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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3681 

To establish the Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Initiative to facilitate the 

installation of zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on National Forest 

System land, National Park System land, and certain related land, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2019 

Mr. LEVIN of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 establish the Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Initiative to 

facilitate the installation of zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on National Forest System land, National Park 

System land, and certain related land, 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 Spaces, Green 

5 Vehicles Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE AGENCY HEAD.—The term 

4 ‘‘appropriate agency head’’ means— 

5 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

6 through the Chief of the Forest Service, with 

7 respect to National Forest System land; and 

8 (B) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

9 through the Director of the National Park 

10 Service, with respect to National Park System 

11 land. 

12 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON13 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con14 gress’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Energy and Com16 merce of the House of Representatives; 

17 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources 

18 of the House of Representatives; 

19 (C) the Committee on Appropriations of 

20 the House of Representatives; 

21 (D) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

22 Resources of the Senate; and 

23 (E) the Committee on Appropriations of 

24 the Senate. 

25 (3) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 

26 means— 


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1 (A) National Forest System land; 

2 (B) National Park System land; and 

3 (C) any land owned by a unit of local gov4 ernment or Indian Tribe (as defined in section 

5 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu6 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304))— 

7 (i) that is located not more than 25 

8 miles from land described in subparagraph 

9 (A) or (B); and 

10 (ii) with respect to which the Sec11 retary or an appropriate agency head has 

12 entered into an agreement with the owner 

13 of the land for the installation of zero14 emissions vehicle infrastructure on the 

15 land, after making a determination that 

16 the infrastructure to be installed under the 

17 agreement is related to providing zero18 emissions vehicles with access to land de19 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

20 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Assist22 ant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

23 Energy. 

24 (5) ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLE INFRASTRUC25 TURE.—The term ‘‘zero-emissions vehicle infrastrucVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jul 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3681.IH H3681

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1 ture’’ means infrastructure used to charge or fuel a 

2 zero-emissions vehicle. 

3 (6) ZERO-EMISSIONS VEHICLE.—The term 

4 ‘‘zero-emissions vehicle’’ means— 

5 (A) a zero-emission vehicle (as defined in 

6 section 88.102–94 of title 40, Code of Federal 

7 Regulations (or successor regulations)); or 

8 (B) a vehicle that produces zero exhaust 

9 emissions of any criteria pollutant (or precursor 

10 pollutant) or greenhouse gas under any possible 

11 operational modes or conditions. 

12 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GREEN SPACES, GREEN VEHI13 CLES INITIATIVE. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary and the appro15 priate agency heads shall collaborate on an initiative, to 

16 be known as the ‘‘Green Spaces, Green Vehicles Initia17 tive’’, to facilitate the installation and use of zero-emis18 sions vehicle infrastructure on covered land. 

19 (b) DUTIES.—The Secretary and the appropriate 

20 agency heads shall facilitate the installation and use of 

21 zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on covered land— 

22 (1) by entering into agreements with public, 

23 private, or nonprofit entities for the acquisition, in24 stallation, and operation, including use-fee proc25 essing and collection, on covered land of publicly acVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jul 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3681.IH H3681

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1 cessible zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure that is 

2 directly related to the charging or fueling of a vehi3 cle in accordance with this section; 

4 (2) by acquiring, in coordination with the Ad5 ministrator of General Services, zero-emissions vehi6 cles, including shuttle vehicles, for the fleets of the 

7 Forest Service and the National Park Service; 

8 (3) by providing information to the public, in9 cluding by publishing a map on any relevant agency 

10 website, regarding the availability of existing and 

11 planned zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure on cov12 ered land; and 

13 (4) by allowing for the use of charging infra14 structure by employees of the Forest Service and the 

15 National Park Service to charge vehicles used by the 

16 employees in commuting to or from work. 

17 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the location 

18 for zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure acquired and in19 stalled on covered land under subsection (b), the Secretary 

20 and the appropriate agency heads shall consider whether 

21 a proposed location would— 

22 (1) complement, to the extent feasible, alter23 native fueling corridor networks established under 

24 section 151 of title 23, United States Code; 


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1 (2) meet current or anticipated market de2 mands for charging or fueling infrastructure; 

3 (3) enable or accelerate the construction of 

4 charging or fueling infrastructure that would be un5 likely to be completed without Federal assistance; 

6 and 

7 (4) support the use of zero-emissions vehicles 

8 by Federal fleets and visitors to Federal facilities. 

9 (d) LOCATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE.—Any zero10 emissions vehicle infrastructure acquired, installed, or op11 erated under subsection (b) shall be located on covered 

12 land. 

13 (e) FUNDING.— 

14 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

16 this section $50,000,000 for each fiscal year. 

17 (2) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.— 

18 (A) FEDERAL FLEETS.—Not more than 20 

19 percent of any funds appropriated to carry out 

20 this section may be used to acquire zero-emis21 sions vehicles under subsection (b)(2). 

22 (B) URBANIZED AREAS.—Not more than 

23 30 percent of any funds appropriated to carry 

24 out this section may be used to acquire, install, 

25 or operate zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure 


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1 in an urbanized area (as designated by the Bu2 reau of the Census). 

3 (C) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more 

4 than 2 percent of any funds appropriated to 

5 carry out this section may be used for adminis6 trative costs. 

7 SEC. 4. AGREEMENTS FOR SHUTTLE OR OTHER TRANSPOR8 TATION SERVICES ON NATIONAL FOREST 

9 SYSTEM LAND AND NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 

10 LAND. 

11 In entering into an agreement with an entity to pro12 vide shuttle or other transportation services on or to cov13 ered land, an appropriate agency head shall give priority 

14 consideration to an entity that would provide the applica15 ble services using zero-emissions vehicles. 

16 SEC. 5. ALTERNATIVE FUEL USE BY LIGHT DUTY FEDERAL 

17 VEHICLES. 

18 Section 400AA(a) of the Energy Policy and Con19 servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(a)) is amended by adding 

20 at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(5) For purposes of making a determination 

22 under paragraph (1) as to whether the acquisition of 

23 alternative fueled vehicles is practicable for the fleet 

24 of the Forest Service or the National Park Service, 

25 the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of 


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1 Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as ap2 plicable, shall take into account the availability on 

3 National Forest System land or National Park Sys4 tem land, as applicable, of zero-emissions vehicle in5 frastructure (as defined in section 2 of the Green 

6 Spaces, Green Vehicles Act of 2019) acquired and 

7 installed under section 3 of the Green Spaces, Green 

8 Vehicles Act of 2019. 

9 ‘‘(6)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary 

11 of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as 

12 applicable, shall develop a strategy to, by 2030, in13 crease the number of zero-emissions vehicles (as de14 fined in section 2 of the Green Spaces, Green Vehi15 cles Act of 2019) in the fleet and shuttle operations 

16 of each of the Forest Service and the National Park 

17 Service to the greater of— 

18 ‘‘(i) a number that is equal to 125 percent 

19 of the number of zero-emissions vehicles in the 

20 fleet and shuttle operations of each agency on 

21 the date of enactment of this paragraph; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) a number that is equal to 25 percent 

23 of all vehicles in the fleet and shuttle operations 

24 of each agency. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The strategy developed under subpara2 graph (A) shall be updated not less frequently than 

3 once every 2 years.’’. 

4 SEC. 6. REPORT. 

5 Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary and 

7 the appropriate agency heads shall submit to the appro8 priate committees of Congress a report that describes— 

9 (1) the location of— 

10 (A) any zero-emissions vehicle infrastruc11 ture acquired, installed, or operated, or planned 

12 to be acquired, installed, or operated, under sec13 tion 3(b)(1); and 

14 (B) any zero-emissions vehicles acquired 

15 for the fleet of the Forest Service or the Na16 tional Park Service under section 3(b)(2); 

17 (2) the amount of Federal funds expended to 

18 carry out each duty under section 3(b); 

19 (3) any allocation of costs or benefits between 

20 the Federal Government and private or nonprofit en21 tities under an agreement entered into by the Sec22 retary or the appropriate agency heads under section 

23 3(b)(1); 

24 (4) the justifications for the expenditure of 

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1 ered by the report, including, with respect to any 

2 zero-emissions vehicle infrastructure installed during 

3 the period covered by the report, an analysis of each 

4 of the considerations under section 3(c); 

5 (5) if applicable, any challenges in acquiring the 

6 necessary workforce to install, operate, or main7 tain— 

8 (A) any zero-emissions vehicle infrastruc9 ture acquired, installed, or operated, or planned 

10 to be acquired, installed, or operated, under sec11 tion 3(b)(1); and 

12 (B) any zero-emissions vehicles acquired 

13 for the fleet of the Forest Service or the Na14 tional Park Service under section 3(b)(2); 

15 (6) with respect to each agreement for shuttle 

16 or other transportation services on or to covered 

17 land entered into by an appropriate agency head 

18 during the period covered by the report, how the ap19 propriate agency head complied with the require20 ments of section 4; 

21 (7) the strategy developed under paragraph 

22 (6)(A) of section 400AA(a) of the Energy Policy and 

23 Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374(a)) (including 

24 any updates to the strategy under paragraph (6)(B) 

25 of that section); and 


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1 (8) any recommendations of the Secretary with 

2 respect to any additional funding or authority need3 ed to carry out paragraph (6) of section 400AA(a) 

4 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 6374(a)). 

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