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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5090 

To support research, development, demonstration, and other activities to 

develop innovative vehicle technologies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 28, 2023 

Ms. STEVENS (for herself and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

A BILL 

To support research, development, demonstration, and other 

activities to develop innovative vehicle technologies, 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 ‘‘Shifting Forward Vehi5 cle Technologies Research and Development Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—The term ‘‘alter9 native fuel’’ means a fuel that results in a signifi10 cant reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) 


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1 and criteria air pollutant emissions compared to con2 ventional fuel options. 

3 (2) EXTREME FAST CHARGING.—The term ‘‘ex4 treme fast charging’’ means recharging up to 80 

5 percent of battery capacity in approximately 10 min6 utes or less. 

7 (3) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS.—The term ‘‘sus8 tainable materials’’ means materials used through9 out the consumer and industrial economy that can 

10 be produced in required volumes without depleting 

11 nonrenewable resources and without disrupting the 

12 established steady-state equilibrium of the environ13 ment and key natural resource systems. 

14 (4) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

15 means the Department of Energy. 

16 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of Energy. 

18 SEC. 3. REPORTING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN 

19 TECHNOLOGIES. 

20 Not later than two years after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act and every two years thereafter through 

22 2028, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

23 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

25 Resources of the Senate a report describing— 


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1 (1) the activities undertaken pursuant to this 

2 Act, including— 

3 (A) the status of public-private partner4 ships; 

5 (B) progress of the programs under sec6 tions 4, 6, 8, and 12 in meeting goals and 

7 timelines; and 

8 (C) a strategic plan for funding of activi9 ties across agencies; and 

10 (2) the technologies and knowledge developed 

11 and demonstrated as a result of such activities, with 

12 a particular emphasis on whether such technologies 

13 were successfully adopted for commercial applica14 tions, and if so, whether products relying on such 

15 technologies are manufactured in the United States. 

16 SEC. 4. ADVANCED VEHICLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOP17 MENT PROGRAM. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

19 with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, shall conduct 

20 a research, development, and demonstration program of 

21 advanced vehicle technologies on more efficient, sustain22 able, and domestically available materials and manufac23 turing processes with the potential to— 


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1 (1) substantially reduce or eliminate greenhouse 

2 gas emissions from the manufacture and use of pas3 senger and commercial vehicles; and 

4 (2) reduce the cost of vehicle manufacturing 

5 and ownership. 

6 (b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—In carrying out the 

7 program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall coordi8 nate with the activities authorized under section 137 of 

9 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 

10 U.S.C. 17014; relating to research and development into 

11 integrating electric vehicles onto the electric grid) and sub12 section (q) of section 641 of the United States Energy 

13 Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17231; 

14 enacted as subtitle D of title VI of the Energy Independ15 ence and Security Act of 2007; relating to the establish16 ment of a critical material recycling and reuse research, 

17 development, and demonstration program), and with the 

18 heads of relevant Federal agencies to determine a com19 prehensive set of technical milestones for such activities 

20 and focus on research and development challenges across 

21 the vehicle supply chain including, to the maximum extent 

22 practicable, activities in the areas of— 

23 (1) electrification of vehicle systems, including 

24 compact and efficient electric drivetrain systems; 


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1 (2) power electronics, electric machines, and 

2 electric machine drive systems, which may include— 

3 (A) electronic motors, including advanced 

4 inverters and motors that can be used for pas5 senger vehicles and commercial vehicles; 

6 (B) magnetic materials, including perma7 nent magnets with reduced or no critical mate8 rials; 

9 (C) improving partial load efficiency; 

10 (D) design of power electronics and electric 

11 motor technologies that enable efficient recy12 cling of critical materials; and 

13 (E) assessing potential impacts of various 

14 vehicle systems on electric propulsion perform15 ance, including potential impacts from AM/FM 

16 radio frequencies; 

17 (3) vehicle batteries and relevant systems, 

18 which may include— 

19 (A) advanced batteries systems, 

20 ultracapacitors, and other competitive energy 

21 storage devices; 

22 (B) common interconnection protocols, 

23 specifications, and architecture for both trans24 portation and stationary battery applications; 


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1 (C) energy density and capacity, re2 charging robustness, extreme fast charging and 

3 wireless charging capabilities, and efficiencies to 

4 lower cost; 

5 (D) lifetime improvement and reduction of 

6 potential lifecycle impacts from advanced bat7 teries; 

8 (E) improving efficient use and reuse, sub9 stitution, and recycling of critical materials in 

10 vehicles, including rare earth elements and pre11 cious metals, at risk of supply disruption; 

12 (F) advanced battery protection systems 

13 for safe handling of high voltage power and 

14 thermal management; 

15 (G) technologies enabling flexible manufac16 turing facilities that can accommodate different 

17 vehicle battery chemistries and configurations; 

18 and 

19 (H) improving the efficiency and safety of 

20 the manufacturing of advanced batteries; 

21 (4) vehicle components and systems, including 

22 manufacturing technologies and processes, which 

23 may include— 

24 (A) reducing or repurposing waste 

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1 sity of vehicle, engine, and advanced battery 

2 manufacturing processes; and 

3 (B) increasing the production rate and de4 creasing the cost of advanced battery and hy5 drogen fuel cell manufacturing, including pur6 pose-built hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen 

7 fueling infrastructure, and components; 

8 (5) hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles and fuel 

9 pathways, which may include— 

10 (A) vehicle fuel cells and relevant systems, 

11 including power electronics systems to regulate 

12 fuel cell voltages; 

13 (B) synthetic fuels from recycled carbon 

14 dioxide and net-zero carbon liquid fuels; and 

15 (C) advanced biofuel technologies; 

16 (6) lubricants and accessory power loads for hy17 brid and electric vehicles aftertreatment tech18 nologies; 

19 (7) vehicle weight reduction, which may include 

20 the development of— 

21 (A) more sustainable and cost-effective 

22 lightweight materials; and 

23 (B) higher efficiency manufacturing proc24 esses, such as additive manufacturing, to 

25 produce sustainable lightweight materials and 


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1 fabricate, assemble, and use dissimilar mate2 rials, including— 

3 (i) lightweight systems which combine 

4 several existing vehicle components; and 

5 (ii) voluntary, consensus-based stand6 ards for strategic lightweight materials; 

7 (8) improved vehicle recycling methods to in8 crease the recycled material content of feedstocks 

9 used in raw material manufacturing; 

10 (9) vehicle propulsion systems, which may in11 clude— 

12 (A) engine and component durability; 

13 (B) engine down speeding; 

14 (C) advanced internal combustion engines; 

15 (D) transmission gear and engine oper16 ation matching; and 

17 (E) advanced transmission technologies; 

18 (10) applying advanced computing resources to 

19 large, voluntarily provided industry datasets from 

20 providers and cities to support the development of 

21 predictive engineering, modeling, and simulation of 

22 components, vehicle, and transportation systems; 

23 (11) leveraging the use of machine learning to24 ward manufacturing and additive manufacturing op25 timization, which may include— 


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1 (A) assessing the efficiency and safety of 

2 manufacturing processes; 

3 (12) advanced computing systems, including en4 ergy efficient systems, technology, and networking 

5 for vehicular on-board, off-board, and edge com6 puting applications; 

7 (13) assessing automation in both vehicle and 

8 infrastructure systems; 

9 (14) infrastructure, which may include— 

10 (A) refueling and charging infrastructure 

11 for alternative fueled and electric drive or plug12 in electric hybrid vehicles, with consideration 

13 for the unique challenges facing urban and 

14 rural areas; 

15 (B) extreme fast charging, including 

16 through wired and wireless charging systems; 

17 (C) integration, bidirectional capability, 

18 and operational optimization of vehicle elec19 trification for light, medium, and heavy duty 

20 with the charging infrastructure and the elec21 tric grid; and 

22 (D) sensing, communications, and actu23 ation technologies for vehicle, electric grid, and 

24 infrastructure, which may include— 


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1 (i) communication, onboard sensing, 

2 and connectivity among vehicles, infra3 structure, pedestrians, and the electrical 

4 grid; 

5 (ii) assessing the use of autonomous 

6 vehicles or connectivity to improve roadway 

7 throughput; and 

8 (iii) research autonomous refueling 

9 and charging technologies and infrastruc10 ture; 

11 (15) retrofitting advanced vehicle technologies 

12 to existing vehicles; 

13 (16) informing and educating the public on the 

14 energy benefits of automation and connected vehicle 

15 technologies, connected infrastructure assets, and 

16 mobility applied sensors to build trust and accept17 ance; 

18 (17) reusing valuable components and mate19 rials, such as permanent magnets and other electric 

20 drive components for advanced vehicles; and 

21 (18) transportation system analysis to further 

22 understand the energy implications and opportuni23 ties of advanced mobility solutions, communication, 

24 and connectivity among vehicles, infrastructure, pe25 destrians, and the electrical grid. 


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1 (c) NONROAD TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENTAL

2 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RESEARCH.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in carrying 

4 out the program established under subsection (a), 

5 and in consultation with the heads of relevant Fed6 eral agencies, shall support research, development, 

7 and demonstration activities to address and reduce 

8 nonroad sector emissions from transportation fuels 

9 used in aviation, rail, and maritime technologies and 

10 other relevant technologies. Such activities may be 

11 carried out primarily by an Energy Innovation Hub 

12 established under section 206 of the Department of 

13 Energy Research Coordination Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 18632). 

15 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the research, 

16 development, and demonstration activities under 

17 paragraph (1) shall be to— 

18 (A) identify, study, evaluate, test, and 

19 demonstrate emerging transformational 

20 nonroad vehicle energy technologies and prac21 tices to improve environmental performance to 

22 meet Federal and international standards and 

23 guidelines, including reducing greenhouse gas 

24 emissions, water emissions, or other particulate 

25 or toxic emissions; 


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1 (B) advance research, development, and 

2 demonstration activities to— 

3 (i) overcome barriers in trans4 formational nonroad vehicle energy tech5 nologies, including alternative fuels such as 

6 hydrogen, components, and other energy 

7 technologies to improve total machine or 

8 system efficiency for nonroad mobile equip9 ment; and 

10 (ii) increase the fuel economy and use 

11 of alternative fuels and alternative energy; 

12 (C) support opportunities to transfer rel13 evant research findings and technologies be14 tween the nonroad and on-highway equipment 

15 and vehicle sectors; and 

16 (D) test relevant precommercial tech17 nologies. 

18 (3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary may co19 ordinate the research, development, and demonstra20 tion activities under paragraph (1) with activities— 

21 (A) that are associated with the develop22 ment or approval of validation and testing re23 gimes; and 

24 (B) related to certification or validation of 

25 emerging energy technologies or practices that 


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1 demonstrate significant environmental or other 

2 benefits to domestic non-road transportation in3 dustries. 

4 (4) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may enter 

5 into cooperative agreements, contracts, or other 

6 agreements with academic, public, private, and non7 governmental entities and facilities to carry out the 

8 activities under paragraph (1). 

9 (5) TRANSFORMATIONAL NONROAD VEHICLE

10 TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

11 ‘‘transformational nonroad vehicle technology’’ 

12 means an innovative technology that— 

13 (A) enables advanced nonroad transpor14 tation, nonroad transportation components, and 

15 related energy technologies that have the poten16 tial to produce significantly lower emissions and 

17 greater energy savings than current commercial 

18 technologies; 

19 (B) enables improved or expanded supply 

20 and production of domestic emission reducing 

21 fuels and components; or 

22 (C) ensures the long term, secure, and sus23 tainable supply of critical materials. 

24 (d) STANDARD OF REVIEW.—The Secretary shall pe25 riodically review activities carried out under this section 


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1 to determine the achievement of technical milestones as 

2 determined by the Secretary. 

3 (e) TECHNOLOGY TESTING AND METRICS.—In car4 rying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary, 

5 in coordination with the National Institute of Standards 

6 and Technology, shall— 

7 (1) develop voluntary, consensus-based standard 

8 testing procedures, methodologies, and best practices 

9 for evaluating the performance of advanced vehicle 

10 technologies, including heavy vehicle technologies 

11 under a range of representative duty cycles and op12 erating conditions, including for electrified and hy13 drogen fuel cell systems; and 

14 (2) evaluate advanced vehicle performance, in15 cluding heavy vehicle and nonroad vehicle perform16 ance using work performance-based metrics. 

17 SEC. 5. ADVANCED ON-ROAD VEHICLE SECURITY PRO18 GRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 

20 with the program under section 4, the program authorized 

21 under section 137 of the Energy Independence and Secu22 rity Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17014), and the heads of rel23 evant Federal agencies, shall establish a research and de24 velopment program focused on the cybersecurity and phys25 ical security of interconnections between vehicles, vehicle 


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1 energy storage systems, charging equipment, buildings, 

2 and the electric grid for plug-in electric vehicles, connected 

3 vehicles, autonomous, and other relevant vehicles, includ4 ing the security impacts, efficiency, and safety of plug5 in electric vehicles using alternating current charging, 

6 high-power direct current fast charging, and extreme fast 

7 charging. 

8 (b) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary shall develop a 5- 

9 to 10-year impact assessment of emergent cybersecurity 

10 threats and vulnerabilities to the United States on-road 

11 transportation system and connected infrastructure by 

12 identifying— 

13 (1) areas of research with respect to which Fed14 eral cross-agency research coordination and coopera15 tion may help address such threats and 

16 vulnerabilities; and 

17 (2) current research and challenges associated 

18 with cyber-physical protection and resiliency of elec19 tric and connected and automated vehicle tech20 nologies. 

21 SEC. 6. VEHICLE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM SAFETY PRO22 GRAM. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—In coordination with the program 

24 under section 4, the Secretary shall support a program 


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1 of research, development, and demonstration of vehicle en2 ergy storage safety and reliability. 

3 (b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the 

4 Secretary shall support activities to— 

5 (1) examine the mechanisms that lead to vehicle 

6 energy storage system safety and reliability inci7 dents; 

8 (2) develop new materials to improve overall ve9 hicle energy storage system safety and abuse toler10 ance; 

11 (3) perform abuse testing; 

12 (4) advance and perform testing techniques; 

13 (5) demonstrate detailed failure analyses; 

14 (6) mitigate vehicle energy storage cell and sys15 tem failures, including hydrogen fuel storage tanks; 

16 and 

17 (7) develop crush-induced battery safety proto18 cols and technical standards to improve robustness. 

19 SEC. 7. ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES ADVISORY 

20 COMMITTEE. 

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

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es23 tablish the Advanced Vehicle Technologies Advisory Com24 mittee (in this section referred to as the ‘‘advisory com25 mittee’’) to advise the Secretary on vehicle technology and 


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1 mobility system research advancements. The advisory 

2 committee shall be composed of not fewer than 15 mem3 bers, including representatives of research and academic 

4 institutions, environmental organizations, industry, and 

5 nongovernmental entities, including relevant labor organi6 zations and associations representing automobile manu7 facturers, who are qualified to provide advice on the re8 search, development, and demonstration activities under 

9 this Act (in this section referred to as the ‘‘DOE Vehicle 

10 Program’’). 

11 (b) ASSESSMENT.—The advisory committee shall as12 sess— 

13 (1) the current state of United States competi14 tiveness in advancing vehicle technologies and mobil15 ity systems, including— 

16 (A) the scope and scale of United States 

17 investments in sustainable and advanced trans18 portation research, development, and dem19 onstration; and 

20 (B) the scope and scale of research, devel21 opment, and demonstration activities to lower 

22 vehicle and fuel lifecycle greenhouse gas emis23 sions; 

24 (2) progress made in implementing the DOE 

25 Vehicle Program, including progress toward meeting 


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1 the technical milestones as determined by the Sec2 retary pursuant to section 4; 

3 (3) the balance of research and development ac4 tivities and funding across the DOE Vehicle Pro5 gram; 

6 (4) the management, coordination, implementa7 tion, and activities of the DOE Vehicle Program; 

8 (5) whether environmental, safety, security, and 

9 other appropriate issues are adequately addressed by 

10 the DOE Vehicle Program; and 

11 (6) other relevant topics as determined by the 

12 Secretary. 

13 (c) REPORTS.—Not later than two years after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently 

15 than once every three years thereafter, the advisory com16 mittee shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on 

17 Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 

19 Resources of the Senate a report on— 

20 (1) the findings of the advisory committee’s as21 sessments under subsection (b); and 

22 (2) the advisory committee’s recommendations 

23 for ways to improve or revise the DOE Vehicle Pro24 gram. 


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1 (d) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM2 MITTEE ACT.—Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Com3 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory 

4 committee. 

5 SEC. 8. MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY COMMERCIAL AND 

6 TRANSIT VEHICLES PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 

8 with relevant research and development programs carried 

9 out by other relevant Federal agencies and appropriate in10 dustry stakeholders, including relevant labor organiza11 tions, shall carry out a program of research, development, 

12 and demonstration activities on advanced energy tech13 nologies for medium- to heavy-duty commercial, voca14 tional, recreational, and transit vehicles, including, to the 

15 maximum extent practicable, activities in the areas of— 

16 (1) vehicle engines, which may include— 

17 (A) engine efficiency, emission controls, 

18 and combustion research; 

19 (B) energy and space-efficient emissions 

20 control systems; 

21 (C) engine idle and parasitic energy loss 

22 reduction; 

23 (D) advanced internal combustion engines; 

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25 (E) engine down speeding; 


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1 (2) electric drive trains, including— 

2 (A) durable highly efficient power elec3 tronics and electric machinery research; 

4 (B) partial load efficiency improvements; 

5 (C) control and coordination research for 

6 electric drive systems using multiple electric 

7 motors; 

8 (D) regenerative braking to recoup braking 

9 energy; and 

10 (E) high fidelity modeling to accelerate de11 sign and adoption of electrified commercial ve12 hicles; 

13 (3) friction and wear reduction; 

14 (4) improved aerodynamics and tire rolling re15 sistance; 

16 (5) advanced lightweighting materials and vehi17 cle designs; 

18 (6) synthetic fuels from recycled CO2 and other 

19 net-zero carbon liquid fuels; 

20 (7) vehicle batteries, including— 

21 (A) complete vehicle and battery pack 

22 modeling, simulation, and testing; and 

23 (B) thermal management of battery sys24 tems; 


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1 (8) mild hybrid, heavy hybrid, plug-in hybrid, 

2 and electric platforms, and energy storage tech3 nologies, including— 

4 (A) identifying and developing solutions for 

5 technical barriers to advance batteries; 

6 (B) electric drive systems; and 

7 (C) charging and refueling systems for me8 dium-duty goods and heavy-duty freight deliv9 ery vehicles; 

10 (9) vehicle components, including— 

11 (A) transmission and drivetrain optimiza12 tion, including compact and efficient electric 

13 drivetrain systems; 

14 (B) waste heat recovery and conversion; 

15 (C) electrification of steering systems, 

16 braking systems, and accessory loads; 

17 (D) onboard sensing, computing, and com18 munications technologies; and 

19 (E) advanced battery protection systems 

20 for safe handling of high voltage power; 

21 (10) relevant infrastructure, including 

22 bidirectional capability, beyond megawatt charging, 

23 and increasing load capacity per vehicle; 

24 (11) recharging infrastructure and compressed 

25 natural gas infrastructure; 


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1 (12) hydrogen vehicle technologies, including— 

2 (A) fuel cells; 

3 (B) hydrogen fueling infrastructure; 

4 (C) the development of medium and heavy5 duty refueling equipment design and concepts; 

6 (D) synthetic fuels; 

7 (E) onboard technologies for compressed 

8 and other advanced hydrogen storage systems; 

9 and 

10 (F) advanced cooling technologies for fuel 

11 cell thermal management; 

12 (13) retrofitting advanced energy technologies 

13 onto existing truck and bus fleets; 

14 (14) assessment of automated and connected 

15 vehicle technologies; 

16 (15) energy use strategies, including charging 

17 patterns that minimize impacts on the distribution 

18 grid and optimize the use of clean, low-cost genera19 tion resources; and 

20 (16) integration of advanced systems onto a 

21 single truck and trailer platform or bus. 

22 (b) MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY SYSTEMS RE23 SEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

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1 and demonstration of the integration of multiple ad2 vanced energy technologies and advanced operational 

3 efficiency for medium- and heavy-duty platforms and 

4 trailers, including the integration of technologies 

5 specified in subsection (a). 

6 (2) APPLICANT.—Applicants applying for as7 sistance under paragraph (1) may be comprised of 

8 truck and trailer manufacturers, engine and compo9 nent manufacturers, hydrogen fuel cell and compo10 nent manufacturers, public and private fleet owners 

11 and customers, university researchers, and other ap12 plicants determined by the Secretary. 

13 SEC. 9. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE, LOCAL, AND 

14 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this Act, the Sec16 retary may provide technical assistance to State, local, and 

17 Tribal governments or to a public-private partnership de18 scribed in subsection (b) to assist with the commercial ap19 plication of alternative fuels and alternative fuels vehicle 

20 technologies and infrastructure. 

21 (b) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DESCRIBED.—A 

22 public-private partnership described in this subsection is 

23 a public-private partnership comprised of State, local, or 

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1 (c) ASSISTANCE.—Technical assistance under this 

2 section may include— 

3 (1) coordination in the selection, location, and 

4 timing of alternative fuel recharging and refueling 

5 equipment and distribution infrastructure, including 

6 the identification of transportation corridors and 

7 specific alternative fuels that may be made available; 

8 (2) development of communication and other 

9 relevant protocols that integrate vehicle refueling 

10 and recharging into electric, hydrogen, biofuels, or 

11 other alternative fuel distribution systems; 

12 (3) development of procedures for the installa13 tion of alternative fuel distribution and recharging 

14 and refueling equipment; 

15 (4) education and outreach for the commercial 

16 application of alternative fuels; and 

17 (5) analysis of nontechnical barriers to integra18 tion of alternative fuel vehicles into electric and nat19 ural gas utility distribution systems. 

20 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

22 $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 


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1 SEC. 10. GRADUATE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY EDU2 CATION CENTERS OF RESEARCH EXCEL3 LENCE (GATE). 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants 

5 to establish up to seven Graduate Automotive Technology 

6 Education Centers of Research Excellence (referred to in 

7 this section as ‘‘Centers’’) at an institution of higher edu8 cation or a consortium thereof, to provide future genera9 tions of engineers and scientists with knowledge and skills 

10 in advanced automotive energy technologies. 

11 (b) PURPOSE.—Each Center shall— 

12 (1) promote the development of skilled engi13 neering professionals who will overcome technical 

14 barriers and help commercialize the next generation 

15 of advanced automotive energy technologies; 

16 (2) support graduate research and establish or 

17 expand course study and laboratory work; and 

18 (3) test energy technologies that represent the 

19 scale of technology development beyond laboratory 

20 testing, but not yet advanced to testing under oper21 ational conditions at commercial scale. 

22 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding grants for the 

23 operation of the Centers under this section, the Secretary 

24 shall ensure that— 

25 (1) the portfolio of Centers includes a diverse 

26 representation of geographical regions and resources; 


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1 (2) each new Center demonstrates unique re2 search capabilities, unique regional benefits, or new 

3 energy technology development opportunities; and 

4 (3) applicants are institutions of higher edu5 cation with established expertise in engineering and 

6 design for advanced automotive energy technologies 

7 or are involved in partnerships with such institu8 tions. 

9 (d) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out subsection (c), 

10 the Secretary shall ensure that grants for the operation 

11 of the Centers under this section are awarded to two or 

12 more entities that represent a Historically Black College 

13 or University, minority-serving institution, or Tribal Col14 lege or University as the primary awardees or as members 

15 of a consortium. 

16 (e) SCHEDULE.—Each grant to operate a Center 

17 under this section shall be awarded for a term of not more 

18 than five years, subject to the availability of appropria19 tions. The Secretary may renew such five-year terms only 

20 once without competition limits, subject to a merit review 

21 process. 

22 (f) LIMITATION.—Funds provided through a grant 

23 under this section may not be used for the construction 

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1 essary for reasons of safety or the use of relevant equip2 ment. 

3 (g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Director may 

4 provide technical assistance to institutions of higher edu5 cation receiving a grant under this section or entities seek6 ing such a grant. 

7 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

9 $8,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

10 SEC. 11. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO ASSESS RE11 SEARCH GAPS IN ALTERNATIVE FUEL DELIV12 ERY, DISTRIBUTION, AND TRANSMISSION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

14 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 

15 publish a request for information that shall be used by 

16 the Secretary to evaluate research, development, and dem17 onstration activities to assess alternative fuel transmission 

18 and delivery technical barriers. The request shall identify 

19 research barriers associated to existing electric trans20 mission and distribution systems to the distribution of al21 ternative fuels and the deployment of alternative fuel re22 charging and refueling capability, at economically competi23 tive costs of alternative fuel for consumers, including re24 search to address— 


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1 (1) electric grid load management and applica2 tions that will allow bidirectional batteries in plug3 in electric drive vehicles to be used for grid storage, 

4 ancillary services provision, and backup power; 

5 (2) integration of plug-in bidirectional electric 

6 drive vehicles with smart grid technology, including 

7 necessary equipment, and information technology 

8 systems; 

9 (3) technical and economic barriers to delivery 

10 technologies for hydrogen and biofuels sufficient to 

11 support widespread consumer use; and 

12 (4) any other technical barriers to installing 

13 sufficient and regionally appropriate alternative fuel 

14 recharging and refueling infrastructure, including 

15 sufficiency and efficient use of zero-emissions gen16 eration and transmission capabilities. 

17 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 

18 this section in coordination with relevant industry, State, 

19 local, and Tribal governments, and academic stockholders. 

20 (c) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

22 to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 

23 the House of Representatives and the Committee on En24 ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report sum25 marizing the findings under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 12. ENERGY EFFICIENT MOBILITY SYSTEMS PRO2 GRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

4 with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, shall support 

5 a program of research, development, and demonstration 

6 of advanced energy efficient mobility solutions that will 

7 address the potential energy impacts of advanced vehicle 

8 technologies throughout the transportation sector. Such 

9 program shall include the development of tools, tech10 niques, processes, and capabilities to understand and iden11 tify essential components to improve the energy produc12 tivity of integrated mobility systems. 

13 (b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out this section, the 

14 Secretary shall support activities to— 

15 (1) improve the energy and mobility impacts of 

16 emerging and potentially disruptive technologies and 

17 services; 

18 (2) assess automated vehicle computing loads 

19 and capabilities; 

20 (3) improve onboard sensing and external 

21 connectivity, including Vehicle-to-Vehicle, Vehicle-to22 Infrastructure, and Vehicle-to-Everything; 

23 (4) maximize vehicle energy efficiency for con24 nected vehicles under real-world driving conditions; 

25 (5) assess methods to use autonomous vehicles 

26 or connectivity to improve roadway throughput; 


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1 (6) research advance autonomous refueling and 

2 charging technologies and infrastructure; 

3 (7) apply machine learning with high perform4 ance computing resources to large industry datasets 

5 from providers and cities to develop predictive capa6 bilities for the transportation system; 

7 (8) optimize systems for mobility, grid and 

8 buildings to support vehicle electrification and vehi9 cle automation from light duty to heavy duty with 

10 grid stability, demand response, and reliability; and 

11 (9) carry out other innovative energy focused 

12 research and development areas as determined by 

13 the Secretary. 

14 SEC. 13. COORDINATION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the activities 

16 under this Act, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 

17 practicable, coordinate research, development, and dem18 onstration activities among— 

19 (1) relevant programs of the Department, in20 cluding programs carried out by— 

21 (A) the Office of Energy Efficiency and 

22 Renewable Energy; 

23 (B) the Office of Science; 

24 (C) the Office of Electricity; 

25 (D) the Office of Fossil Energy; 


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1 (E) the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy 

2 Security, and Emergency Response; 

3 (F) the Advanced Research Projects Agen4 cy—Energy; 

5 (G) the Office of Clean Energy Dem6 onstrations; and 

7 (H) other offices as determined by the Sec8 retary; and 

9 (2) relevant technology research and develop10 ment programs of other Federal agencies, includ11 ing— 

12 (A) the Department of Transportation; 

13 (B) the National Institute of Standards & 

14 Technology; 

15 (C) the National Science Foundation; 

16 (D) the Department of Defense; and 

17 (E) other Federal agencies as determined 

18 by the Secretary. 

19 (b) INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION.—In car20 rying out this Act, the Secretary shall seek opportunities 

21 to leverage resources and support initiatives of Federal, 

22 State, and local governments in developing advanced vehi23 cle technologies, manufacturing, and infrastructure. 


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1 SEC. 14. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec3 retary for research, development, and demonstration of al4 ternative fuels, vehicle propulsion systems, vehicle compo5 nents, and other related technologies in the United States, 

6 including activities authorized under this Act— 

7 (1) for fiscal year 2024, $530,000,000; 

8 (2) for fiscal year 2025, $556,500,000; 

9 (3) for fiscal year 2026, $584,325,000; 

10 (4) for fiscal year 2027, $613,541,250; and 

11 (5) for fiscal year 2028, $644,218,312. 

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