maintenance 

23 of infrastructure, including electric vehicle 

24 charging stations, to support vehicles de25 scribed in clauses (i) and (ii).’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO UTILITY ENERGY 

2 SERVICE CONTRACTS. 

3 Section 546 of the National Energy Conservation 

4 Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8256) is amended in subsection 

5 (c)(1) by inserting ‘‘(including measures to support the 

6 use of low emission and fuel efficient vehicles owned, oper7 ated, leased, or otherwise controlled by or assigned to the 

8 United States Postal Service and measures to support con9 struction and maintenance of infrastructure to support 

10 such vehicles, including electric vehicle charging stations)’’ 

11 after ‘‘demand’’. 

12 SEC. 4. UPGRADE OF POSTAL FLEET. 

13 (a) POSTAL FLEET REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 (1) MOTOR VEHICLE STANDARDS.—The Post15 master General may not award a contract for a con16 tracted vehicle, or purchase or lease a motor vehicle 

17 for use by the Postal Service, unless, at a min18 imum— 

19 (A) in the case of a passenger car, the car 

20 meets— 

21 (i) with respect to emissions of carbon 

22 dioxide, the more stringent of— 

23 (I) the applicable standards de24 veloped by the Environmental Protec25 tion Agency under title II of the Clean 

26 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.); or 


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1 (II) on average, less than 191 

2 grams per mile; and 

3 (ii) with respect to average fuel econ4 omy, the more stringent of— 

5 (I) the applicable average fuel 

6 economy standards developed by the 

7 National Highway Traffic Safety Ad8 ministration under chapter 329 of 

9 title 49, United States Code; or 

10 (II) 43.7 miles per gallon; 

11 (B) in the case of a light truck, the truck 

12 meets— 

13 (i) with respect to emissions of carbon 

14 dioxide, the more stringent of— 

15 (I) the applicable standards de16 veloped by the Environmental Protec17 tion Agency under title II of the Clean 

18 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.); or 

19 (II) on average, less than 269 

20 grams per mile; and 

21 (ii) with respect to average fuel econ22 omy, the more stringent of— 

23 (I) the applicable average fuel 

24 economy standards developed by the 

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1 ministration under chapter 329 of 

2 title 49, United States Code; or 

3 (II) 31.3 miles per gallon; and 

4 (C) in the case of a medium-duty or heavy5 duty vehicle, the vehicle complies with applica6 ble standards— 

7 (i) for emissions of carbon dioxide de8 veloped by the Environmental Protection 

9 Agency under title II of the Clean Air Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.); and 

11 (ii) for average fuel economy devel12 oped by the National Highway Traffic 

13 Safety Administration under chapter 329 

14 of title 49, United States Code. 

15 (2) APPLICABILITY.—The standards described 

16 in paragraph (1) shall apply to contracted vehicles 

17 and motor vehicles purchased or leased for use by 

18 the Postal Service after the date that is 1 year after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act. 

20 (3) REDUCTION IN CONSUMPTION OF PETRO21 LEUM PRODUCTS.—The Postmaster General shall 

22 reduce the total consumption of petroleum products 

23 by motor vehicles in the Postal fleet by a minimum 

24 of 2 percent annually through the end of fiscal year 


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1 2029, relative to the baseline established for fiscal 

2 year 2005. 

3 (b) REPLACING VEHICLES WITHIN THE POSTAL

4 FLEET.—The Postmaster General shall conduct a cost5 benefit analysis of motor vehicles in the Postal fleet to 

6 determine if the cost to maintain any such vehicle out7 weighs the benefit or savings of replacing the vehicle. 

8 (c) ROUTE REQUIREMENTS.—To inform and priori9 tize purchases, the Postmaster General shall review and 

10 identify Postal delivery routes, including geography and 

11 types of motor vehicles that could be used on such routes, 

12 to determine if motor vehicles used on such routes can 

13 be replaced with motor vehicles that use technologies that 

14 increase average fuel economy or reduce emissions of car15 bon dioxide. 

16 (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Postmaster 

17 General shall submit a report to Congress— 

18 (1) not later than 1 year after the date of en19 actment of this Act, that contains a plan to achieve 

20 the requirements of subsection (a) and recommenda21 tions for vehicle body design specifications for motor 

22 vehicles purchased for the Postal fleet that would in23 crease average fuel economy and reduce emissions of 

24 carbon dioxide of any such vehicle; and 

25 (2) annually, that describes— 


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1 (A) the progress in meeting the annual 

2 target described in subsection (a)(3); and 

3 (B) any changes to Postal delivery routes 

4 or motor vehicle purchase strategies made pur5 suant to subsection (c). 

6 (e) RESTRICTIONS.—To meet the requirements of 

7 this Act, the Postmaster General may not— 

8 (1) reduce the frequency of delivery of mail to 

9 fewer than 6 days each week; 

10 (2) close post offices or postal distribution fa11 cilities; 

12 (3) take any action that would restrict or di13 minish a collective bargaining agreement or elimi14 nate or reduce any employee benefits; or 

15 (4) enter into a contract with a private com16 pany to perform duties that, as of the date of enact17 ment of this Act, are performed by bargaining unit 

18 employees. 

19 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 

21 (1) CONTRACTED VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘con22 tracted vehicle’’— 

23 (A) means any motor vehicle used in car24 rying out a contract for surface mail delivery 


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1 pursuant to section 5005(a)(3) of title 39, 

2 United States Code; and 

3 (B) does not include any motor vehicle 

4 used in carrying out a contract for surface mail 

5 delivery pursuant to sections 406 and 407 of 

6 such title. 

7 (2) MOTOR VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘motor vehi8 cle’’ means any self-propelled vehicle designed for 

9 transporting persons or property on a street or high10 way. 

11 (3) POSTAL DELIVERY ROUTE.—The term 

12 ‘‘Postal delivery route’’ means the transportation 

13 route for surface mail delivery. 

14 (4) POSTAL FLEET.—The term ‘‘Postal fleet’’ 

15 means any vehicle that is owned, operated, leased, or 

16 otherwise controlled by or assigned to the Postal 

17 Service. 

18 (5) POSTAL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘Postal Serv19 ice’’ means the United States Postal Service. 

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