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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2065 

To create incentives for the development of alternative fuel vehicles. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2014 

Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

A BILL 

To create incentives for the development of alternative fuel 

vehicles. 

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 ‘‘Alternative Fuel Vehi5 cle Development Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES. 

7 (a) MAXIMUM FUEL ECONOMY INCREASE FOR AL8 TERNATIVE FUEL AUTOMOBILES.—Section 32906(a) of 

9 title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(ex10 cept an electric automobile)’’ and inserting ‘‘(except an 

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1 electric automobile or, beginning with model year 2016, 

2 an alternative fueled automobile that does not use a fuel 

3 described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 

4 32901(a)(1))’’. 

5 (b) MINIMUM DRIVING RANGES FOR DUAL FUELED

6 PASSENGER AUTOMOBILES.—Section 32901(c)(2) of title 

7 49, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, except 

9 that beginning with model year 2016, alternative 

10 fueled automobiles that do not use a fuel described 

11 in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of subsection 

12 (a)(1) shall have a minimum driving range of 150 

13 miles’’ after ‘‘at least 200 miles’’; and 

14 (2) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end 

15 the following: ‘‘Beginning with model year 2016, if 

16 the Secretary prescribes a minimum driving range of 

17 150 miles for alternative fueled automobiles that do 

18 not use a fuel described in subparagraph (A), (B), 

19 (C), or (D) of subsection (a)(1), subparagraph (A) 

20 shall not apply to dual fueled automobiles (except 

21 electric automobiles).’’. 

22 (c) MANUFACTURING PROVISION FOR ALTERNATIVE

23 FUEL AUTOMOBILES.—Section 32905(d) of title 49, 

24 United States Code, is amended— 

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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

2 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘For any model’’ and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) MODEL YEARS 1993 THROUGH 2015.—For 

6 any model’’; 

7 (3) in paragraph (1), as redesignated, by strik8 ing ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 

9 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) MODEL YEARS AFTER 2015.—For any 

11 model of gaseous fuel dual fueled automobile manu12 factured by a manufacturer after model year 2015, 

13 the Administrator shall calculate fuel economy as a 

14 weighted harmonic average of the fuel economy on 

15 gaseous fuel as measured under subsection (c) and 

16 the fuel economy on gasoline or diesel fuel as meas17 ured under section 32904(c). The Administrator 

18 shall apply the utility factors set forth in the table 

19 under section 600.510–12(c)(2)(vii)(A) of title 40, 

20 Code of Federal Regulations. 

21 ‘‘(3) MODEL YEARS AFTER 2016.—Beginning 

22 with model year 2017, the manufacturer may elect 

23 to utilize the utility factors set forth under sub24 section (e)(1) for the purposes of calculating fuel 

25 economy under paragraph (2).’’. 

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1 (d) ELECTRIC DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES.—Sec2 tion 32905 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

3 (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

4 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 

5 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(e) ELECTRIC DUAL FUELED AUTOMOBILES.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the man9 ufacturer, the Administrator may measure the fuel 

10 economy for any model of dual fueled automobile 

11 manufactured after model year 2015 that is capable 

12 of operating on electricity in addition to gasoline or 

13 diesel fuel, obtains its electricity from a source exter14 nal to the vehicle, and meets the minimum driving 

15 range requirements established by the Secretary for 

16 dual fueled electric automobiles, by dividing 1.0 by 

17 the sum of— 

18 ‘‘(A) the percentage utilization of the 

19 model on gasoline or diesel fuel, as determined 

20 by a formula based on the model’s alternative 

21 fuel range, divided by the fuel economy meas22 ured under section 32904(c); and 

23 ‘‘(B) the percentage utilization of the 

24 model on electricity, as determined by a formula 

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1 vided by the fuel economy measured under sec2 tion 32904(a)(2). 

3 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE UTILIZATION.—The Admin4 istrator may adapt the utility factor established 

5 under paragraph (1) for alternative fueled auto6 mobiles that do not use a fuel described in subpara7 graph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 32901(a)(1). 

8 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE CALCULATION.—If the man9 ufacturer does not request that the Administrator 

10 calculate the manufacturing incentive for its electric 

11 dual fueled automobiles in accordance with para12 graph (1), the Administrator shall calculate such in13 centive for such automobiles manufactured by such 

14 manufacturer after model year 2015 in accordance 

15 with subsection (b).’’. 

16 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 32906(b) 

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

18 ‘‘section 32905(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 32905(f)’’. 

19 SEC. 3. HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE FACILITIES. 

20 Section 166 of title 23, United States Code, is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (b)(5), by striking sub23 paragraph (A) and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) INHERENTLY LOW-EMISSION VEHI25 CLES.—If a State agency establishes procedures 

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1 for enforcing the restrictions on the use of a 

2 HOV facility by vehicles listed in clauses (i) and 

3 (ii), the State agency may allow the use of the 

4 HOV facility by— 

5 ‘‘(i) alternative fuel vehicles; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) new qualified plug-in electric 

7 drive motor vehicles (as defined in section 

8 30D(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

9 1986).’’; and 

10 (2) in subparagraph (f)(1), by inserting ‘‘sole11 ly’’ before ‘‘operating’’. 

12 SEC. 4. STUDY. 

13 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, after consulta15 tion with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit a 

16 report to Congress that— 

17 (1) describes options to incentivize the develop18 ment of public compressed natural gas fueling sta19 tions; and 

20 (2) analyzes a variety of possible financing 

21 tools, which could include— 

22 (A) Federal grants and credit assistance; 

23 (B) public-private partnerships; and 

24 (C) membership-based cooperatives. 

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