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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3495 

To promote the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 15, 2010 

Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To promote the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles, 

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 ‘‘Promoting Electric Ve5 hicles Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the United States is the largest consumer of 

9 petroleum in the world, consuming 19,500,000 bar10 rels per day of petroleum products during 2008; 


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1 (2) high and volatile international oil prices rep2 resent a significant and ongoing threat to the eco3 nomic and national security of the United States; 

4 (3) many of the nations on which the United 

5 States relies for petroleum supplies or that signifi6 cantly affect the world petroleum market share nei7 ther the national interest nor the values of the 

8 United States; 

9 (4) the United States imports more than 50 

10 percent of the petroleum needs of the country each 

11 day; 

12 (5) in 2008, the net deficit of the United States 

13 in petroleum trade amounted to more than 

14 $380,000,000,000, or nearly 60 percent of the total 

15 trade deficit; 

16 (6) the transportation sector of the United 

States accounts for over 2 17 ⁄3 of total national petro18 leum consumption and is 94 percent reliant on pe19 troleum; 

20 (7) the electrification of the transportation sec21 tor represents a direct pathway to significant reduc22 tion in petroleum dependence, because passenger 

23 cars and light trucks account for more than 60 per24 cent of the transportation petroleum demand and 


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1 more than 40 percent of total petroleum demand in 

2 the United States; 

3 (8) the electrification of the transportation sec4 tor promotes national energy security because the 

5 electric power sector uses a diverse range of domes6 tic electricity generation sources; 

7 (9) electric drive vehicles, when running on elec8 tric power, produce no tailpipe emissions; 

9 (10) the deployment of 700,000 plug-in electric 

10 drive vehicles would result in a petroleum savings of 

11 approximately 10,000,000 barrels per year compared 

12 to the annual petroleum consumption as of the date 

13 of enactment of this Act; 

14 (11) in 2030, the United States could feasibly 

15 deploy more than 100,000,000 plug-in electric drive 

16 vehicles, which would result in a petroleum savings 

17 of more than 1,000,000,000 barrels of petroleum per 

18 year and greenhouse gas reductions of over 

19 300,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide compared to the 

20 annual petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas 

21 emissions as of the date of enactment of this Act; 

22 and 

23 (12) a targeted deployment program for plug-in 

24 electric drive vehicles that is focused on competi25 tively selected deployment communities— 


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1 (A) is a critical component of a com2 prehensive effort to speed plug-in electric drive 

3 vehicle penetration rates; 

4 (B) will contribute to the larger national 

5 effort to deploy plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

6 (C) will inform best practices for the wide7 scale deployment of plug-in electric drive vehi8 cles; and 

9 (D) will substantially reduce the oil con10 sumption of the United States. 

11 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this Act: 

13 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

14 meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ in sec15 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

16 (2) CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term 

17 ‘‘charging infrastructure’’ means any property (not 

18 including a building or the structural components of 

19 a building) if the property is used for the recharging 

20 of motor vehicles propelled by electricity, including 

21 electrical panel upgrades, wiring, conduit, trenching, 

22 pedestals, and related equipment. 

23 (3) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ 

24 means the Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Technical 

25 Advisory Committee established by section 304. 


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1 (4) DEPLOYMENT COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘de2 ployment community’’ means a community selected 

3 by the Secretary to be part of the targeted plug-in 

4 electric drive vehicles deployment communities pro5 gram under section 106. 

6 (5) ELECTRIC UTILITY.—The term ‘‘electric 

7 utility’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

8 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 

9 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602). 

10 (6) FEDERAL-AID SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS.—The 

11 term ‘‘Federal-aid system of highways’’ means a 

12 highway system described in section 103 of title 23, 

13 United States Code. 

14 (7) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘plug-in elec16 tric drive vehicle’’ has the meaning given the 

17 term in section 131(a)(5) of the Energy Inde18 pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

19 17011(a)(5)). 

20 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘plug-in elec21 tric drive vehicle’’ includes— 

22 (i) a low speed plug-in electric drive 

23 vehicles that meet the Federal Motor Vehi24 cle Safety Standards described in section 


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1 571.500 of title 49, Code of Federal Regu2 lations (or successor regulations); and 

3 (ii) any other motor vehicles that can 

4 be recharged from an external source of 

5 motive power and that is authorized to 

6 travel on the Federal-aid system of high7 ways. 

8 (8) PRIZE.—The term ‘‘Prize’’ means the Ad9 vanced Batteries for Tomorrow Prize established by 

10 section 202. 

11 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Energy. 

13 (10) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 

14 means the Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Inter15 agency Task Force established by section 305. 

16 TITLE I—NATIONAL PLUG-IN 

17 ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE 

18 DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 

19 SEC. 101. NATIONAL PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE 

20 DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 

22 Department of Energy a national plug-in electric drive ve23 hicle deployment program for the purpose of assisting in 

24 the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles. 


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1 (b) GOALS.—The goals of the national program de2 scribed in subsection (a) include— 

3 (1) the reduction and displacement of petro4 leum use by accelerating the deployment of plug-in 

5 electric drive vehicles in the United States; 

6 (2) the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions 

7 by accelerating the deployment of plug-in electric 

8 drive vehicles in the United States; 

9 (3) the facilitation of the rapid deployment of 

10 plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

11 (4) the achievement of significant market pene12 trations by plug-in electric drive vehicles nationally; 

13 (5) the establishment of models for the rapid 

14 deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles nation15 ally, including models for the deployment of residen16 tial, private, and publicly available charging infra17 structure; 

18 (6) the increase of consumer knowledge and ac19 ceptance of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

20 (7) the encouragement of the innovation and in21 vestment necessary to achieve mass market deploy22 ment of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

23 (8) the facilitation of the integration of plug-in 

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1 tems and the larger electric grid while maintaining 

2 grid system performance and reliability; 

3 (9) the provision of technical assistance to com4 munities across the United States to prepare for 

5 plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 

6 (10) the support of workforce training across 

7 the United States relating to plug-in electric drive 

8 vehicles. 

9 (c) DUTIES.—In carrying out this title, the Secretary 

10 shall— 

11 (1) provide technical assistance to State, local, 

12 and tribal governments that want to create deploy13 ment programs for plug-in electric drive vehicles in 

14 the communities over which the governments have 

15 jurisdiction; 

16 (2) perform national assessments of the poten17 tial deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

18 (3) synthesize and disseminate data from the 

19 deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

20 (4) develop best practices for the successful de21 ployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

22 (5) carry out workforce training under section 

23 104; 


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1 (6) establish the targeted plug-in electric drive 

2 vehicle deployment communities program under sec3 tion 106; and 

4 (7) in conjunction with the Task Force, make 

5 recommendations to Congress and the President on 

6 methods to reduce the barriers to plug-in electric 

7 drive vehicle deployment. 

8 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter, the Sec10 retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con11 gress a report on the progress made in implementing the 

12 national program described in subsection (a) that in13 cludes— 

14 (1) a description of the progress made by— 

15 (A) the technical assistance program under 

16 section 103; and 

17 (B) the workforce training program under 

18 section 104; and 

19 (2) any updated recommendations of the Sec20 retary for changes in Federal programs to promote 

21 the purposes of this title. 

22 (e) NATIONAL INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.— 

23 The Secretary shall make available to the public, in a 

24 timely manner, information regarding— 


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1 (1) the cost, performance, usage data, and tech2 nical data regarding plug-in electric drive vehicles 

3 and associated infrastructure, including information 

4 from the deployment communities established under 

5 section 106; and 

6 (2) any other educational information that the 

7 Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

8 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

9 period of fiscal years 2011 through 2016, there are au10 thorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 to carry out sec11 tions 101 through 103. 

12 SEC. 102. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND PLAN. 

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

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry 

15 out a national assessment and develop a national plan for 

16 plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment that includes— 

17 (1) an assessment of the maximum feasible de18 ployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles by 2020 

19 and 2030; 

20 (2) the establishment of national goals for mar21 ket penetration of plug-in electric drive vehicles by 

22 2020 and 2030; 

23 (3) a plan for integrating the successes and 

24 barriers to deployment identified by the deployment 

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1 to prepare communities across the Nation for the 

2 rapid deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

3 (4) a plan for providing technical assistance to 

4 communities across the United States to prepare for 

5 plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment; 

6 (5) a plan for quantifying the reduction in pe7 troleum consumption and the net impact on green8 house gas emissions due to the deployment of plug9 in electric drive vehicles; and 

10 (6) in consultation with the Task Force, any 

11 recommendations to the President and to Congress 

12 for changes in Federal programs (including laws, 

13 regulations, and guidelines)— 

14 (A) to better promote the deployment of 

15 plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 

16 (B) to reduce barriers to the deployment of 

17 plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

18 (b) UPDATES.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

19 of development of the plan described in subsection (a), and 

20 not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the 

21 Secretary shall use market data and information from the 

22 targeted plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment commu23 nities program established under section 106 and other 

24 relevant data to update the plan to reflect real world mar25 ket conditions. 


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1 SEC. 103. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

2 (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE, LOCAL, AND

3 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this title, the 

5 Secretary shall provide, at the request of the appli6 cable elected official, technical assistance to State, 

7 local, and tribal governments to assist with the de8 ployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

9 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The technical assistance 

10 described in paragraph (1) shall include— 

11 (A) training on codes and standards for 

12 building and safety inspectors; 

13 (B) training on best practices for expe14 diting permits and inspections; 

15 (C) education and outreach on frequently 

16 asked questions relating to the various types of 

17 plug-in electric drive vehicles and associated in18 frastructure, battery technology, and disposal; 

19 and 

20 (D) the dissemination of information re21 garding best practices for the deployment of 

22 plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

23 (3) PRIORITY.—In providing technical assist24 ance under this subsection, the Secretary shall give 

25 priority to— 

26 (A) communities that— 


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1 (i) applied to participate in the pro2 gram described in section 106; 

3 (ii) were determined to have strong 

4 applications; and 

5 (iii) were not selected to be deploy6 ment communities; 

7 (B) communities that demonstrate engaged 

8 partnerships among public and private stake9 holders, including— 

10 (i) elected and appointed officials 

11 from each of the participating State, local, 

12 and tribal governments; 

13 (ii) all relevant generators and dis14 tributors of electricity; 

15 (iii) public utility commissions; 

16 (iv) departments of public works and 

17 transportation; 

18 (v) owners and operators of property 

19 that will be essential to the deployment of 

20 a sufficient level of publicly available 

21 charging infrastructure (including privately 

22 owned parking lots or structures and com23 mercial entities with public access loca24 tions); 


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1 (vi) plug-in electric drive vehicle man2 ufacturers or retailers; 

3 (vii) third-party providers of charging 

4 infrastructure or services; 

5 (viii) owners of any major fleet that 

6 will participate in the program; 

7 (ix) as appropriate, owners and opera8 tors of regional electric power distribution 

9 and transmission facilities; and 

10 (x) other existing community coali11 tions recognized by the Department of En12 ergy; 

13 (C) communities that have best dem14 onstrated that the public is likely to embrace 

15 plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

16 (D) communities that have shown a com17 mitment to serving diverse consumer charging 

18 infrastructure needs, including the charging in19 frastructure needs for single- and multi-family 

20 housing and public and privately owned com21 mercial infrastructure; and 

22 (E) communities that have established reg23 ulatory and educational efforts to facilitate con24 sumer acceptance of electric drive vehicles, in25 cluding by— 


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1 (i) adopting (or being in the process 

2 of adopting) streamlined permitting and 

3 inspections processes for residential charg4 ing infrastructure; and 

5 (ii) providing customer informational 

6 resources, including providing plug-in elec7 tric drive information on community or 

8 other Web sites. 

9 (4) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary shall col10 lect and disseminate information to State, local, and 

11 tribal governments creating plans to deploy plug-in 

12 electric drive vehicles on best practices (including 

13 codes and standards) that uses data from— 

14 (A) the program established by section 

15 106; and 

16 (B) the activities carried out by the Task 

17 Force. 

18 (5) GRANTS.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es20 tablish a program to provide grants to State, 

21 local, and tribal governments to assist the gov22 ernments— 

23 (i) in preparing a community deploy24 ment plan under section 106; and 


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1 (ii) in preparing and implementing 

2 programs that support the deployment of 

3 plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

4 (B) APPLICATION.—A State, local, or trib5 al government that seeks to receive a grant 

6 under this paragraph shall submit to the Sec7 retary an application for the grant at such 

8 time, in such form, and containing such infor9 mation as the Secretary may prescribe. 

10 (C) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, local, or 

11 tribal government receiving a grant under this 

12 paragraph shall use the funds— 

13 (i) to develop a community deploy14 ment plan that shall be submitted to the 

15 next available competition under section 

16 106; and 

17 (ii) to carry out activities that encour18 age the deployment of plug-in electric drive 

19 vehicles including— 

20 (I) planning for and installing 

21 charging infrastructure; 

22 (II) updating building, zoning, or 

23 parking codes and permitting or in24 spection processes; 


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1 (III) workforce training, includ2 ing the training of permitting offi3 cials; 

4 (IV) public education described 

5 in the proposed marketing plan; 

6 (V) shifting State, local, or tribal 

7 government fleets to plug-in electric 

8 drive vehicles, at a rate in excess of 

9 the existing Federal alternative fleet 

10 vehicles requirements; and 

11 (VI) any other activities, as de12 termined to be necessary by the Sec13 retary. 

14 (b) UPDATING MODEL BUILDING CODES, PERMIT15 TING AND INSPECTION PROCESSES, AND ZONING OR

16 PARKING RULES.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary shall develop and publish— 

20 (A) model building codes for the inclusion 

21 of separate circuits for charging infrastructure, 

22 as appropriate, in new construction and major 

23 renovations of private residences, buildings, or 

24 other structures that could provide publicly 

25 available charging infrastructure; 


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1 (B) model construction permitting or in2 spection processes that allow for the expedited 

3 installation of charging infrastructure for pur4 chasers of plug-in electric drive vehicles (includ5 ing a permitting process that allows a vehicle 

6 purchaser to have charging infrastructure in7 stalled not later than 1 week after a request); 

8 and 

9 (C) model zoning, parking rules, or other 

10 local ordinances that— 

11 (i) facilitate the installation of pub12 licly available charging infrastructure, in13 cluding commercial entities that provide 

14 public access to infrastructure; and 

15 (ii) allow for access to publicly avail16 able charging infrastructure. 

17 (2) OPTIONAL ADOPTION.—An applicant for se18 lection for technical assistance under this section or 

19 as a deployment community under section 106 shall 

20 not be required to use the model building codes, per21 mitting and inspection processes, or zoning, parking 

22 rules, or other ordinances included in the report 

23 under paragraph (1). 

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1 graph (1), the Secretary shall consider smart grid 

2 integration. 

3 SEC. 104. WORKFORCE TRAINING. 

4 (a) MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta6 tion with the Committee and the Task Force, shall 

7 award grants to institutions of higher education and 

8 other qualified training and education institutions 

9 for the establishment of programs to provide train10 ing and education for vocational workforce develop11 ment through centers of excellence. 

12 (2) PURPOSE.—Training funded under this 

13 subsection shall be intended to ensure that the work14 force has the necessary skills needed to work on and 

15 maintain plug-in electric drive vehicles and the infra16 structure required to support plug-in electric drive 

17 vehicles. 

18 (3) SCOPE.—Training funded under this sub19 section shall include training for— 

20 (A) first responders; 

21 (B) electricians and contractors who will 

22 be installing infrastructure; 

23 (C) engineers; 

24 (D) code inspection officials; and 

25 (E) dealers and mechanics. 


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1 (b) DESIGN.—The Secretary shall award grants to 

2 institutions of higher education and other qualified train3 ing and education institutions for the establishment of 

4 programs to provide training and education in designing 

5 plug-in electric drive vehicles and associated components 

6 and infrastructure to ensure that the United States can 

7 lead the world in this field. 

8 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

9 authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 to carry out 

10 this section. 

11 SEC. 105. FEDERAL FLEETS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Electricity consumed by Federal 

13 agencies to fuel plug-in electric drive vehicles— 

14 (1) is an alternative fuel (as defined in section 

15 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 

16 13218)); and 

17 (2) shall be accounted for under Federal fleet 

18 management reporting requirements, not under Fed19 eral building management reporting requirements. 

20 (b) ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—Not later than 180 

21 days after the date of enactment of this Act and at the 

22 completion of the Program, the Federal Energy Manage23 ment Program and the General Services Administration, 

24 in consultation with the Task Force, shall complete an as25 sessment of Federal Government fleets, including the 


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1 Postal Service and the Department of Defense, and sub2 mit a report to Congress that describes— 

3 (1) for each Federal agency, which types of ve4 hicles the agency uses that would or would not be 

5 suitable for near-term and medium-term conversion 

6 to plug-in electric drive vehicles, taking into account 

7 the types of vehicles for which plug-in electric drive 

8 vehicles could provide comparable functionality and 

9 lifecycle costs; 

10 (2) how many plug-in electric drive vehicles 

11 could be deployed by the Federal Government in 5 

12 years and in 10 years, assuming that plug-in electric 

13 drive vehicles are available and are purchased when 

14 new vehicles are needed or existing vehicles are re15 placed; 

16 (3) the estimated cost to the Federal Govern17 ment for vehicle purchases under paragraph (2); and 

18 (4) a description of any updates to the assess19 ment and plan based on new market data. 

20 (c) INVENTORY AND DATA COLLECTION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the assess22 ment and report under subsection (b), the Federal 

23 Energy Management Program, in consultation with 

24 the General Services Administration, shall— 


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1 (A) develop an information request for 

2 each agency that operates a fleet of at least 20 

3 motor vehicles; and 

4 (B) establish guidelines for each agency to 

5 use in developing a plan to deploy plug-in elec6 tric drive vehicles. 

7 (2) AGENCY RESPONSES.—Each agency that 

8 operates a fleet of at least 20 motor vehicles shall— 

9 (A) collect information on the vehicle fleet 

10 of the agency in response to the information re11 quest described in paragraph (1); and 

12 (B) develop a plan to deploy plug-in elec13 tric drive vehicles. 

14 (3) ANALYSIS OF RESPONSES.—The Federal 

15 Energy Management Program shall— 

16 (A) analyze the information submitted by 

17 each agency under paragraph (2); 

18 (B) approve or suggest amendments to the 

19 plan of each agency to ensure that the plan is 

20 consistent with the goals and requirements of 

21 this Act; and 

22 (C) submit a plan to Congress and the 

23 General Services Administration to be used in 

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1 (d) BUDGET REQUEST.—Each agency of the Federal 

2 Government shall include plug-in electric drive vehicle pur3 chases identified in the report under subsection (b) in the 

4 budget of the agency to be included in the budget of the 

5 United States Government submitted by the President 

6 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. 

7 (e) PILOT PROGRAM TO DEPLOY PLUG-IN ELECTRIC

8 DRIVE VEHICLES IN THE FEDERAL FLEET.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of Gen10 eral Services shall acquire plug-in electric drive vehi11 cles and the requisite charging infrastructure to be 

12 deployed in a range of locations in the Federal fleet 

13 during the 5-year period beginning on the date of 

14 enactment of this Act. 

15 (2) DATA COLLECTION.—The Administrator of 

16 General Services shall collect data regarding— 

17 (A) the cost, performance, and use of plug18 in electric drive vehicles in the Federal fleet; 

19 (B) the deployment and integration of 

20 plug-in electric drive vehicles in the Federal 

21 fleet; and 

22 (C) the contribution of plug-in electric 

23 drive vehicles in the Federal fleet toward reduc24 ing the use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas 

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1 (3) REPORT.—Not later than 6 years after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

3 General Services shall submit to the appropriate 

4 committees of Congress a report that— 

5 (A) describes the status of plug-in electric 

6 drive vehicles in the Federal fleet; and 

7 (B) includes an analysis of the data col8 lected under this subsection. 

9 (4) PUBLIC WEB SITE.—The Federal Energy 

10 Management Program shall maintain and regularly 

11 update a publicly available Web site that provides in12 formation on the status of plug-in electric drive vehi13 cles in the Federal fleet. 

14 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

15 authorized to be appropriated for the Federal Government 

16 to pay for incremental costs to purchase or lease plug17 in electric drive vehicles and the requisite charging infra18 structure for Federal fleets $25,000,000. 

19 SEC. 106. TARGETED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE 

20 DEPLOYMENT COMMUNITIES PROGRAM. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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1 in electric drive vehicle deployment communities pro2 gram (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’). 

3 (2) PHASE 1.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es5 tablish a competitive process to select at least 

6 5 and not more than 15 phase 1 deployment 

7 communities for the Program. 

8 (B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In selecting 

9 participants for the Program under paragraph 

10 (1), the Secretary shall only consider applica11 tions submitted by State, tribal, or local govern12 ment entities (or groups of State, tribal, or 

13 local government entities). 

14 (C) SELECTION.—Not later than 1 year 

15 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary shall select the phase 1 deployment com17 munities under this paragraph. 

18 (D) TERMINATION.—Phase 1 of the Pro19 gram shall be carried out for a 5-year period 

20 beginning on the date funding under this Act is 

21 first provided to the deployment community. 

22 (3) PHASE 2.—Not later than 5 years after the 

23 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

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1 ysis, the Secretary determines that a phase II pro2 gram is warranted, makes recommendations and de3 scribes a plan for phase II, including— 

4 (A) recommendations regarding— 

5 (i) the number of additional deploy6 ment communities that should be selected; 

7 (ii) the manner in which criteria for 

8 selection should be updated; 

9 (iii) the manner in which incentive 

10 structures for phase 2 deployment should 

11 be changed; and 

12 (iv) whether other forms of onboard 

13 energy storage for electric drive vehicles 

14 should be included in phase 2; and 

15 (B) a request for appropriations to imple16 ment phase 2 of the Program. 

17 (b) GOALS.—The goals of the Program are— 

18 (1) to facilitate the rapid deployment of plug19 in electric drive vehicles, including— 

20 (A) the deployment of 700,000 plug-in 

21 electric drive vehicles in phase 1 in the deploy22 ment communities selected under paragraph 

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1 (B) the near-term achievement of signifi2 cant market penetration in deployment commu3 nities; and 

4 (C) the achievement of significant market 

5 penetration nationally; 

6 (2) to establish models for the rapid deployment 

7 of plug-in electric drive vehicles nationally, including 

8 for the deployment of residential and publicly avail9 able charging infrastructure; 

10 (3) to increase consumer knowledge and accept11 ance of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

12 (4) to encourage the innovation and investment 

13 necessary to achieve mass market deployment of 

14 plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

15 (5) to demonstrate the integration of plug-in 

16 electric drive vehicles into electricity distribution sys17 tems and the larger electric grid while maintaining 

18 grid system performance and reliability; 

19 (6) to demonstrate protocols and communica20 tion standards that facilitate vehicle integration into 

21 the grid and provide seamless charging for con22 sumers traveling through multiple utility distribution 

23 systems; 

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1 menting vehicle electrification in various commu2 nities, including best practices for planning for and 

3 facilitating the construction of residential and pub4 licly available infrastructure to support plug-in elec5 tric drive vehicles; 

6 (8) to collect comprehensive data on the pur7 chase and use of plug-in electric drive vehicles to in8 form best practices for rapidly deploying plug-in 

9 electric drive vehicles in other locations, including 

10 for the installation of charging infrastructure; and 

11 (9) to reduce and displace petroleum use and 

12 reduce greenhouse gas emissions by accelerating the 

13 deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles in the 

14 United States. 

15 (c) PHASE 1 DEPLOYMENT COMMUNITY SELECTION

16 CRITERIA.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure, 

18 to the maximum extent practicable, that selected de19 ployment communities in phase 1 serve as models of 

20 deployment for various communities across the 

21 United States. 

22 (2) SELECTION.—In selecting communities 

23 under this section, the Secretary— 

24 (A) shall ensure, to the maximum extent 

25 practicable, that— 


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1 (i) the combination of selected com2 munities is diverse in population, demo3 graphics, urban and suburban composition, 

4 typical commuting patterns, climate, and 

5 type of utility (including regulated, munic6 ipal, cooperative, and vertically integrated 

7 utilities); 

8 (ii) the combination of selected com9 munities is diverse in geographic distribu10 tion, and at least 1 deployment community 

11 is located in each Petroleum Administra12 tion for Defense District; 

13 (iii) at least 1 community selected has 

14 a population of less than 125,000; 

15 (iv) each deployment community will 

16 achieve significant market penetration; and 

17 (v) the deployment communities are 

18 representative of other communities across 

19 the United States; 

20 (B) is encouraged to select a combination 

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1 cluding multiple approaches to the deployment 

2 of charging infrastructure; and 

3 (C) in addition to the criteria described in 

4 subparagraph (A), may give preference to appli5 cants proposing a greater non-Federal cost 

6 share. 

7 (3) CRITERIA.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 

9 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

10 the Secretary shall publish criteria for the selec11 tion of deployment communities that include re12 quirements that applications be submitted by a 

13 State, tribal, or local government entity (or 

14 groups of State, tribal, or local government en15 tities). 

16 (B) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—The 

17 criteria published by the Secretary under sub18 paragraph (A) shall include application require19 ments that, at a minimum, include— 

20 (i) goals for— 

21 (I) the number of plug-in electric 

22 drive vehicles to be deployed in the 

23 community; 

24 (II) the expected percentage of 

25 light-duty vehicle sales that would be 


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1 sales of plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

2 and 

3 (III) the adoption of plug-in elec4 tric drive vehicles (including medium5 or heavy-duty vehicles) in private and 

6 public fleets during the 5-year dura7 tion of the Program; 

8 (ii) evidence that— 

9 (I) the public is likely to embrace 

10 plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 

11 (II) automobile manufacturers 

12 and dealers will be able to provide and 

13 service the targeted number of plug-in 

14 electric drive vehicles in the commu15 nity for the duration of the program; 

16 (iii) clearly defined geographic bound17 aries of the proposed deployment area; 

18 (iv) a community deployment plan for 

19 the deployment of plug-in electric drive ve20 hicles, charging infrastructure, and serv21 ices in the deployment community; 

22 (v) assurances that a majority of the 

23 vehicle deployments anticipated in the plan 

24 will be for personal vehicles authorized to 

25 travel on the United States Federal-aid 


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1 system of highways, but may also in2 clude— 

3 (I) private or public sector plug4 in electric drive fleet vehicles; 

5 (II) medium- and heavy-duty 

6 plug-in hybrid vehicles; 

7 (III) low speed plug-in electric 

8 drive vehicles that meet Federal 

9 Motor Vehicle Safety Standards de10 scribed in section 571.500 of title 49, 

11 Code of Federal Regulations; and 

12 (IV) any other plug-in electric 

13 drive vehicle authorized to travel on 

14 the United States Federal-aid system 

15 of highways; and 

16 (vi) any other merit-based criteria, as 

17 determined by the Secretary. 

18 (4) COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT PLANS.—Plans 

19 for the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles 

20 shall include— 

21 (A) a proposed level of cost sharing in ac22 cordance with subsection (d)(2)(C); 

23 (B) documentation demonstrating a sub24 stantial partnership with relevant stakeholders, 

25 including— 


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1 (i) a list of stakeholders that in2 cludes— 

3 (I) elected and appointed officials 

4 from each of the participating State, 

5 local, and tribal governments; 

6 (II) all relevant generators and 

7 distributors of electricity; 

8 (III) State utility regulatory au9 thorities; 

10 (IV) departments of public works 

11 and transportation; 

12 (V) owners and operators of 

13 property that will be essential to the 

14 deployment of a sufficient level of 

15 publicly available charging infrastruc16 ture (including privately owned park17 ing lots or structures and commercial 

18 entities with public access locations); 

19 (VI) plug-in electric drive vehicle 

20 manufacturers or retailers; 

21 (VII) third-party providers of 

22 residential, private, and publicly avail23 able charging infrastructure or serv24 ices; 


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1 (VIII) owners of any major fleet 

2 that will participate in the program; 

3 (IX) as appropriate, owners and 

4 operators of regional electric power 

5 distribution and transmission facili6 ties; and 

7 (X) as appropriate, other existing 

8 community coalitions recognized by 

9 the Department of Energy; 

10 (ii) evidence of the commitment of the 

11 stakeholders to participate in the partner12 ship; 

13 (iii) a clear description of the role and 

14 responsibilities of each stakeholder; and 

15 (iv) a plan for continuing the engage16 ment and participation of the stakeholders, 

17 as appropriate, throughout the implemen18 tation of the deployment plan; 

19 (C) a description of the number of plug-in 

20 electric drive vehicles anticipated to be plug-in 

21 electric drive personal vehicles and the number 

22 of plug-in electric drive vehicles anticipated to 

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1 (D) a plan for deploying residential, pri2 vate, and publicly available charging infrastruc3 ture, including— 

4 (i) an assessment of the number of 

5 consumers who will have access to private 

6 residential charging infrastructure; 

7 (ii) options for accommodating plug-in 

8 electric drive vehicle owners who are not 

9 able to charge vehicles at their place of 

10 residence; 

11 (iii) a plan for ensuring that the 

12 charging infrastructure be able to send and 

13 receive the information needed to interact 

14 with the grid and be compatible with smart 

15 grid technologies to the extent feasible; 

16 (iv) an estimate of the number and 

17 dispersion of publicly and privately owned 

18 charging stations that will be publicly or 

19 commercially available; 

20 (v) an estimate of the quantity of 

21 charging infrastructure that will be pri22 vately funded or located on private prop23 erty; and 

24 (vi) a description of equipment to be 

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1 maximum extent practicable, equipment to 

2 be deployed will meet open, nonproprietary 

3 standards for connecting to plug-in electric 

4 drive vehicles that are either— 

5 (I) commonly accepted by indus6 try at the time the equipment is being 

7 acquired; or 

8 (II) meet the standards developed 

9 by the Director of the National Insti10 tute of Standards and Technology 

11 under section 1305 of the Energy 

12 Independence and Security Act of 

13 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17385); 

14 (E) a plan for effective marketing of and 

15 consumer education relating to plug-in electric 

16 drive vehicles, charging services, and infrastruc17 ture; 

18 (F) descriptions of updated building codes 

19 (or a plan to update building codes before or 

20 during the grant period) to include charging in21 frastructure or dedicated circuits for charging 

22 infrastructure, as appropriate, in new construc23 tion and major renovations; 

24 (G) descriptions of updated construction 

25 permitting or inspection processes (or a plan to 


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1 update construction permitting or inspection 

2 processes) to allow for expedited installation of 

3 charging infrastructure for purchasers of plug4 in electric drive vehicles, including a permitting 

5 process that allows a vehicle purchaser to have 

6 charging infrastructure installed within 1 week; 

7 (H) descriptions of updated zoning, park8 ing rules, or other local ordinances as are nec9 essary to facilitate the installation of publicly 

10 available charging infrastructure and to allow 

11 for access to publicly available charging infra12 structure, as appropriate; 

13 (I) a plan to ensure that each resident in 

14 a deployment community who purchases and 

15 registers a new plug-in electric drive vehicle 

16 throughout the duration of the deployment com17 munity receives a minimum of $2,500 in con18 sumer benefits, in addition to any Federal in19 centives, that may include— 

20 (i) a rebate of part of the purchase 

21 price of the vehicle; 

22 (ii) reductions in sales taxes or reg23 istration fees; 

24 (iii) rebates or reductions in the costs 

25 of permitting, purchasing, or installing 


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1 home plug-in electric drive vehicle charging 

2 infrastructure; and 

3 (iv) rebates or reductions in State or 

4 local toll road access charges; 

5 (J) additional consumer benefits, such as 

6 preferred parking spaces or single-rider access 

7 to high-occupancy vehicle lanes for plug-in elec8 tric drive vehicles; 

9 (K) a proposed plan for making necessary 

10 utility and grid upgrades, including economi11 cally sound information technology upgrades 

12 and a plan for recovering the cost of the up13 grades; 

14 (L) a description of utility, grid operator, 

15 or third-party charging service provider, policies 

16 and plans for accommodating the deployment of 

17 plug-in electric drive vehicles, including— 

18 (i) rate structures or provisions and 

19 billing protocols for the charging of plug20 in electric drive vehicles; 

21 (ii) analysis of potential impacts to 

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1 mize the effects of charging on peak loads; 

2 and 

3 (iv) plans for working with smart grid 

4 technologies or third-party aggregators for 

5 the purposes of smart charging and for al6 lowing 2-way communication and elec7 tricity movement; 

8 (M) a deployment timeline; 

9 (N) a plan for monitoring and evaluating 

10 the implementation of the plan, including 

11 metrics for assessing the success of the deploy12 ment and an approach to updating the plan, as 

13 appropriate; and 

14 (O) a description of the manner in which 

15 any grant funds applied for under subsection 

16 (d) will be used and the proposed local cost 

17 share for the funds. 

18 (d) PHASE 1 APPLICATIONS AND GRANTS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

20 after the date of publication by the Secretary of the 

21 selection criteria described in subsection (c)(3), any 

22 State, tribe, or local government, or group of State, 

23 tribe, or local governments may apply to the Sec24 retary to become a deployment community. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—In each application, the 

2 applicant may request up to $500,000,000 in fi3 nancial assistance from the Secretary to fund 

4 projects in the deployment community. 

5 (B) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds provided 

6 through a grant under this paragraph may be 

7 used to help implement the plan for the deploy8 ment of plug-in electric drive vehicles included 

9 in the application, including— 

10 (i) planning for and installing charg11 ing infrastructure, including offering addi12 tional incentives as described in subsection 

13 (c)(4)(I); 

14 (ii) updating building codes, zoning or 

15 parking rules, or permitting or inspection 

16 processes as described in subparagraphs 

17 (F), (G), and (H) of subsection (c)(4); 

18 (iii) reducing the cost and increasing 

19 the consumer adoption of plug-in electric 

20 drive vehicles through incentives as de21 scribed in subsection (c)(4)(I); 

22 (iv) workforce training, including 

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1 (v) public education and marketing 

2 described in the proposed marketing plan; 

3 and 

4 (vi) shifting State, tribal, or local gov5 ernment fleets to plug-in electric drive ve6 hicles, at a rate in excess of the existing 

7 Federal alternative fleet vehicle require8 ments. 

9 (C) COST-SHARING.— 

10 (i) IN GENERAL.—A grant provided 

11 under this paragraph shall be subject to a 

12 minimum non-Federal cost-sharing re13 quirement of 20 percent. 

14 (ii) NON-FEDERAL SOURCES.—The 

15 Secretary shall— 

16 (I) determine the appropriate 

17 cost share for each selected applicant; 

18 and 

19 (II) require that not less than 20 

20 percent of the cost of an activity fund21 ed by a grant under this paragraph be 

22 provided by a non-Federal source. 

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1 quirement described in clause (i), as the 

2 Secretary determines to be necessary. 

3 (iv) CALCULATION OF AMOUNT.—In 

4 calculating the amount of the non-Federal 

5 share under this section, the Secretary— 

6 (I) may include allowable costs in 

7 accordance with the applicable cost 

8 principles, including— 

9 (aa) cash; 

10 (bb) personnel costs; 

11 (cc) the value of a service, 

12 other resource, or third party in13 kind contribution determined in 

14 accordance with the applicable 

15 circular of the Office of Manage16 ment and Budget; 

17 (dd) indirect costs or facili18 ties and administrative costs; or 

19 (ee) any funds received 

20 under the power program of the 

21 Tennessee Valley Authority or 

22 any Power Marketing Adminis23 tration (except to the extent that 

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1 under an annual appropriation 

2 Act); 

3 (II) shall include contributions 

4 made by State, tribal, or local govern5 ment entities and private entities; and 

6 (III) shall not include— 

7 (aa) revenues or royalties 

8 from the prospective operation of 

9 an activity beyond the time con10 sidered in the grant; 

11 (bb) proceeds from the pro12 spective sale of an asset of an ac13 tivity; or 

14 (cc) other appropriated Fed15 eral funds. 

16 (v) REPAYMENT OF FEDERAL

17 SHARE.—The Secretary shall not require 

18 repayment of the Federal share of a cost19 shared activity under this section as a con20 dition of providing a grant. 

21 (vi) TITLE TO PROPERTY.—The re22 ceipt of Federal funds under this section 

23 shall not prohibit the purchaser of a vehi24 cle, equipment, or other property from re25 taining sole, permanent title to the vehicle, 


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1 equipment, or property at the conclusion of 

2 the program. 

3 (3) SELECTION.—Not later than 120 days after 

4 the application deadline established under paragraph 

5 (1), the Secretary shall announce the names of the 

6 deployment communities selected under this sub7 section. 

8 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta10 tion with the Committee, shall— 

11 (A) determine what data will be required 

12 to be collected by participants in deployment 

13 communities and submitted to the Department 

14 to allow for analysis of the deployment commu15 nities; and 

16 (B) develop metrics to determine the suc17 cess of the deployment communities. 

18 (2) PROVISION OF DATA.—As a condition of 

19 participation in the Program, a deployment commu20 nity shall provide any data identified by the Sec21 retary under paragraph (1). 

22 (3) REPORTS.—Not later than 3 years after the 

23 date of enactment of this Act and again after the 

24 completion of the Program, the Secretary shall sub25 mit to Congress a report that contains— 


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1 (A) a description of the status of— 

2 (i) the deployment communities and 

3 the implementation of the deployment plan 

4 of each deployment community; 

5 (ii) the rate of vehicle manufacturing 

6 deployment and market penetration of 

7 plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 

8 (iii) the deployment of residential and 

9 publicly available infrastructure; 

10 (B) a description of the challenges experi11 enced and lessons learned from the program to 

12 date, including the activities described in sub13 paragraph (A); and 

14 (C) an analysis of the data collected under 

15 this subsection. 

16 (f) PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

17 shall, as appropriate, provide for the protection of propri18 etary information and intellectual property rights. 

19 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

21 $4,000,000,000. 

22 (h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 166(b)(5) 

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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Before 

2 September 30, 2009, the State’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

3 State’’; and 

4 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Before 

5 September 30, 2009, the State’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

6 State’’. 

7 TITLE II—RESEARCH AND 

8 DEVELOPMENT 

9 SEC. 201. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 

10 (a) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta12 tion with the Committee, shall establish a program 

13 to fund research and development in advanced bat14 teries, plug-in electric drive vehicle components, 

15 plug-in electric drive infrastructure, and other tech16 nologies supporting the development, manufacture, 

17 and deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles and 

18 charging infrastructure. 

19 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—The program may include 

20 funding for— 

21 (A) the development of low-cost, smart22 charging and vehicle-to-grid connectivity tech23 nology; 


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1 (B) the benchmarking and assessment of 

2 open software systems using nationally estab3 lished evaluation criteria; and 

4 (C) new technologies in electricity storage 

5 for vehicles. 

6 (3) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

8 submit to Congress a report describing the status of 

9 the program described in paragraph (1). 

10 (b) SECONDARY USE APPLICATIONS PROGRAM.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta12 tion with the Committee, shall carry out a research, 

13 development, and demonstration program that builds 

14 upon any work carried out under section 915 of the 

15 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16195) and— 

16 (A) identifies possible uses of a vehicle bat17 tery after the useful life of the battery in a ve18 hicle has been exhausted; 

19 (B) assesses the potential for markets for 

20 uses described in subparagraph (A) to develop, 

21 as well as any barriers to the development of 

22 the markets; and 

23 (C) identifies the potential uses of a vehicle 

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1 (i) with the most promise for market 

2 development; and 

3 (ii) for which market development 

4 would be aided by a demonstration project. 

5 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

7 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

8 an initial report on the findings of the program de9 scribed in paragraph (1), including recommendations 

10 for stationary energy storage and other potential ap11 plications for batteries used in plug-in electric drive 

12 vehicles. 

13 (c) SECONDARY USE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Based on the results of the 

15 program described in subsection (b), the Secretary, 

16 in consultation with the Committee, shall develop 

17 guidelines for projects that demonstrate the sec18 ondary uses of vehicle batteries. 

19 (2) PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES.—Not later 

20 than 30 months after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, the Secretary shall— 

22 (A) publish the guidelines described in 

23 paragraph (1); and 

24 (B) solicit applications for funding for 

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1 (3) GRANT PROGRAM.—Not later than 38 

2 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

3 Secretary shall select proposals for grant funding 

4 under this section, based on an assessment of which 

5 proposals are mostly likely to contribute to the devel6 opment of a secondary market for batteries. 

7 (d) MATERIALS RECYCLING STUDY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta9 tion with the Committee, shall carry out a study on 

10 the recycling of materials from plug-in electric drive 

11 vehicles and the batteries used in plug-in electric 

12 drive vehicles. 

13 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

15 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 

16 report on the findings of the study described in 

17 paragraph (1). 

18 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

20 $1,535,000,000, including— 

21 (1) $1,500,000,000 for use in conducting the 

22 program described in subsection (a) for fiscal years 

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1 (2) $5,000,000 for use in conducting the pro2 gram described in subsection (b) for fiscal years 

3 2011 through 2016; 

4 (3) $25,000,000 for use in providing grants de5 scribed in subsection (c) for fiscal years 2011 

6 through 2020; and 

7 (4) $5,000,000 for use in conducting the study 

8 described in subsection (d) for fiscal years 2011 

9 through 2013. 

10 SEC. 202. ADVANCED BATTERIES FOR TOMORROW PRIZE. 

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

12 date of enactment of this Act, as part of the program de13 scribed in section 1008 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

14 (42 U.S.C. 16396), the Secretary shall establish the Ad15 vanced Batteries for Tomorrow Prize to competitively 

16 award cash prizes in accordance with this section to ad17 vance the research, development, demonstration, and com18 mercial application of a 500-mile vehicle battery. 

19 (b) BATTERY SPECIFICATIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for the Prize, 

21 a battery submitted by an entrant shall be— 

22 (A) able to power a plug-in electric drive 

23 vehicle authorized to travel on the United 

24 States Federal-aid system of highways for at 

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1 (B) of a size that would not be cost-prohib2 itive or create space constraints, if mass-pro3 duced; and 

4 (C) cost-effective (measured in cost per kil5 owatt hour), if mass-produced. 

6 (2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec7 retary, in consultation with the Committee, shall es8 tablish any additional battery specifications that the 

9 Secretary and the Committee determine to be nec10 essary. 

11 (c) PRIVATE FUNDS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 

13 and notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United 

14 States Code, the Secretary may accept, retain, and 

15 use funds contributed by any person, government 

16 entity, or organization for purposes of carrying out 

17 this subsection— 

18 (A) without further appropriation; and 

19 (B) without fiscal year limitation. 

20 (2) RESTRICTION ON PARTICIPATION.—An enti21 ty providing private funds for the Prize may not 

22 participate in the competition for the Prize. 

23 (d) TECHNICAL REVIEW.—The Secretary, in con24 sultation with the Committee, shall establish a technical 

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1 view data submitted by Prize entrants under this section 

2 and determine whether the data meets the prize specifica3 tions described in subsection (b). 

4 (e) THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary 

5 may select, on a competitive basis, a third party to admin6 ister awards provided under this section. 

7 (f) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for an award under 

8 this section— 

9 (1) in the case of a private entity, the entity 

10 shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary 

11 place of business in the United States; and 

12 (2) in the case of an individual (whether par13 ticipating as a single individual or in a group), the 

14 individual shall be a citizen or lawful permanent 

15 resident of the United States. 

16 (g) AWARD AMOUNTS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 

18 funds to carry out this section, the amount of the 

19 Prize shall be $10,000,000. 

20 (2) BREAKTHROUGH ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS.— 

21 In addition to the award described in paragraph (1), 

22 the Secretary, in consultation with the technical re23 view committee established under subsection (d), 

24 may award cash prizes, in amounts determined by 

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1 achievements in research, development, demonstra2 tion, and commercial application of— 

3 (A) activities described in subsection (b); 

4 or 

5 (B) advances in battery durability, energy 

6 density, and power density. 

7 (h) 500-MILE BATTERY AWARD FUND.— 

8 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

9 the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 

10 known as the ‘‘500-mile Battery Fund’’ (referred to 

11 in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be administered 

12 by the Secretary, to be available without fiscal year 

13 limitation and subject to appropriation, to award 

14 amounts under this section. 

15 (2) TRANSFERS TO FUND.—The Fund shall 

16 consist of— 

17 (A) such amounts as are appropriated to 

18 the Fund under subsection (i); and 

19 (B) such amounts as are described in sub20 section (c) and that are provided for the Fund. 

21 (3) PROHIBITION.—Amounts in the Fund may 

22 not be made available for any purpose other than a 

23 purposes described in subsection (a). 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

2 after the end of each fiscal year beginning with 

3 fiscal year 2012, the Secretary shall submit a 

4 report on the operation of the Fund during the 

5 fiscal year to— 

6 (i) the Committees on Appropriations 

7 of the House of Representatives and of the 

8 Senate; 

9 (ii) the Committee on Energy and 

10 Natural Resources of the Senate; and 

11 (iii) the Committee on Energy and 

12 Commerce of the House of Representa13 tives. 

14 (B) CONTENTS.—Each report shall in15 clude, for the fiscal year covered by the report, 

16 the following: 

17 (i) A statement of the amounts depos18 ited into the Fund. 

19 (ii) A description of the expenditures 

20 made from the Fund for the fiscal year, in21 cluding the purpose of the expenditures. 

22 (iii) Recommendations for additional 

23 authorities to fulfill the purpose of the 

24 Fund. 


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1 (iv) A statement of the balance re2 maining in the Fund at the end of the fis3 cal year. 

4 (5) SEPARATE APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT.— 

5 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (35) and 

8 (36) as paragraphs (36) and (37), respectively; 

9 (B) by redesignating the second paragraph 

10 (33) (relating to obligational authority and out11 lays requested for homeland security) as para12 graph (35); and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(38) a separate statement for the 500-mile 

15 Battery Fund established under section 8(h) of the 

16 ‘Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010’, which 

17 shall include the estimated amount of deposits into 

18 the Fund, obligations, and outlays from the Fund.’’. 

19 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated— 

21 (1) $10,000,000 to carry out subsection (g)(1); 

22 and 

23 (2) $1,000,000 to carry out subsection (g)(2). 


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1 SEC. 203. STUDY ON THE SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIALS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, in 

3 consultation with the Secretary and the Task Force, shall 

4 conduct a study that— 

5 (1) identifies the raw materials needed for the 

6 manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles, bat7 teries, and other components for plug-in electric 

8 drive vehicles, and for the infrastructure needed to 

9 support plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

10 (2) describes the primary or original sources 

11 and known reserves and resources of those raw ma12 terials; 

13 (3) assesses, in consultation with the National 

14 Academy of Sciences, the degree of risk to the man15 ufacture, maintenance, deployment, and use of plug16 in electric drive vehicles associated with the supply 

17 of those raw materials; and 

18 (4) identifies pathways to securing reliable and 

19 resilient supplies of those raw materials. 

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 

22 shall submit to Congress a report that describes the re23 sults of the study. 

24 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

25 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 

26 $1,500,000. 


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1 SEC. 204. STUDY ON THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, 

2 AND ACCESS TO DATA COLLECTED FROM 

3 PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consulta6 tion with the Committee, shall enter into an agreement 

7 with the National Academy of Sciences under which the 

8 Academy shall conduct a study that— 

9 (1) identifies— 

10 (A) the data that may be collected from 

11 plug-in electric drive vehicles, including data on 

12 the location, charging patterns, and usage of 

13 plug-in electric drive vehicles; 

14 (B) the scientific, economic, commercial, 

15 security, and historic potential of the data de16 scribed in subparagraph (A); and 

17 (C) any laws or regulations that relate to 

18 the data described in subparagraph (A); and 

19 (2) analyzes and provides recommendations on 

20 matters that include procedures, technologies, and 

21 rules relating to— 

22 (A) the collection, storage, and preserva23 tion of the data described in paragraph (1)(A); 

24 (B) ownership of the data described in 

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1 (C) access to the data described in para2 graph (1)(A); and 

3 (D) informed consent and privacy protec4 tions for owners and users of plug-in electric 

5 drive vehicles. 

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after the 

7 date of an agreement between the Secretary and the Acad8 emy under subsection (a), the National Academy of 

9 Sciences shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

10 Congress a report that describes the results of the study 

11 under subsection (a). 

12 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

13 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

14 $1,000,000. 

15 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

16 SEC. 301. UTILITY PLANNING FOR PLUG-IN ELECTRIC 

17 DRIVE VEHICLES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Public Utility Regulatory 

19 Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) in section 111(d) (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)), by 

22 adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(20) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE

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1 ‘‘(A) UTILITY PLAN FOR PLUG-IN ELEC2 TRIC DRIVE VEHICLES.— 

3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 

4 years after the date of enactment of this 

5 paragraph, each electric utility shall de6 velop a plan to support the use of plug-in 

7 electric drive vehicles, including medium8 and heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles in 

9 the service area of the electric utility. 

10 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—A plan under 

11 clause (i) shall investigate— 

12 ‘‘(I) various levels of potential 

13 penetration of plug-in electric drive 

14 vehicles in the utility service area; 

15 ‘‘(II) the potential impacts that 

16 the various levels would have on dis17 tribution infrastructure and on the 

18 operation of the transmission grid; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(III) the role of third parties in 

21 providing reliable and economical 

22 charging services. 

23 ‘‘(iii) WAIVER.—An electric utility 

24 that determines that the electric utility will 

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1 electric drive vehicles during the 5-year pe2 riod beginning on the date of enactment of 

3 this paragraph may petition the Secretary 

4 to waive clause (i) for 5 years. 

5 ‘‘(iv) UPDATES.— 

6 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Each electric 

7 utility shall update the plan of the 

8 electric utility every 5 years. 

9 ‘‘(II) RESUBMISSION OF WAIV10 ER.—An electric utility that received a 

11 waiver under clause (iii) and wants 

12 the waiver to continue after the expi13 ration of the waiver shall be required 

14 to resubmit the waiver. 

15 ‘‘(v) EXEMPTION.—If the Secretary 

16 determines that a plan required by a State 

17 regulatory authority meets the require18 ments of this paragraph, the Secretary 

19 may accept that plan and exempt the elec20 tric utility submitting the plan from the re21 quirements of clause (i). 

22 ‘‘(B) SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS.—Each 

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1 making authority) and each municipal and co2 operative utility shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) participate in any local plan for 

4 the deployment of recharging infrastruc5 ture in communities located in the foot6 print of the authority or utility; 

7 ‘‘(ii) require that charging infrastruc8 ture deployed is interoperable with prod9 ucts of all auto manufacturers to the max10 imum extent practicable; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) consider adopting minimum re12 quirements for deployment of electrical 

13 charging infrastructure and other appro14 priate requirements necessary to support 

15 the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles. 

16 ‘‘(C) COST RECOVERY.—Each State regu17 latory authority (in the case of each electric 

18 utility for which the authority has ratemaking 

19 authority) and each municipal and cooperative 

20 utility may consider whether, and to what ex21 tent, to allow cost recovery for plans and imple22 mentation of plans. 

23 ‘‘(D) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 3 

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1 spect to each electric utility for which the au2 thority has ratemaking authority), and each 

3 municipal and cooperative electric utility, shall 

4 complete the consideration, and shall make the 

5 determination, referred to in subsection (a) with 

6 respect to the standard established by this 

7 paragraph.’’; 

8 (2) in section 112(c) (16 U.S.C. 2622(c))— 

9 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Each 

10 State’’ and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State’’; 

12 (B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘In 

13 the case’’ and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) SPECIFIC STANDARDS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) NET METERING AND FOSSIL FUEL

16 GENERATION EFFICIENCY.—In the case’’; 

17 (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘In 

18 the case’’ and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(B) TIME-BASED METERING AND COMMU20 NICATIONS.—In the case’’; 

21 (D) in the fourth sentence— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and in23 serting the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) INTERCONNECTION.—In the case’’; 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (15)’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘paragraph (15) of section 

3 111(d)’’; 

4 (E) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘In 

5 the case’’ and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(D) INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING, 

7 RATE DESIGN MODIFICATIONS, SMART GRID IN8 VESTMENTS, SMART GRID INFORMATION.—In 

9 the case’’; and 

10 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(E) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE

12 PLANNING.—In the case of the standards estab13 lished by paragraph (20) of section 111(d), the 

14 reference contained in this subsection to the 

15 date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed 

16 to be a reference to the date of enactment of 

17 that paragraph.’’; and 

18 (3) in section 112(d) (16 U.S.C. 2622(d)), in 

19 the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

20 ‘‘(19)’’ and inserting ‘‘(20)’’. 

21 (b) REPORT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta23 tion with the Technical Advisory Committee, shall 

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1 others, as appropriate, to discuss and determine the 

2 potential models for the technically and logistically 

3 challenging issues involved in using electricity as a 

4 fuel for vehicles, including— 

5 (A) accommodation for billing for charging 

6 a plug-in electric drive vehicle, both at home 

7 and at publicly available charging infrastruc8 ture; 

9 (B) plans for anticipating vehicle to grid 

10 applications that will allow batteries in cars as 

11 well as banks of batteries to be used for grid 

12 storage, ancillary services provision, and backup 

13 power; and 

14 (C) integration of plug-in electric drive ve15 hicles with smart grid, including protocols and 

16 standards, necessary equipment, and informa17 tion technology systems. 

18 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act and biennially there20 after, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

21 committees of Congress a report that includes— 

22 (A) the issues and model solutions de23 scribed in paragraph (1); and 

24 (B) any other issues that the Task Force 

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1 SEC. 302. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR ADVANCED BATTERY 

2 PURCHASES FOR USE IN STATIONARY APPLI3 CATIONS. 

4 Subtitle B of title I of the Energy Independence and 

5 Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17011 et seq.) is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 137. LOAN GUARANTEES FOR ADVANCED BATTERY 

8 PURCHASES. 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY.—The 

11 term ‘qualified automotive battery’ means a battery 

12 that— 

13 ‘‘(A) has at least 4 kilowatt hours of bat14 tery capacity; and 

15 ‘‘(B) is designed for use in qualified plug16 in electric drive motor vehicles but is purchased 

17 for nonautomotive applications. 

18 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en19 tity’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) an original equipment manufacturer; 

21 ‘‘(B) an electric utility; 

22 ‘‘(C) any provider of range extension infra23 structure; or 

24 ‘‘(D) any other qualified entity, as deter25 mined by the Secretary. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall guar2 antee loans made to eligible entities for the aggre3 gate purchase of not less than 200 qualified auto4 motive batteries in a calendar year that have a total 

5 minimum power rating of 1 megawatt and use ad6 vanced battery technology. 

7 ‘‘(2) RESTRICTION.—As a condition of receiving 

8 a loan guarantee under this section, an entity pur9 chasing qualified automotive batteries with loan 

10 funds guaranteed under this section shall comply 

11 with the provisions of the Buy American Act (41 

12 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 

13 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate 

14 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. 

15 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

17 $50,000,000.’’. 

18 SEC. 303. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSING OF ADVANCED BAT19 TERIES IN LANDFILLS. 

20 An advanced battery from a plug-in electric drive ve21 hicle shall be disposed of in accordance with the Mercury22 Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 14301 et seq.). 


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1 SEC. 304. PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE TECHNICAL 

2 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Plug-in 

4 Electric Drive Vehicle Technical Advisory Committee to 

5 advise the Secretary on the programs and activities under 

6 this Act. 

7 (b) MISSION.—The mission of the Committee shall 

8 be to advise the Secretary on technical matters, includ9 ing— 

10 (1) the priorities for research and development; 

11 (2) means of accelerating the deployment of 

12 safe, economical, and efficient plug-in electric drive 

13 vehicles for mass market adoption; 

14 (3) the development and deployment of charg15 ing infrastructure; 

16 (4) the development of uniform codes, stand17 ards, and safety protocols for plug-in electric drive 

18 vehicles and charging infrastructure; and 

19 (5) reporting on the competitiveness of the 

20 United States in plug-in electric drive vehicle and in21 frastructure research, manufacturing, and deploy22 ment. 

23 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall 

2 consist of not less than 12, but not more than 

3 25, members. 

4 (B) REPRESENTATION.—The Secretary 

5 shall appoint the members to Committee from 

6 among representatives of— 

7 (i) domestic industry; 

8 (ii) institutions of higher education; 

9 (iii) professional societies; 

10 (iv) Federal, State, and local govern11 mental agencies (including the National 

12 Laboratories); and 

13 (v) financial, transportation, labor, en14 vironmental, or other appropriate organiza15 tions or individuals with direct experience 

16 in deploying and marketing plug-in electric 

17 drive vehicles, as the Secretary determines 

18 to be necessary. 

19 (2) TERMS.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term of a Com21 mittee member shall not be longer than 3 years. 

22 (B) STAGGERED TERMS.—The Secretary 

23 may appoint members to the Committee for dif24 fering term lengths to ensure continuity in the 

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1 (C) REAPPOINTMENTS.—A member of the 

2 Committee whose term is expiring may be re3 appointed. 

4 (3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Committee shall have 

5 a chairperson, who shall be elected by and from the 

6 members. 

7 (d) REVIEW.—The Committee shall review and make 

8 recommendations to the Secretary on the implementation 

9 of programs and activities under this Act. 

10 (e) RESPONSE.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall consider 

12 and may adopt any recommendation of the Com13 mittee under subsection (c). 

14 (2) BIENNIAL REPORT.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act and 

17 every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall 

18 submit to the appropriate committees of Con19 gress a report describing any new recommenda20 tions of the Committee. 

21 (B) CONTENTS.—The report shall in22 clude— 

23 (i) a description of the manner in 

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1 plans to implement the recommendations 

2 of the Committee; or 

3 (ii) an explanation of the reason that 

4 a recommendation of the Committee has 

5 not been implemented. 

6 (C) TIMING.—The report described in this 

7 paragraph shall be submitted by the Secretary 

8 at the same time the President submits the 

9 budget proposal for the Department of Energy 

10 to Congress. 

11 (f) COORDINATION.—The Committee shall hold joint 

12 annual meetings with the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Tech13 nical Advisory Committee established by section 807 of the 

14 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16156) to help co15 ordinate the work and recommendations of the Commit16 tees. 

17 (g) SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall provide to the 

18 Committee the resources necessary to carry out this sec19 tion, as determined to be necessary by the Secretary. 

20 SEC. 305. PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE INTER21 AGENCY TASK FORCE. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

23 date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish 

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1 Force, to be chaired by the Secretary and which shall con2 sist of at least 1 representative from each of— 

3 (1) the Office of Science and Technology Policy; 

4 (2) the Council on Environmental Quality; 

5 (3) the Department of Energy; 

6 (4) the Department of Transportation; 

7 (5) the Department of Defense; 

8 (6) the Department of Commerce (including the 

9 National Institute of Standards and Technology); 

10 (7) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

11 (8) the General Services Administration; and 

12 (9) any other Federal agencies that the Presi13 dent determines to be appropriate. 

14 (b) MISSION.—The mission of the Task Force shall 

15 be to ensure awareness, coordination, and integration of 

16 the activities of the Federal Government relating to plug17 in electric drive vehicles, including— 

18 (1) plug-in electric drive vehicle research and 

19 development (including necessary components); 

20 (2) the development of widely accepted smart21 grid standards and protocols for charging infrastruc22 ture; 

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1 (4) the relationship of plug-in electric drive ve2 hicle deployment to system reliability and security; 

3 (5) the general deployment of plug-in electric 

4 drive vehicles in the Federal, State, and local gov5 ernments and for private use; 

6 (6) the development of uniform codes, stand7 ards, and safety protocols for plug-in electric drive 

8 vehicles and charging infrastructure; and 

9 (7) the alignment of international plug-in elec10 tric drive vehicle standards. 

11 (c) ACTIVITIES.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, 

13 the Task Force may— 

14 (A) organize workshops and conferences; 

15 (B) issue publications; and 

16 (C) create databases. 

17 (2) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out 

18 this section, the Task Force shall— 

19 (A) foster the exchange of generic, non20 proprietary information and technology among 

21 industry, academia, and the Federal Govern22 ment; 

23 (B) integrate and disseminate technical 

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1 sult of the programs and activities under this 

2 Act; 

3 (C) support education about plug-in elec4 tric drive vehicles; 

5 (D) monitor, analyze, and report on the ef6 fects of plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment 

7 on the environment and public health, including 

8 air emissions from vehicles and electricity gen9 erating units; and 

10 (E) review and report on— 

11 (i) opportunities to use Federal pro12 grams (including laws, regulations, and 

13 guidelines) to promote the deployment of 

14 plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 

15 (ii) any barriers to the deployment of 

16 plug-in electric drive vehicles, including 

17 barriers that are attributable to Federal 

18 programs (including laws, regulations, and 

19 guidelines). 

20 (d) AGENCY COOPERATION.—A Federal agency— 

21 (1) shall cooperate with the Task Force; and 

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2 regulations). 

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