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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2164 

To require any bus purchased for use in public transportation with funds 

provided by the Federal Transit Administration to be a zero-emission 

bus, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2019 

Ms. BROWNLEY of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To require any bus purchased for use in public transportation with funds provided by the Federal Transit Administration to be a zero-emission bus, 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 ‘‘Green Bus Act of 

5 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ZERO-EMISSION BUS REQUIREMENTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 49, United 

3 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5312 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘§ 5313. Zero-emission bus requirements 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other re7 quirements of this chapter, not later than October 1, 

8 2029, any bus purchased or leased with funds provided 

9 under this chapter or otherwise provided by the Federal 

10 Transit Administration for purposes of providing public 

11 transportation shall be a zero-emission bus. 

12 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF ZERO-EMISSION BUS.—In this 

13 section, the term ‘zero-emission bus’ means a bus that 

14 produces no carbon or particulate matter.’’. 

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec16 tions for chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, is 

17 amended by inserting after the item related to section 

18 5312 the following new item: 

‘‘5313. Zero-emission bus requirements.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES IMPLEMENTING 

20 ZERO-EMISSION BUS FLEETS. 

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

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor23 tation shall compile, and make publicly available, a report 

24 containing best practices and lessons learned by transit 


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1 agencies and States that have implemented or are in the 

2 process of implementing zero-emission bus fleets. 

3 (b) CONSULTATION.—In compiling the report, the 

4 Secretary shall consult with transit agencies, States, zero5 emission bus manufacturers, and other stakeholders that 

6 the Secretary determines are appropriate. 

7 (c) UPDATES TO REPORT.—The Secretary shall up8 date the report required under subsection (a) annually. 

9 SEC. 4. EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN LOW- OR NO-EMISSION 

10 VEHICLE PROGRAMS. 

11 (a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN

12 PROGRAMS.— 

13 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

14 Section 5338(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO17 PRIATIONS.—There shall be available from the Mass 

18 Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for fis19 cal years 2021 through 2029 such funds as are spe20 cifically allocated for those fiscal years under para21 graph (2). Nothing in this paragraph shall be con22 strued to authorize the appropriation of any 

23 amounts not so allocated.’’. 

24 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

25 5338(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 


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1 amended by inserting ‘‘or paragraph (3)’’ after 

2 ‘‘paragraph (1)’’. 

3 (b) LOW- AND NO-EMISSION COMPONENT ASSESS4 MENT PROGRAM.—Section 5338(a)(2)(G) of title 49, 

5 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(G) $28,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

7 2016 through 2019 and $45,000,000 for each 

8 of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 shall be 

9 available to carry out section 5312, of which— 

10 ‘‘(i) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal 

11 years 2016 through 2019 and $5,000,000 

12 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 

13 shall be available to carry out section 

14 5312(h); and 

15 ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 

16 years 2016 through 2019 and $20,000,000 

17 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029 

18 shall be available to carry out section 

19 5312(i);’’. 

20 (c) LOW- OR NO-EMISSION VEHICLE PROGRAM.— 

21 Section 5338(a)(2)(M) of title 49, United States Code, is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘and $344,044,179 for fiscal 

24 year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘, $450,000,000 for fiscal 

25 year 2020, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, 


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1 $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, $600,000,000 for 

2 fiscal year 2023, $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, 

3 $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, $750,000,000 for 

4 fiscal year 2026, $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, 

5 $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2028, and 

6 $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2029’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘2020 shall be available to carry 

8 out section 5339(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘2019, 

9 $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, $200,000,000 for 

10 fiscal year 2021, $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, 

11 $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2023, $350,000,000 for 

12 fiscal year 2024, $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, 

13 $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, $500,000,000 for 

14 fiscal year 2027, $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2028, 

15 and $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2029 shall be avail16 able to carry out section 5339(c)’’. 

17 (d) PLANNING PROGRAMS.—Section 5338(a)(2)(A) 

18 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘and $142,036,417 for fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘and $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

21 2029’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. PREFERENCE UNDER LOW- OR NO-EMISSION VEHI2 CLE PROGRAM FOR OPERATORS WITH FULL 

3 FLEET TRANSITION PLANS. 

4 Section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(8) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under 

7 this subsection, the Secretary shall give preference 

8 to applicants who have completed a full fleet transi9 tion plan.’’. 

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